Porter Robinson’s “Blossom” is his latest hit, and it’s already gained 1.5 million plays on Spotify to date. He self-produced the song, which appears on his ‘Nurture’ album released in early 2021. The track is a tender ballad dedicated to Rika Mikuriya, Porter Robinson’s girlfriend of four years. Read more […]
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Iamdoechii’s “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake” has found a strong audience on TikTok and beyond. The song started to gain traction after TikTok user @theesudani posted a video featuring the track and the lyric, “Doechii, why don’t you introduce yourself to the class.” Since then, #yuckybluckyfruitcake has been used 3.5 million times […]
J. Cole’s highly anticipated album, The Off-Season, has finally arrived. With the new project, Cole broke his “no features” album streak to collaborate with artists like Morray, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Bas and more. On the latest episode of ‘For The Record,’ Genius VP of Content Strategy Rob Markman broke […]
EST Gee is the latest artist to appear on ‘Open Mic,’ performing his hit song, “Young Shiners.” The track, which is produced by FOREVEROLLING and Ronnie Lucciano, appears on the Louisville rapper’s 2020 project ‘I Still Don’t Feel Nun.’ The music video has racked up nearly 3 million views on […]
Ashe’s “Till Forever Falls Apart” is her latest hit, and it’s already racked up almost 21 million streams on Spotify to date. Ashe co-wrote the song with Big Taste and her close friend FINNEAS, whose vocals are also featured on the track. Throughout the song, the singers use apocalyptic metaphors […]
SoFaygo’s “Knock Knock” has found a strong audience with almost 21 million Spotify streams to date. Produced by and featuring Lil Tecca, the song can be found on SoFaygo’s most recent mixtape, ‘Angelic 7.’ On the track, SoFaygo does his best to alert the game of his inevitable takeover by […]
Takashi Murakami reflects on more than a decade’s worth of music collaborations spanning his album art for Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ to more recent visuals with KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Billie Eilish, and J Balvin. The Japanese visual artist also reveals he started “rough sketches” for a horror-style anime based on a […]
The Longest Johns‘ “Wellerman” is one of many renditions of the sea shanty that has gone viral, racking up more than 21 million streams on Spotify alone. The British folk group originally released the song in 2018, but it found new life on TikTok when sea shanties from the 1800s […]
CJ’s breakout hit “Whoopty” recently peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 172 million YouTube views to date. The song is produced by Cyprus-based Pxcoyo, whom Genius recently sat down with to break down how the song was made. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/the-making-of-cjs-whoopty-with-pxcoyo Read all the […]
On the latest Open Mic, Maria Becerra performed her recent hit, “ANIMAL,” which has racked up an impressive 27 million YouTube views to date. The track is produced by Big One and and features Cazzu. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/maria-becerra-performs-animal-live Read all the lyrics to “ANIMAL” on Genius: https://genius.com/Maria-becerra-and-cazzu-animal-lyrics Watch […]
24kGoldn’s “Mood” is a massive breakout moment for the rapper’s young career. The double-Platinum track marks Goldn’s first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and has been streamed nearly 800 million times on Spotify. On the latest episode of ‘Verified,’ the Bay Area native explained how he came up with […]
This Black History Month, Genius is spotlighting artists on ‘Open Mic’ who exemplify #BlackExcellence. Popp Hunna recently stopped by Genius for a live performance of “Adderall (Corvette Corvette).” The track, which has racked up an impressive 15 million YouTube views to date, is produced by Bert Beatz and Cv. Read […]
Last summer, college student and singer-songwriter Penelope Scott uploaded two snippets of her song, “Rät,” to TikTok, calling it a “breakup letter to the tech cult that is Silicon Valley.” The song was still a work in progress at the time, but it quickly took off online and became one […]
Gwen Stefani’s “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” is her latest hit, and it’s already racked up 4.4 million YouTube views to date. On the track, produced by Luke Niccoli, Gwen delivers a fun performance that reminds us of her legendary status. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/gwen-stefani-breaks-down-the-meaning-of-let-me-reintroduce-myself Read all the lyrics to […]
Lil Nas X ended 2020 on a high note with the release of his latest hit, “HOLIDAY.” Since it dropped last November, the elaborate music video has racked up more than 100 million YouTube views. The song is written by Skaiwater, Jozzy, Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Tay Keith and Lil […]
Jazmine Sullivan stayed relatively quiet since she dropped her third album, ‘Reality Show,’ in 2015, but her new EP, ‘Heaux Tales,’ proves it was worth the wait. The conceptual project isn’t delivered through Sullivan’s vocals and songwriting alone. It’s punctuated by six spoken-word interludes from women detailing their inner-most thoughts […]