5 Songs to Listen to Right Now

5 Songs to Listen to Right Now

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NoCap, ‘Time Speed’

More glorious yelps from this sing-rapper, who is enduring some push and pull with a partner. “I might be gone for a while, just write,” he urges her, but if she feels the need to stray, “just don’t hold him tight.”

5 Songs to Listen to Right Now

Jon CaramanicaPopcasting in New York 🎤

Ava Max, ‘EveryTime I Cry’

Just to be certain, I have Googled and confirmed that no one has yet referred to Ava Max as Una Lipa. There’s still time. (This is a compliment.)

5 Songs to Listen to Right Now

Jon CaramanicaPopcasting in New York 🎤

John Mayer, ‘Last Train Home’

If the seamy synths and seamier guitar on John Mayer’s “Last Train Home” are any indication, he may be just a few years away from making his version of Don Henley’s “The End of the Innocence.” Strong approve.

5 Songs to Listen to Right Now

Jon CaramanicaPopcasting in New York 🎤

Noah Schnacky featuring Jimmie Allen, ‘Don’t You Wanna Know’

Country boy seduces city girl, except in 2021 Nashville, the country boy sure does have the air of a city slicker. Noah Schnacky has a cinched-tight, pop-friendly voice.

5 Songs to Listen to Right Now

Jon CaramanicaPopcasting in New York 🎤

Billie Eilish, ‘Lost Cause’

Billie Eilish 3.0 is leaning into slowgaze R&B, croaky dismissals, modern burlesque, 1950s jazz, sentiments that smolder but don’t singe. She’s peering outward now, and her eyes are rolling.