This season’s winter-approved playlist to jam all season
Keep things hot this winter with this Remix-approved playlist, advised to keep the winter blues away.
RIIKI REID
It’s time to romanticise your entire life (again), because alt-pop darling RIIKI REID is back with ‘Indulgent (Fruit)’—a glittery little love letter to the magic of those dreamy summer flings. Off the back of her chart-topping hit ‘Over Romantic’, RIIKI leans even harder into the fantasy of summer with this new track. It’s giving strawberries and sparkling wine while everything’s golden and delicious in RIIK’s latest 80s-inspired, summer anthem. “This song lives in that moment where everything feels like a holiday,” RIIKI says. “Like someone so sweet, so indulgent, you’re just giggling through it all like you’ve been dipped in honey.”
PANIA
Breakups suck. But leave it to PANIA to crash the pity party and turn her heartbreak into her latest R&B triumph. PANIA’s latest track, ‘Pity Party’, embodies her past relationship where she was trapped in an endless cycle of self-pity. Fresh off her earlier 2025 release, ‘Switch Sides’, the 2x ARIA-nominated rising star takes listeners deep into the emotional trenches, coming out the other side with something honest and reflective of what most of us (unfortunately) have also been through. Accompanied by a visually stunning music video shot by Shae Sterling and filmed at PANIA’s Marae, Maungatapu, PANIA takes her audience on an intimate visual journey through her roots.
BOY SODA
If you’re in the mood to feel a bit of everything (to do with that old relationship), BOY SODA’s new track, ‘Lil Obsession’, is bound to live rent-free in your mind. Back with his signature soul meets R&B sound, the Aussie artist wears his heart on his sleeve with his latest sound. Written during a two-week creative escape in the misty Blue Mountains, ‘Lil Obsession’ is not your usual messy breakup anthem. It’s more like the moment when you finally accept it’s over. A track rich with romance and featuring live instrumentation by classically trained musicians, this track is an emotional ride that requires a glass of something red for support.
BENSON BOONE
Benson Boone cast a spell on the world after dropping his infectious track that took TikTok by storm, ‘Beautiful Things’. Dropping his latest single, ‘Mystical Magical’, at his Coachella debut this year (at main stage!), it seems Benson Boone isn’t done with the magic tricks just yet. The second taste of his upcoming album, ‘American Heart’, dropping June 20, his latest single is both dreamy and dramatic. Checking off some major career milestones like featuring in the ‘Top 40 Hits’, the cover of ‘Rolling Stone’, having his ‘Saturday Night Live’ debut and being titled with the #1 most streamed song globally of 2024, Benson Boone is living through his absolute moment right now.
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