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Adjective
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According to the announcement, over 14 weeks, students will explore the harmonic language, melodic design, rhythmic vocabulary, lyrical construction, production principles, and signature devices that define Max Martin’s chart-topping catalog.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026 -
That includes a complete suite of Art of Cryo technology, from infrared and cryotherapy machines to a Flow System, a touchless technology that uses rhythmic positive and negative air pressure to stimulate circulation and accelerate recovery.—
Jackie Caradonio,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The song’s minimalist sound and flow highlighted Residente and Bad Bunny’s rap and lyrical skills, along with iLe’s unique and powerful voice.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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According to the announcement, over 14 weeks, students will explore the harmonic language, melodic design, rhythmic vocabulary, lyrical construction, production principles, and signature devices that define Max Martin’s chart-topping catalog.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Levinson has cited David Wojnarowicz’s haunted, unflinching writing on the AIDS crisis as an influence, and the lyric sheet is littered with pets and prayers and names of friends, giving their music the feeling of a community being preserved in song.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Apple Music uploaded Dolby Atmos versions of Reputation on the streaming platform, and many eagle-eyed Swifties had noticed that there were two lyric changes on the song list.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
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The track is one of the shortest on the EP but the most concise, composed simply of guitar, strings, Tems’ lilting falsetto, and sparse backing vocals.—
Nelson C.J,
Rolling Stone,
21 Nov. 2025
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The second violins introduce the second movement with a soft, lilting quality, creating music that’s elegant and musically complex.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Sustained support from the strings gives way to watery ripples and busy chatters, with piquant harmonic implications.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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According to the announcement, over 14 weeks, students will explore the harmonic language, melodic design, rhythmic vocabulary, lyrical construction, production principles, and signature devices that define Max Martin’s chart-topping catalog.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Its insistent guitar chug harks back to the indie rock of Bury Me at Makeout Creek, but the song doesn’t stay there for long, melting into a foreboding orchestral swell and chorus of wordless voices.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
16 Jan. 2026
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The tighter scope and folksy approach — from a score with more spare acoustic guitar than sweeping orchestral numbers and an abundance of drab peasant rags over plush regal garb — is refreshing, at first.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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