Hot Tracks: 10/25/24

What a week! There were a ton of new tracks that caught my attention this week, including some that will likely rank among the year’s very best. So let’s get to it!

Note: Some songs and videos may contain content that listeners / viewers could find objectionable.

Lady Gaga mixes late-90s industrial into her electropop sound and to no one’s surprise it works.

There’s been a lot of interesting material coming out of the pop-punk scene lately, like this latest tune by Taipei Houston.

Emo-rock reminiscent of the catchiest Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco tunes.

I admit I was not a fan of Tyler, The Creator when he first debuted, but with each subsequent release I realize more and more how wrong I was back then. One of the year’s most sonically interesting tracks.

Samara Cyn continues to impress.

With a killer line like, “You’re all boots, no cowboy”, the latest from country-pop crossover singer CeCE is all fun, no filler.

A perfectly pleasant pop groove.

Pop / d&b singer Charlotte Plank is back with another catchy, jittery tune.

Anthemic dance music with a chorus that should inspire many a sing-a-long.

High energy altronica.

Infectious disco-house from Ross from Friends’ alter ego Bubble Love.

Majestic shows that they know exactly how best to use vocalist Barbara Tucker, garnering another instant club classic.

You would think someone would have thought to get Chromeo to remix Meghan Trainor well before now, but apparently not. The pairing is perfection, improving dramatically on the original version of the song.

Infectious dance guaranteed to take you back to the Boss 97 days.

Mixing silky smooth saxophone playing over top of lounge house beats, Charlie Jeer is poised to be the most famous saxophonist since Kenny G.

Since Imani Graham is capable of making catchy, heartbreak-heavy pop like this, her lack of a major label deal is baffling.

Funky fresh rap flow from Korea.

Smooth and raunchy with a killer bass hook.

Silky smooth UK 2-step.

A lovely but thumping r&b ballad.

Canadian alternative act Made-Up specialize in sort of strangely compelling musical oddities like this one, vaguely reminiscent of the best of The Future Sound of London.