Reanna Cruz
Reanna Cruz is a news assistant for NPR Music's Alt.Latino.
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For Madonna's 63rd birthday, Bark Bark Disco slows down her early hit "Borderline" and invokes the personal whisper of a moonlight tryst.
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The song highlights Tesfaye's sonic progression from origins of brooding minimalistic R&B, into the coke-fueled, Giorgio Moroder, dance-floor bombast he's dipped his foot in on previous records.
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The Drag Race queen returns with a synthwave track that channels the 1980s goth scene.
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On a 35th anniversary edition of True Blue, a 10-minute version of "Open Your Heart" welcomes an intimate connection between the instrumental and Madonna's voice.
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As Lil Nas X becomes bolder in his lyrics and creative vision, he transcends confines of "The Gay Rapper" stereotype, carving out space as an unapologetic messiah for today's queer generation.
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City Girls' latest single, "Twerkulator," bounces between sensually whispered hooks and bombastic verses guaranteed to induce a twitch of movement in even the grumpiest of grandfathers.
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"In Da Getto" is relentless and bound to keep energy up through a long night on the dance floor.
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The hardcore band the ability to lure even the most poptimistic listener with spectacular hooks.
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"Lumberjack" leans on the darker side of Tyler, the Creator's artistic spectrum; it's discomforting, expanding upon the sounds of 2019's Igor and calling back to his first two albums, Goblin and Wolf.
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Kylie Minogue's cover of Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night" is a club banger that will inevitably land on the speakers of every queer bar and block party, just in time for Pride.