The Los Angeles singer-songwriter's latest single, "Original Goodness," is the type of song that might make you cry without you even realizing it.

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Fleeting and intimate and profound, Marina Allen's new song sounds like dusk.

"Original Goodness" — premiering below — is the third single off the Los Angeles singer-songwriter's forthcoming debut album, Candlepower, and it's a spare, staggeringly beautiful folk number — the type of song that might make you cry without you even realizing it.

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Michaela Slinger

Last week, rising indie pop songstress Michaela Slinger dropped her debut album, Panorama.

Now, the Vancouver artist is back with a new video for one of the album's standout tracks, "Masquerade" — a super sticky, super bittersweet bop about growing up and reassessing someone you once admired.

"The song is about those moments in childhood where you're jolted out of innocence and suddenly realize that the world around you is unstable, or that your heroes are just people," Slinger tells Popdust. "I'm reflecting on an experience like this in my own life and coming to peace with it."

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Frames

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Richmond, Virginia's Frames, AKA Sarah Phung, reveals the audio video for "Hell," a track from her debut EP, Cursed, via Know Hope Records/The Orchard Music.

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MIDLO Premieres “Waste Your Time”

The hesitation of budding romance.

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New York City-based indie-pop duo MIDLO introduces the music video for "Waste Your Time."

Made up of Dan Middleditch and Renata Baiocco, who first teamed up on their previous song "Emotional," which hit Spotify's New Music Friday USA Playlist, the pop twosome follow with "Waste Your Time," merging their honeyed voices atop a sparkling melody full of vibrant colors.

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ZIMINY

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ZIMINY unveils the lyric video for "She (Zoey Deutch)," a song merging elements of '80s surf-pop with R&B savors.

ZIMINY is the new project of David Amezcua, former bassist for AWOLNATION. David shares, "This is my chance to explore new and yet familiar horizons as a songwriter. I really enjoy taking what's old and making it new. Finding the old soul of song and adding a fresh twist of ZIMINY." His first release, "She (Zoey Deutch)," features a bubbly piano on a catchy beat.

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Belle and The Dragon Premiere New Single: “Trees”

Some positive energy to boost your spirits.

Belle and The Dragon introduce the music video for "Trees," a track from their debut album, Birthrights.

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