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manifestivalManifest3.0 out of 5 stars · Jun 7

The debut that turned a girl-group audition pipeline into a national event: manifestival runs glossy Y2K pop revival through Turkish lyricism with chart-breaking results and choreography-first instincts. The songwriting leans on its references, but the ambition — a fully industrialized Turkish pop-group machine — is itself the statement. A phenomenon first, an album second.

Hurry Up TomorrowThe Weeknd3.5 out of 5 stars · Jun 7

The trilogy's closing chapter: Hurry Up Tomorrow drowns The Weeknd's stadium synth-noir in mortality — voice-loss anxiety, fame as purgatory, and a tracklist that loops back to After Hours like a snake eating its tail. Overlong and self-serious, but the highs carry real dread. An era ending on its own terms.

LUXROSALÍA4.5 out of 5 stars · Jun 7

The art-pop event of its year: LUX stages Rosalía's voice against full orchestra across multiple languages, trading Motomami's fragmentation for sacred-music scale — opera, saeta and electronics fused with total conviction. "Berghain" announced the ambition; the album sustains it. Pop's most fearless major star, spending her capital on transcendence.

D'eux - Édition 15ème AnniversaireCéline Dion4.0 out of 5 stars · Jun 7

The best-selling French-language album ever, and the rare blockbuster that earns the superlative: D'eux is Jean-Jacques Goldman writing at his peak for a voice that could detonate any ballad handed to it. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" remains francophone pop's defining torch song. Two superpowers, perfectly matched once.