Steph Terell

🌍💛@CARLYRAEJEPSEN'S NEW "MOTIVATION" IS ONE OF THE MOST CANDID CUTS OFF HER UPCOMING #DAYANDNIGHT DOUBLE ALBUM, WRITTEN ABOUT THE INHERITED PATTERNS AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT COME WITH BIRTH FAMILY, THE KIND OF LOVE THAT SHAPES YOU WHETHER YOU ASKED FOR IT OR NOT. PAIRING THAT WITH BOB SINCLAR'S TIMELESS "WORLD, HOLD ON" FT. STEVE EDWARDS, RUNNING FULL THROUGH AS BACKING VOCALS, BRINGS IN THE O...

🧞💫#REMIWOLF’S NEW “BOTTLE” IS STEP ONE OUT OF THE #MUD, A REFLECTIVE FIRST LOOK AT HER UPCOMING ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. THAT SAME PULL TOWARD CLARITY LEADS RIGHT INTO THE BURLESQUE SONGSTRESS’S OWN “PIPE,” FT. A MYSTERY VOICE CREDITED AS XNDA WHO TURNED OUT TO BE #F1 CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON, A SECRET HE KEPT UNDER WRAPS FOR YEARS BEFORE FINALLY COMING CLEAN. THEN “GENIE IN A BOTTLE” CLOSES IT OU...

✨💫@CHAKAKHAN'S TIMELESS "AIN'T NOBODY" LINKS UP WITH @VICTORIAMONÉT'S "REACH OUT." TWO DIFFERENT #DECADES OF THE SAME EMOTIONAL ARC, LONGING AND REACHING, LANDING RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER LIKE THEY WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO MEET. IF THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST TIME HEARING VICTORIA'S "#REACHOUT" FROM ME, YOU ALREADY KNOW I'VE PLAYED WITH THIS ONE BEFORE, GO CHECK MY OTHER MIXES OF IT WHILE YOU'RE HERE....

💫🔥FLOETRY’S SILKY “SAY YES” ALREADY LIVES IN THAT SAME PLACE OF ADMIRATION @JORDANADETUNJI FOUND HIMSELF IN WHEN HE WROTE “KEHLANI,” A SONG BORN FROM WATCHING AN INTERVIEW AND KNOWING HE HAD TO WRITE ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WAS BOSSED UP, CREATIVE, AND LEADING ON HER OWN TERMS. ONE’S SPOKEN-WORD DEVOTION, THE OTHER’S A VIRAL LOVE LETTER, BOTH JUST TWO ARTISTS FINDING THEIR WAY TO SAYING IT OUT LOUD....

💅✨THREE DIFFERENT ERAS OF UNBOTHERED CONFIDENCE COLLIDE WHEN @TROYESIVAN'S SLICK "SHE'S THE BEST" MEETS EVE'S ICONIC "WHO'S THAT GIRL," THEN GETS ROUNDED OUT BY @HAILEESTEINFELD'S ANTHEMIC "MOST GIRLS." ONE TRACK IS A DECLARATION, ANOTHER IS A DARE, AND THE LAST IS A WHOLE MANIFESTO, AND SOMEHOW ALL THREE FIT TOGETHER LIKE THEY WERE MADE FOR THE SAME GIRL. 🎨🎧🔊 😉🔥PLUG INTO THIS UNBOTHERED #M...

🎵💋TWO STICKY HOOKS COLLIDE WHEN THE BLACK EYED PEAS’ ICONIC “MY HUMPS” LINKS UP WITH @RIHANNA’S SILKY “LOVEEEEEE SONG” FT. @FUTURE. ONE’S ALL BRASH, EXAGGERATED CONFIDENCE, THE OTHER’S SLOW, SEDUCTIVE, AND DRIPPING IN AUTO-TUNE. TOGETHER THEY TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT’S BOTH RIDICULOUS AND IRRESISTIBLE, THE KIND OF MASHUP THAT SHOULDN’T WORK ON PAPER BUT ABSOLUTELY DOES ONCE THE BEAT DROPS. 🎨🎧...

🌃💃AN #ANTHEMIC, FESTIVAL-BUILT ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN @JORDINSPARKS' NEW #EDM ANTHEM "WE OWN THE NIGHT" WITH @AVELLO_MUSIC LINKS UP WITH SUNSHINE ANDERSON'S SOULFUL "HEARD IT ALL BEFORE." JORDIN'S FULLY IN HER #ELECTRONIC ERA RIGHT NOW, TRADING HER #POP ROOTS FOR SOMETHING BIGGER AND MORE FESTIVAL-CODED, AND DROPPING THAT ENERGY INTO SUNSHINE'S CLASSIC #RNB GROOVE MAKES FOR SOMETHING THAT FEELS...

🦔🎧YOUNG GUNZ' "NO BETTER LOVE" FT. RELL GETS DROPPED OVER AN INSANE #SONICTHEHEDGEHOG-CODED SAMPLE FROM @RHYTHMNBITS (EDITED BY YOURS TRULY), THEN JACK HARLOW'S SMOOTH "HELLO MISS JOHNSON" SLIDES RIGHT IN TO SLOW THE PACE DOWN. PRESS PLAY AND YOU'RE OFF, RUNNING THIS LEVEL FIRST-PERSON, GRABBING RINGS AS THEY COME. THE FIRST ONE'S @RHYTHMNBITS' TIKTOK, WHERE THE ORIGINAL #VIBE LIVES ALONGSIDE TH...

👼💔@ORVILLEPECK’S HAUNTING “ALREADY GONE” AND @KELLYCLARKSON’S OWN “ALREADY GONE” SHARE ONLY A TITLE, BUT THEY SETTLE INTO EACH OTHER LIKE THEY WERE ALWAYS ONE SONG. @BEYONCE’S “HALO” DRIFTS IN UNDERNEATH, A GLOW CAUGHT OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE, MAKING THE WHOLE THING FEEL A LITTLE HOLY BEFORE IT FADES BACK OUT. TWO EXITS, ONE LIGHT DIMMING BEHIND THEM. 🎨🎧🔊 😉🔥LET THIS #COLLAB HAUNT YOU,...

🍬🍒A CHEWY, LAYERED FLAVOR TAKES OVER WHEN THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.'S TIMELESS "JUICY" GETS TWISTED BACK INTO SOMETHING I FIRST CALLED "JUICYFROOT" OVER A YEAR AGO, THEN MELTED RIGHT INTO ALUNA'S FIERCE "WARRIOR" (PRODUCED WITH SG LEWIS). ONE PIECE OF THIS #MASHUP WAS ALREADY SITTING IN THE VAULT, THE OTHER JUST LANDED IN MY LAP, AND THE TWO STUCK TOGETHER LIKE GUM YOU FORGOT WAS STILL IN YOUR MOUTH....

🚕🌃A HAZY, BASS-KNOCKING SMOOTHNESS TAKES OVER WHEN 50 CENT'S CLASSIC "IN DA CLUB" MELTS INTO @HOPETALA'S SILKY, BOSSA-NOVA-LACED "CHERRIES" FT. @AMINE, TURNING INTO SOMETHING THAT FEELS LESS LIKE A CLUB AND MORE LIKE A NEON-LIT NIGHT DRIVE. THIS ONE'S A VIBE FIRST, MASHUP SECOND. SIT BACK, KICK YOUR LEGS UP, AND IMAGINE SETTLED INTO THE BACK OF A GTA 6 TAXI, THIS REVERBING THROUGH THE RADIO WHIL...

🍬🕺A FOUR-LAYER FLAVOR SHIFT TAKES OVER WHEN @THEFLOGIRLS' STRUTTY "POSE" FT. JUICY J COLLIDES WITH JUICY J'S OWN "CLAPPERS," THEN GETS DUSTED WITH @JUDEDEMOREST'S DEEP-CUT "ISSA PHOTOSHOOT" (HER FOURTH TAKE ON A SONG SHE ALREADY KNEW HOW TO WORK, SEEING AS SHE WAS ONE-THIRD OF THE ORIGINAL STAR CAST TRIO), BEFORE MADONNA'S ICONIC "HUNG UP" TAKES IT HOME. "POSE" ITSELF IS STILL WARM OFF THE PRESS...

🥁💃A BOUNCY, HORN-DRIVEN NOSTALGIA TAKES OVER WHEN CHUCK BROWN'S GO-GO CLASSIC "CHUCK BABY" MEETS THE GROOVE OF @CHLOEBAILEY'S SULTRY "TREAT ME." ONE'S A DC STAPLE THAT'S BEEN RIDING SHOTGUN FROM IPOD TO IPOD SINCE FOREVER, THE OTHER'S PURE, UNBOTHERED CONFIDENCE, AND SOMEHOW THAT PERCUSSIVE POCKET CHUCK BUILT DECADES AGO STILL HAS ROOM FOR CHLÖE TO SLIDE RIGHT IN. OLD TO ME, BRAND NEW TO YOU. WH...

🎻✨A WARM, SELF-LOVE GLOW TAKES OVER WHEN @TYLAJANEEE'S AFFIRMATION-PACKED "ENERGY" LINKS UP WITH @ARIANAGRANDE'S SULTRY "POSITIONS." ONE, ABOUT MANIFESTING YOUR OWN GLOW FROM THE INSIDE OUT, AND THE OTHER ABOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE YOU STAND WITH SOMEONE. THE VIOLIN STRINGS FOUND EACH OTHER LONG BEFORE THIS MASHUP DID, LINING UP SO CLEANLY IT'S BASICALLY A WHERE'S WALDO OF STRING ARRANGEMENTS O...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤙FOUND FAMILY, SHARED RHYTHM: A WARM, COMMUNITY-BUILT ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN @BEBEREXHA'S HEARTFELT VERSE ON @DAVIDGUETTA'S "FAMILY" FT. @TYDOLLASIGN & @ABOOGIE LINKS UP WITH F.L.Y.'S TIMELESS "SWAG SURFIN'." ONE, ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO BECOME YOUR FAMILY WHEN BLOOD ISN'T WHAT TIES YOU TOGETHER, AND THE OTHER ONE HAS PHYSICALLY MOVED ENTIRE COOKOUTS, TAILGATES, AND HOMECOMING STANDS IN U...

🎧🌅MORNING AFTER THOUGHTS: A HAZY, SLOWED-DOWN SEDUCTION TAKES OVER WHEN @BEYONCE'S FRESH "MORNING DEW [DONK]" GETS DIPPED INTO @JANETJACKSON'S SILKY "I GET LONELY TOO," THEN DRAGGED THROUGH @TPAIN'S SIGNATURE CHOPPED & SCREWED TREATMENT UNTIL EVERYTHING DRIPS. 🧠 FINALLY SAT WITH "MORNING DEW" LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY HEAR IT, AND HONESTLY, IT SCREWED ME OVER IN THE BEST WAY. THAT BOUNCY, LOVE-DRUN...

🎤💎THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (KINDA): A SILKY, WHAT-COULD'VE-BEEN ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN @RIHANNA'S LEAKED "SAME OL' LOVE" DEMO, THE ONE SHE PASSED ON BEFORE IT BECAME SELENA GOMEZ'S HIT, GETS DROPPED INTO @BUSTARHYMES'S ICONIC, BASS-HEAVY "TOUCH IT." @RIHANNA'S VOICE STILL FITS THAT MELODY LIKE A GLOVE, AND PAIRING IT WITH @BUSTARHYMES'S COMMANDING ENERGY MAKES THE SONG THAT ALMOST WAS FEEL LIKE IT...

💫BELONGING SOMEWHERE NEW: A DEFIANT, SELF-POSSESSED ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN KEKE PALMER'S POWERFUL "I DON'T BELONG TO YOU" LINKS UP WITH A DIFFERENT DECLARATION OF SELF-OWNERSHIP. KEKE'S TRACK IS A FIRM BOUNDARY SET IN SONG FORM, MEETING IN THE MIDDLE WITH LIL NAS X'S GENRE-BENDING "MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)," THAT SAME KIND OF CLAIMING TAKEN ALL THE WAY TO GLORY, LIL NAS X CROWNING HIMSELF E...

🎤UK, HUN? MEETS UK, LOVE: A CAMPY, CATCHY-BEYOND-REASON CHAOS TAKES OVER WHEN THE UNITED KINGDOLLS' VIRAL, NONSENSE-CHORUS "UK HUN?" (AKA "BING BANG BONG") COLLIDES WITH CRAIG DAVID'S SMOOTH, GARAGE-SOAKED "FILL ME IN." TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SIDES OF UK MUSIC HISTORY, ONE UNHINGED CROSSFADE. 🎨🎧🔊 ONE TRACK IS PURE EUROVISION-CODED MADNESS FROM DRAG RACE UK'S A'WHORA, BIMINI, LAWRENCE CHANEY,...

🏁🔥93 TO SWERVE: A HIGH-OCTANE, DRIVING-METAPHOR ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN @JOSHLEVI'S SLINKY, KICK-DRUM-DRIVEN "SWERVE" GETS LACED OVER SOULS OF MISCHIEF'S TIMELESS "93 'TIL INFINITY" INSTRUMENTAL, WITH @TATEMCRAE'S "SPORTS CAR" RIDING SHOTGUN IN THE BACKGROUND VOCALS. JOSH JUST DROPPED THE VISUAL FOR "SWERVE" AND IT'S FYYYYYE, FULL RACEWAY SETTING, SHARP CHOREO, WHIP APPEAL ON TEN, SO IT FELT RIGH...

💅✨SWEET CHAOS: A PLAYFUL, HEAD-OVER-HEELS ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN IYLA'S SILKY "GOOD GIRL" TRIPS RIGHT INTO THE ICONIC, FUNKY-BASS GROOVE OF @BRITNEYSPEARS'S "CLUMSY." 🎨🎧🔊 THIS ONE STARTED WITH IYLA'S OWN VIDEO LANDING RIGHT ON MY YOUTUBE HOMEPAGE, AND THE SECOND I HEARD THAT BASS LINE, THE IDEA WAS INSTANT. IT SLOTTED IN PERFECTLY WHERE BRITNEY'S CLASSIC CLAPS LIVE ON "CLUMSY," LIKE THE TWO W...

🌊🤫DOUBLE TRIPLE DIPPER (EP): A HUSHED, SLOW-ROLLING CURRENT RUNS UNDERNEATH BOTH TRACKS ON THIS ONE, CARRYING THE SAME QUIET, WATER-LOGGED HEARTBEAT FROM @VICTORIAMONÉT AND @SAUCYSANTANA'S "QUIET ON THE CREEK." TRACK ONE, "QUIET ON THE REACH," LETS THAT CURRENT STRETCH OUT SLOW AND STEADY, VICTORIA'S REACH EXTENDING AS FAR AS THE CREEK ITSELF CAN CARRY IT. 🎨🎧🔊 THE BONUS EXTENDED MIX, "QUIET O...

🎸💌FULL CIRCLE FANDOM: A GIDDY, CAN'T-STOP-SMILING ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN THE PARADOX'S INFECTIOUS "I KINDA LIKE THAT" LINKS UP WITH TEAIRRA MARI'S SULTRY "MAKE HER FEEL GOOD," WHILE TLC'S TIMELESS "NO SCRUBS" ROUNDS OUT THE TRIO. 🎨🎧🔊 I'VE BEEN SITTING ON THIS ONE SINCE THE TEASER FIRST DROPPED ON THEIR TIKTOK, AND NOW THAT THE FULL SONG IS HERE, THIS REWORK FEELS EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED....

✨THE GLOW-UP CLOSET REVEAL: A CONFIDENT, CLEAN-SLATE ENERGY TAKES OVER WHEN @KYLIECANTRALL'S CATHARTIC "CLOSET" LINKS UP WITH ONE OF @ARIANAGRANDE'S VERY FIRST HITS, "RIGHT THERE." 🎨🎧🔊 KYLIE JUST DROPPED A NEW VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, FRESH OFF HER ADORABLE RUN AS CAT WITCH ON THE MASKED SINGER, AND WITH A NEW DESCENDANTS FILM SEEMINGLY IN THE AIR, IT FEELS LIKE THE PERFECT MOMENT TO CATCH UP WITH TH...

💫SEAMLESS: A SILKY, EFFORTLESS SYNCHRONICITY TAKES OVER WHEN @LALA'S SMOOTH, UNBOTHERED "DO BETTER" LOCKS INTO THE HAUNTING, ATMOSPHERIC PULSE OF @ARIANAGRANDE'S "KNEW BETTER, PT. 2." 🎨🎧🔊 THIS ONE FELT LESS LIKE A MASHUP AND MORE LIKE A DISCOVERY. THE TITLES ALMOST MATCH WORD FOR WORD, AND THE BEAT PATTERNS LINE UP SO CLEANLY IT'S LIKE THESE TWO SONGS WERE WAITING ON EACH OTHER THE WHOLE TIME....