Summer grooves are officially in swing!
This week, we're covering new singles from Imagine Dragons, Gashi, Sigala, and more! Did your new favorite song make our list? Check 'em out below:
"Wrecked" - Imagine Dragons
Released: July 2, 2021
Album: Upcoming Mercury - Act 1
Highlights:
- Incredible visual video that accompanies the audio track
- Light, rolling guitar chords that give the song an easy, breezy vibe
- The drastic change in the vocal range between verses and chorus, going from soft and elongated drawls to hard yells
Standout Lyrics: "They say that the time will heal it, the pain will go away / But everything, it reminds me of you and it comes in waves / The way you laugh when your shoulders shook, the time you took / To teach me all that you had taught / Tell me, how am I supposed to move on?"
"Lease on Life" - Andy Grammar
Released: June 27, 2021
Album: Upcoming fifth album
Highlights:
- Quick-paced guitar fingering hand-in-hand with the jouncy beat
- Stand-out bass percussion that precedes the chorus, giving it more power
- Grammar's triumphant and optimistic take on life echoing in the chorus
Standout Lyrics: "You're the side where the grass is green / Yeah you shake me like a tambourine / No jerseys but we make quite a team"
"You For Me" - Sigala and Rita Ora
Released: July 2, 2021
Album: Standalone Single
Highlights:
- Perfect summer pop banger
- Bright, electronic beats gushing from the opening to the end
- Vibrant synths interlaying with Ora's glamorous pop vocals
Standout Lyrics: "Fingers are holding you right at the edge / You're slipping out of my hands / Keeping my secrets all up in my head / I'm scared that you won't want me back"
"Don't Pass on Love" - Gashi
Released: June 29, 2021
Album: Single
Highlights:
- Pleasantly subdued pop track oozing with charisma
- The sultry, grinding rhythm that will make you wish you were on a dance floor
- Fast raps that mimic the rapid beats
Standout Lyrics: "You know my girl never do no wrong / So beautiful, never take too long / Ain't waiting for no side piece / Girl, you my dime piece"
"Starting Line" - Luke Hemmings
Released: June 30, 2021
Album: Upcoming When Facing the Things We Turn Away From
Highlights:
- The dramatic piano notes that seem to escalate with rising tension
- Hemmings vocals going higher and higher until reaching the introduction of a faster pace and rock-heavy elements
- The amazing distinction from the slower, soft-induced first half of the song and the breathtaking, atmospheric second one
Standout Lyrics: "Tell mе, am I broken? / I can never lеave / Biting on my tongue and / Checking if it bleeds / Oh, is it lost on me?"
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