The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new?

Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and can include anything — it's a snapshot of what's on our minds and what sounds good. We'll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open for business.

Maybe revenge is the best medicine. That’s right, Carrie Underwood had better move over because we've got a new cheating anthem on our hands. If you haven’t been following the talented triple threat Chloe Bailey, where have you been? Be sure to discover Chlöe, her solo musical persona, and her debut album In Pieces. It’s packed with heartbreak ballads that’ll make your sorry self feel sane. One of the more outlandish hits is “Cheatback,” where Chlöe and Future play lovers and compete to see who cheats the best, or perhaps the worst. They’ve devised a deliciously toxic scenario and amplified it with a frenzied strumming guitar. —Gwyn Cutler

If I've learned one thing about Vincint over the years, it's that he does not miss. The “Loving You 88” singer has pop on lock with a knack for tapping into the heavy feeling of loving someone but knowing it may not blossom the way you’d hoped. However, with his new song, "Romance," manifesting may be on the menu. "We've been friends forever, never been together / Always almost close," the chorus opens before a luscious bass-heavy synth beat floods the track. Vincint shoots his shot: "Hey, boy, if I was your man / I would show you romance…. If you gave me a chance / I could give you romance." With a beat this good and vocals this smooth, it’s an offer we simply cannot refuse. —Virginia Lowman

The first taste of his upcoming album D-Day, Agust D (another pseudonym of BTS’s Suga) rips his heart wide open on his new solo single. Written in the midst of pandemic-era blues, the rapper contemplates the meaning of life, love, and everything in between over a delicate hip-hop melody. The track is a continuation of 2020’s gut-wrenching “People,” a fan favorite off the K-pop star’s last mixtape, D-2. It also features the vocal stylings of every idol’s favorite idol, IU, marking the pair’s second collaboration after “Eight.” Though the “Daechwita” rapper is often mistaken to be cold and hardcore, true fans know his inner life is bright and colorful. “They say life’s a struggle between resistance and submission, I say it's a struggle against loneliness,” he says both to himself and to his listeners. “If you can’t hold it back, it’s okay to cry, you’re already more than enough to be loved.”  —Sarina Bhutani

Alison Goldfrapp, the lead singer for the Goldfrapp duo that also consisted of Will Gregory, is finally releasing her first solo album, The Love Invention. Even though she has stepped away from her namesake group, she has brought along Goldfrapp’s signature silky synths and a warm yet metallic sound for her new single, "So Hard So Hot." As far as previous Goldfrapp albums, the vibe is less Seventh Tree and more Head First and Supernature, which should provide a blast of nostalgia for anyone who was hitting the clubs back in the mid-aughts, when Alison's voice was the soundtrack for many epic nights out. —Chris Rudolph

This unlikely but desperately needed duo have designed a snazzy bassline and a sublime drum beat that authentically represents their African origins of Nigeria (Dreamer Isioma) and Ghana (Merlyn Wood) respectively. The song’s lyrics are sultry, and throughout Wood’s portion, downright risqué. However, their music video is centered on activism. We see Isioma and their band of secret agents snooping through confidential files from the corrupt leaders of Terra 2000, a clever parody of our polluted planet. In these classified documents, Isioma discovers “The Truth,” which is known to set us free. Still, they ask the big question: “What is freedom in this universe?” —Gwyn Cutler

Chicago’s king of Gen Z funk is back with a brand new album that is as topical as it is vitalizing. Clusterfunk is as chaotic as the title sounds. With Chromeo, A-Trak, and Stic.Man, Ric Wilson meshes his upbeat chords with the uproars of progressive politics and Black history, which have always gone hand in hand. “Git Up Off My Neck” attacks modern despotism and banishes its bad energy. “It’s not white against black G / It’s everybody against racism / It’s everybody against fascism,” spits the rapper. In his lyrics, you can hear revolution and the drive to rebel against increasingly oppressive systems. Ric claims he’s just a mouthpiece, but he’s a leader in innovative and ethical funk. —Gwyn Cutler

Mark Lee goes punk rock with the release of his newest NCT Lab single, “Golden Hour.” A world away from last year’s contribution, the heartfelt and intimate “Child,” the K-pop superstar shows fans a boisterous and spunky sense of self. The track layers distorted electric guitar sounds and heavy 808s with the artist’s unmistakable vocals and cheeky self-composed lyrics (yes, Gordon Ramsay, he did craft an entire song around that egg tweet) to create a song that feels entirely his. It’s confident yet unserious, and meticulously produced. “Golden Hour” is accompanied by an equally golden music video, which features the NCT Dream frontman amongst a myriad of egg-themed paraphernalia and a cartoon-sized, paper mache replica of Ramsay himself to really drive his message home. “I don’t know how to make eggs,” he raps. “But that I do not stress ‘cause I’ve never been hungry.” —Sarina Bhutani

Kylie Minogue is back to keep her fans satiated as they impatiently wait for the follow-up to her dreamy dance album, 2020's Disco. The Aussie icon's latest collab is with Oliver Heldens, who gives the track some booming bass and a blissful retro vibe. It sounds like the music you’d hear while selecting your character in an arcade game, which I mean that as the highest compliment. Who else but Kylie would you have in your corner as you fight for your life? This song is, ahem, a 10 out of 10. —Chris Rudolph