Lav's Music Corner

MARINA is the recently adapted moniker of Marina Diamandis who started off her career with three albums under the Marina And The Diamonds name. After a pair of critically acclaimed albums to start off her career as a tumblr-core pop sensation she released her 3rd album to mixed reviews in 2015. After a long break she had a name change and a new record in 2019 with the two part Love + Fear  release which was met with largescale critical pushback and only moderate commercial success. Review By Lav: Marina was one of the first pop starts whose meteoric rise I got to witness first hand as track after track from her debut and sophomore albums became the backing to "just girly things" tumblr posts and early aesthetic twitter accounts, both of which were a part of my media diet. I was less excited to see Marina turn in a much less interesting direction with the colorful but not very flavorful Froot . Though that was nothing compared to the disappointment of her "comeback" ...

Singles are the engine upon which the music industry runs. From stan Twitter to the Hot 100 the best way to drum up hype and all the revenue that comes with it is on the back of a great single. For the 5th straight year  it's time to look at all the great singles released by artists new and old throughout 2020 and rank them. Unlike the songs and albums lists that will follow this one over the next 2 days this isn't strictly about the best in terms of sheer quality alone. The list takes quality into consideration alongside cultural significance. reception within an artists listener base and how the songs fit into the context of a band or artists image or discography at large. With all these factors combined I put together my list of the 100 best singles I heard in 2020.  100. Waxahatchee - Fire I've been an enjoyer of Waxahatchee's music for years now and in 2020 she added Fire  to the high end of singles in her discography. The song is a vocal wonder that shows off Kati...