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Staff PicksThese 10 tracks from artists like Tate McRae, Madison Beer, Victoria Justice and Georgia will get you energized to take on the week. Boys--t” begins with a bang, foreshadowing the dialed-up production that the song will eventually climb into, but then zags into a metallic electro-pop beat, Beer’s gaze remaining steady. If nothing else, “I don’t speak boys--t” makes a late case for one of the best pop chorus openings of 2020.Cherry Glazerr’s Clementine Creevy was listening to a lot of Caribou, DJ Koze and Kaytranada when helping to construct “Rabbit Hole,” the indie rock project’s first release since 2019. ” rising New Zealand singer Deryk (born Madeline Bradley) queries on “Brains,” which is not, in fact, about a zombie invasion, but a plea to hear another's thoughts unedited in order to understand them better.

Established genre queens like Ari, Gaga and Miley returned with new albums, artists who have teetered on the verge for years now finally broke out (Rina Sawayama; Doja Cat), and newcomers like 0171 caught our ears from the get-go. if it were written in the stars, BTS lit up 2020 with their historic English-language single, which marked the first song by an all-South Korean group to blast in atop the Hot 100. -- J. LipshutzLady Gaga and Ariana Grande, "Rain on Me"This superstar diva duet would have made a splash in any year, but that "I'd rather be dry but at least I'm alive" chorus hits especially hard in 2020, doesn't it? -- DENISE WARNERA hit that nobody besides the Recording Academy was able to avoid this year, "Blinding Lights" was the glimmering sound of the artist born Abel Tesfaye hitting the gas pedal on his '80s neon noir fantasies and high-tailing it down the Vegas strip -- with the rest of 2020 pop music doggedly on his trail, attempting in vein to catch up.

After 'Therapy for My Soul' Disses | Billboard NewsView AllParis Hilton Recalls That Time She & Britney Spears 'Invented the Selfie'View Madison Beer represented America at the 2020 MTV EMAs on Sunday (Nov. 8), bringing "Baby" from her upcoming studio debut Life Support to the socially distanced awards show. Dressed in black with a lengthy trench coat trailing behind her, Beer strutted through a moody, hazy set as she sang the sultry, self-assured pop jam. The day prior to the EMAs, Beer shared her joy over Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' 2020 election victory, tweeting "millions of young girls will now be able to look to the white house, for the first time in history, & see themselves.

All the Red Carpet Photos From the 2020 MTV VMAsCNCO attend the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast on Aug. 30, 2020 in New York City. Miley Cyrus attends the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast on Aug. 30, 2020 in New York City. The Weeknd attends the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast on Aug. 30, 2020 in New York City. Madison Beer attends the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast on Aug. 30, 2020 in New York City.