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Beyoncé’s Renaissance project is an experience and even though it’s made up of 16 songs, it flows like it’s one. Hard to pick a favorite but “Alien Superstar” is my jam.—Danielle James, Digital Beauty Director It’s hard to pick a favorite off of Taylor Swift’s smash album Midnights, but since my first listen, “Mastermind” has been an undeniable standout. It feels like musical ASMR with each beep and boop hitting a specific synapse in my brain. It also gives me everything I’m looking for in a Swift song: smart lyrics, great production, and a longing for a lover that is obsessed with me as I am with them.—Sam Maude, Assistant to the Melvins poster tour berlin germany june 11 2023 shirt Besides,I will do this Editor-in-Chief A banger from beginning to end, “That’s Where I Am” by (former ELLE intern!) Maggie Rogers is a flashy ’80s New Wave single in the best possible way. It makes sense, then, that David Byrne makes a cameo in the music video.—Claire Stern, Digital Deputy Editor One of the strongest songs on one of the strangest (in a good way) debut studio albums of 2023, Ethel Cain’s “American Teenager” invites listeners into a devastatingly beautiful world that’s both familiar and singular, creepy and comforting. It’s no surprise that the musician behind the moniker (Hayden Silas Anhedönia) was raised Southern Baptist in a small town between Florida’s panhandle and peninsula—or that she has since left the Church. Her dark dream pop—especially here—is shrouded in Southern Gothic themes and a kind of humid fecundity, like Lana meets Lady A with a Slenderman fetish.—Melissa Giannini, Features Director
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