Monthly Report: July 2025 Singles
1. Wolf Alice - "Bloom Baby Bloom"
My ears perked up the first time I heard it on the radio, even having seen some reference to Wolf Alice's new single being a different sound for them, I didn't expect that it was them. Turns out this piano-driven track was produced by Greg Kurstin, who's an absolute genius in my book, so I'm excited to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. Here's the 2025 singles Spotify playlist that I update every month.
2. GloRilla - "Typa"
Keyshia Cole's debut album turned 20 this summer, "Love" was always the classic single from that album but it's been fun to see it experience this renewed surge of popularity in the last few years and get sampled by a few artists, including GloRilla.
3. Ty Myers - "Thought It Was Love"
Ty Myers is 17 years old singing about how his mortgage is due on his biggest single, which is kind of funny. But it's a lovely sad song with a great piano and strings-driven arrangement, he's definitely one of the most promising new country stars right now.
4. Shaboozey - "Good News"
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has been in the top 10 of the Hot 100 for almost 60 weeks now, and it seems unlikely that Shaboozey, or perhaps anybody else, will ever make another song that big. "Good News" hasn't gotten into the top 10, but it's now in heavy rotation on both country and pop radio, so he's at least escaping one hit wonder status, and honestly I like it more than "A Bar Song." I particularly like how "Good News" does that old-fashioned country ballad structure with verses in 7/8 and choruses in 4/4. And while I don't think Shaboozey had any political motivation for releasing this song right after the election, it does hit a little harder as the constant daily onslaught of bad news continues.
5. Cardi B - "Outside"
It's not "Not Like Us" or anything, but I like that Cardi managed to make a club banger out of how Offset sucks, it bodes well for the second album she's finally releasing in September.
6. Maggie Lindemann - "One of the Ones"
Maggie Lindemann debuted 9 years ago with a straight-up pop single, "Pretty Girl," that was a top 10 hit all over Europe, and then most of her output since then has been mostly guitar-driven Hot Topic alt-pop of varying quality. "One of the Ones" was produced by Captain Cuts, the L.A. duo best known for Walk The Moon's "Shut Up And Dance," and it's a fast short techno pop song that feels like the career relaunch she's been looking for.
7. Eric Church - "Hands of Time"
"Springsteen" is still the gold standard for Eric Church singles, but I don't mind him doing another nostalgic midtempo song full of references to classic rock songs.
8. Kane Brown - "Backseat Driver"
I have to say, as a boring middle-aged father and husband, I do appreciate country's niche as the only corner of popular music where I can hear cute little relatable songs about how much the singer loves his kids.
9. Maroon 5 - "All Night"
Everyone is collectively tired of Maroon 5 and their next album will probably be a real deal flop, none of its three singles are even in the group's Spotify top 10 right now. But I really like this saxophone-heavy trifle that was quietly released as the second single, my favorite thing they've done in quite a while.
10. Morgan Wallen f/ Tate McRae - "What I Want"
"Just In Case" is the best of the many hits from Morgan Wallen's latest album, but I also kind of like the awkward pop crossover duet with Tate McRae, mostly because the chorus sounds like it could have been roughly based on the "you don't want no part of this" scene from Walk Hard.
The Worst Single of the Month: Benson Boone - "Mystical Magical"
I actually like just about every other song on American Heart and find the whole Benson Boone backlash to be a little tiresome now, but releasing this song at all, much less as a single, was a choice. It's like the white male version of Rihanna's "Sex With Me," what the hell is bro doing.
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