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–Nina Corcoran
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Greatest Second: When the bubbles begin popping on the one-minute mark on “house”
Greatest Tune: “house”
RIYL: SOPHIE, Bicep/Overmono, being the good and most euphoric bitch on the membership
–Cat Zhang
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Greatest Second: In “Defiled Once more,” when vocalist Alexander Jones provides a grunt after the phrase ”away” to make it rhyme with “derma” and “edema,” backed by riffs being ok to promote it
Greatest Tune: “Human Chandelier”
RIYL: Demise, metallic, loss of life metallic
–Sam Sodomsky
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Greatest Second: The epiphany that comes whenever you understand Vince is rapping the moody love track “When Sparks Fly” from the perspective of the world’s loneliest gun
Greatest Tune: “Magic”
RIYL: West Coast gangsta rap that’s too weary to be purely nostalgic
–Ryan Dombal
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Greatest Second: When the laconic vocals kick in on “Trance,” you may virtually swear that you just’re listening to a 2010 Hype Williams lower
Greatest Tune: “Blinded”
RIYL: Put up-punk and its 2000s revival, Yves Tumor, Dean Blunt
– Hubert Adjei-Kontoh
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Greatest Second: The Weeknd dropping into “Gasoline” along with his model of Ian Curtis voice, which was not on my 2022 bingo card
Greatest Tune: “Right here We Go… Once more” [ft. Tyler, the Creator]
RIYL: Semi-reformed unhealthy boys, city-pop samples, albums that imitate the radio, Daft Punk’s “Giorgio by Moroder,” transcendental meditation led by Jim Carrey
–Jillian Mapes
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Greatest Second: The tip of “Ur Mum”: “OK, I have been working towards my longest and loudest scream/OK, right here we go /1, 2, 3 [blood-curdling shriek]”
Greatest Tune: “Chaise Longue”
RIYL: Elastica, NME, the primary Arctic Monkeys album, Fleabag, Franz Ferdinand, Meet Me within the Rest room, when “hyped indie weblog buzz bands” have been a factor
–Amy Phillips
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Greatest Second: The second in the midst of “Bites on My Neck” when yeule’s mild voice and piano melodies are amped up with 8-bit synths, pummeling drums, and screams
Greatest Tune: “Bites on My Neck”
RIYL: Cyberpunk, Closing Fantasy OSTs, Danny L Harle
–Eric Torres
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