The Closest Thing We’ll Get to a Frank Ocean Tearjerker in 2025
Plus acoustic guitar music that will make you see ghosts, cheeky Palestinian pop that skewers American culture, and more
Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new song we like and write about why we can’t stop listening to it. These are tracks that speak to us in particular, and we have a good feeling they will speak to you, too.
This time we’ve got a wrenching ballad that will bring back memories of summers gone by, extremely heavy instrumental music that will make you reconsider what a classical guitar can sound like, a Palestinian pop anthem that sends up American cowboy culture, an Atlanta rap freestyle that will make breaking up with your shitty ex a little bit easier, and a dance-pop banger that will make you want to stay out until the sun comes up. Thanks for listening.
