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Perimenopop

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Perimenopop Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Sophie Ellis-Bextor A hot flush of bops from the kitchen disco queen’s playful eighth album.

Confessions

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Confessions Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Mimi Webb Mimi Webb’s  Confessions  is packed with self-assured pop goodness, but the singer-songwriter had so many doubts about it she abandoned her initial ideas. “The first version of the album was completely scrapped,” Webb tells Apple Music Radio. “I wrote it about a year and a half ago and I just freaked out and felt so uninspired. I was like, ‘I can’t sing these bloody songs for the next two years on tour. There’s just no way.’ Even though I had so much love for them, it wasn’t touching the surface for me, it wasn’t deep enough for what I was going through in my day-to-day life.” Webb admits starting again on the follow-up to 2023’s  Amelia  was a challenge, but it’s one that left her “very happy.” And putting in that extra shift paid off, with 12 songs that show the emotional range of mid-twenties life. Webb shot to fame in the early 2020s with the Charli D’Amelio-endorsed “Before I Go,” and  Confessions  finds her div...

Play (Extended Edition)

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Play (Extended Edition) Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Ed Sheeran

THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!

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THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 JADE When JADE made her bombastic solo debut with “Angel of My Dreams” in July 2024, her yet to be named album had already been completed. The song, a Mike Sabath production that splices power-ballad theatrics, stomping electro basslines, and sugary, sardonic melodies into a Frankenstein’s monster of a tune, was hailed by fans and critics alike for its bold experimentalism, setting up sky-high expectations for the Little Mix star’s future output. As JADE told Apple Music’s Rebecca Judd, shortly after its release: “There’s a lot of songs on the record that have that same experimental vibe. I have a few of the more straight-down-the-line, poppy songs on there, but peppered in with the chaos that is my brain.” The statement holds water now  THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY!  has landed. Front-loaded with singles, which see JADE navigate shimmering disco sensuality (“Fantasy”), ballroom club (RAYE co-write “Midnight Cowboy”), and no-punches-pulled electr...

Förr nu & forever

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Förr nu & forever Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Hov1

SWAG II

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SWAG II Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Justin Bieber Arriving by surprise in mid-July,  SWAG —the seventh album from the 31-year-old pop icon—was both a testament of love and a declaration of independence. Fresh off big changes in his professional life and intrusive speculation into his personal life (including a paparazzi clash that spawned the instant-classic one-liner, “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business!”), Bieber’s 21 love songs to his wife, Hailey Bieber, doubled as a cathartic reintroduction to an artist who’s been famous nearly two-thirds of his life. Rising above the noise of the past year,  SWAG  showed the singer at his most soulful, sensual, messy, and free. Not even two months later,  SWAG II  appears with just as little promotion (announced, like its predecessor, the day before its release), an even longer tracklist, and a similarly unencumbered raison d’être. Its 23 tracks—earthy, floaty, understated—draw from a similar sonic palette, info...

Beste Zangers 2025 (Aflevering 1- Paul de Leeuw) - EP

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Beste Zangers 2025 (Aflevering 1- Paul de Leeuw) - EP Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Beste Zangers

LOVERS

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LOVERS Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Hecht

Man’s Best Friend

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Man’s Best Friend Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter spent the decade after her debut single, 2014’s “Can’t Blame a Girl for Trying,” patiently finding her voice. Her persistence finally paid off in 2024, when the absurdly catchy singles “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please” launched the former Disney Channel child star into a whole new realm of pop stardom. Her sixth album, August 2024’s  Short n’ Sweet , reintroduced the pint-sized singer as a sharp-witted diva with a honeyed voice and a fondness for campy innuendo—and earned Carpenter her first two Grammys (Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Solo Performance). Just over a year after  Short n’ Sweet ’s release, the biggest breakout pop star of 2024 fires off its follow-up,  Man’s Best Friend , which carries on her streak of concise 12-track records that draw from her love of ’70s disco and ooze snarky, self-deprecating charisma. “Oh, boy,” Carpenter chuckles to begin lead single “Manchild,” which taps ...

Don't Click Play

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Don't Click Play Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Ava Max There’s some heavy reverse psychology at play in Ava Max’s third album, from the fake petition posted on DontClickPlayOnAvaMax.com (which led to a snippet of an unreleased single) to Max’s bewildering disappearance from social media in the weeks leading up to its release. Cosmic-brain marketing strategy or otherwise, the “Sweet but Psycho” singer follows up 2023’s  Diamonds & Dancefloors  with 12 tracks that split the difference between ’80s synth-pop, ’90s Eurodance, early career Gaga, and  Blackout -era Britney. She toasts to blissful independence on “Lovin Myself” and “Sucks to Be My Ex” and goes blue jeans and apple pie mode (while channeling a-ha) for “Wet, Hot American Dream.” And over the title track’s four-on-the-floor thump, Max puts on shades, pops her collar, and reveals the trollish title’s full meaning: “If you didn’t come to dance/DJ, don’t click that.”

A Matter of Time

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A Matter of Time Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Laufey   North Shore Beefs App ∙ Food & Drink ∙ 2025 Carl Racki North Shore Beefs – The Sandwich Review App It’s more than a sandwich. It’s a way of life. A North Shore Beef is a rare roast beef sandwich, typically stacked high on a buttery, griddled onion roll, with mayo, cheese on the bottom, and a generous pour of James River barbecue sauce. Born in Massachusetts, this legendary creation has spread far beyond the North Shore — from New Hampshire to California, Florida to Maine — and now, the community finally has an app worthy of its beefy glory. With the North Shore Beefs app, you can: - Find the best “beeferies” near you with our live map - Rate and review every beef you try — help separate the legends from the letdowns - See top-rated beefs and reviewers of all time or just this week - Add new spots as the beef scene expands - (Coming soon) Climb the MVB leaderboard — earn your spot as the Most Valuable Beefer Whether you’re a seas...

Free

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Free Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Kid Cudi When Kid Cudi spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in 2022, Cudi was contemplating closing the door on music entirely. “The Kid Cudi stuff, I think I want to put it on the back burner and chill out with that,” he said. “I think I want to be done with it.” Fifteen years deep into his uncompromising career, he’d scored a handful of megahits, pioneered the melody-driven style that’s defined the past 15 years of hip-hop, and secured his spot among the blog era’s Mount Rushmore. Then he got bored. Three years later, Cudi’s reinspired and happier than ever, following up 2024’s pair of trap-inspired albums— INSANO  and  INSANO (NITRO MEGA) —with a record he bills as his first-ever pop album. “I just felt like I needed to drastically make a creative leap in my career,” he tells Lowe in 2025. “I mean, people know that I’m a risk-taker, and I felt like the last five years, I hadn’t really been pushing myself.” Approaching his 11th solo album,  Free , ...

The Art of Loving

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The Art of Loving Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Olivia Dean   ثمانية App ∙ Entertainment ∙ 2025 Thmanyah, LLC Thmanyah is the platform for the best Arabic content. Films, docuseries, and entertainment shows created with heart and produced with intent. And it’s the exclusive hub to catch Saudi football championships live: the Saudi Super Cup, Roshn Saudi League, King’s Cup, and Yelo League. All streamed as you’ve never seen before, at the highest broadcast quality in their history, with features making their debut in Saudi football. Thmanyah features for mobile and smart TVs: • Inside the Match: real-time, in-depth stats for Saudi championships, updated moment by moment. • Crowd & commentary control: set the perfect balance between the commentator and stadium atmosphere, or let the crowd noise take over. • The best Arabic content library: 30+ interests, from sports and culture to comedy and lifestyle. • All the highlights: key moments, match recaps, and goals from Roshn Saudi League, t...

Who's the Clown?

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Who's the Clown? Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Audrey Hobert   QR Code Reader. Scan Barcode. App ∙ Utilities ∙ 2025 Muhammad Norfalah Bin Ahmad Zubir This is a simple and functional application for instantly scanning QR and barcodes. With its help, you can quickly open links, view product information and much more. Key features: - Instant scanning – recognize codes in real time - Scan history – save all scanned codes for easy access - Support for different formats – works with QR codes, barcodes and other types - Quick actions – open links - Create QR codes – generate your own codes for links, contacts and other data Advantages: - Simple and intuitive interface QR Scanner is ideal for: - Quickly follow links - Save contact information - View menus in cafes and restaurants - Share data with friends and colleagues Scan QR codes easily and quickly with QR Scanner! Subscription Details: - $9.99/Month - $29.99/Year (Trial 3 days) Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of p...

Wishbone

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Wishbone Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Conan Gray When Conan Gray announced the arrival of his fourth studio album  Wishbone , he shared in a statement that he wrote the album in secret. While touring his 2024 album  Found Heaven , he would finish shows and sketch demos with zero stakes attached. He showed the songs to Dan Nigro, who helped Gray record his first album,  Kid Krow , way back in 2020. The tracks, created with the sort of vulnerability only achievable when writing without an audience in mind, ended up becoming the bones of  Wishbone , Gray’s cathartic exploration of his foray into adulthood. With his signature blend of beautiful vocals and earworm melodies, Gray opens up his diary to sing about the way romance has changed his life—for better and for worse. The powerful “This Song” finds Gray admitting that it’s easier for him to sing about love for his unspecified partner than it is to utter the words face to face. “Romeo,” on the other hand, begins with a playful ...

Love Is Like

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Love Is Like Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Maroon 5 Four years after their last full-length, Maroon 5 returns with their eighth studio album, showcasing what makes the group a mainstay in the pop-rock world. “I think it’s been the full-circle journey so far, as far as the ways in which we made music and how we did it and where it took us, the waves that we rode, and now coming back to feeling like it’s time to get back to the basics of what made it work in the first place,” singer Adam Levine tells Apple Music. On  Love Is Like , Levine took a different approach than usual during his writing process. “I was so reluctant to get help, kind of like I used to be, but then I had these new phone-a-friend-type resources that I had never had before, so I was like, ‘Let’s call someone and get a little help,’” he says. “There was one line of one song that I hit a fuckin’ brick wall, and I was like, ‘J Kash, can you help me write this line?’” (The hip-hop producer co-wrote seven of the album’s ten track...

Greetings From Your Hometown (Deluxe Edition)

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Greetings From Your Hometown (Deluxe Edition) Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Jonas Brothers The seventh studio album from the Jonas Brothers arrives 20 years after they hunkered down to write the debut that served as a launchpad, rocketing them to teenage superstardom ( It’s About Time , released in 2006), and it would seem the anniversary has them feeling nostalgic. Cue  Greetings from Your Hometown , a mostly upbeat affair that strikes a delicate balance between past regret and future promise. Sandwiching the emotional core of the album between two surefire crowd-pleasers—galvanizing pop-rock anthem “I Can’t Lose” and the soft future-bass touch of Marshmello collaboration “Slow Motion”—the brothers Jonas nosedive into rumination before pulling up in a passionate glide through the boundlessness of romance. “Backwards” meanders around heartbreak, giving way to the minimalist production of self-aware lament “Loved You Better” and the title track’s sunny hopes for a brand-new start, forming a tr...

Less Trouble

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Less Trouble Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Shekhinah In 2021, Shekhinah made a sharp pivot from the dreamy, optimistic soul pop that had defined her output up until that point. That was  Trouble in Paradise , a 12-track project filled with songs about the gloomy spectacle of grief, the crippling anxiety brought on by insecurities, and the shifting landscape of her romantic life. The Durban singer is as inspired on her third album,  Less Trouble , finding riveting new ways to ruminate on matters of the heart. Arriving four years after  Trouble in Paradise ,  Less Trouble  is similarly intimate and rich with details about the inner workings of Shekhinah’s emotions. Still, as the album title suggests, she’s low on bandwidth for emotional landmines and the inconveniences they produce. Across  Less Trouble , Shekhinah transforms her innermost thoughts on romance and attraction into sharp commentaries on modern dating dynamics while reinforcing her desire for clarity and no...

EXISTENS

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EXISTENS Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Hurula   HomeworkGenius' AI App ∙ Education ∙ 2025 Ethan Walker HomeworkGenius AI is an innovative application designed to assist students with their homework by providing AI-generated answers from photos. Users can select from a variety of subjects, making it easy to get help tailored to their specific needs. The app features a chat function that allows for interactive communication with the AI, enhancing the learning experience. Additionally, HomeworkGenius AI saves the history of queries and allows users to bookmark their favorite responses for future reference. However, the subscription model imposes certain limitations: users can only receive two photo-based responses without a premium account, while access to the chat feature and saved history is exclusive to premium subscribers. This structure encourages users to consider upgrading for a more comprehensive educational support experience. This application contains auto-renewable subscriptions a...