At 2 a.m., the smallest thought can take over the room. Stargazer understands that escalation on Insomniac, a debut single that compresses insomnia, anxiety and emotional isolation into 2:27 of alternative rock, emo, electronic production and hip-hop-influenced delivery. It moves with the pace of someone trying to outthink their own fear, then finding that the mind has already sprinted ahead. The song refuses the easy...

Some tracks simply refuse to wait politely for your attention; they pull you right into the middle of the messiest, most thrilling part of growing up. "Kinda Love It" is exactly that kind of record. Romanian pop artist Francis On My Mind has returned with a new single via Universal Music Romania that bottles up the exact second a friendship crosses the line into romance. It...