Missing your Barbie era? In need of some sad girl songs with a little twang? Want lyrics to make you feel introspective? Look no further than Megan Moroney’s latest album, “Cloud 9.” The 28-year-old Georgia-native channeled her Barbie look into an all-pink aesthetic for her third album, succeeding the royal blue aesthetic of “Am I Okay?” in 2024 and green of “Lucky” in 2023.

I spent all of high school looking forward to college, and time is now going by too fast, which is leaving me fearful that I might not soak up every second of it. Although at a different point in her life, Musgraves understands that feeling. “Deeper Well” takes listeners on a 14-track journey of acceptance, and each song made me feel more seen by a musical artist than ever before. 

The release of Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” reminds of the complicated, often circular conversations that surround the mega-star.

A particular song can always bring you back, transporting you into the past like a mental wormhole.

“Plastic Hearts,” released Friday, represents a return to form for Miley Cyrus. For the past decade, she had cycled genres between albums — from the hip-hop stylings on 2013’s “Bangerz”...