Currently Listening To: Best Thing I Never Had by Beyonce

What makes a song relevant? Is it the vocal dexterity and showmanship the artist endows? Or perhaps, the unmistakable intensity it conveys? Or maybe, just maybe, the sheer magic that it creates? Beyonce's latest track, "Best Thing I Never Had", conveniently answers those queries.

From her upcoming fourth studio album appropriately-named 4, the track is oozing with allure reminiscent of her mega-hit "Irreplaceable." Once again, Beyonce is feisty and unyielding and blurted a mouthful of self-help mantras (accentuate: I bet it sucks to be you right now) to all the victims of unrequited love. And always genteel, Queen B's vocal artistry is the great force that elevates this track to grandeur.

There's no denying Queen B is running the music world right now. Come February, her relevance will just even solidify: Hello Grammys!

Currently Listening To: Louder by Charice

Pop music is my ephemeral antidote from madness. There is something to be said of its hackneyed and depthless lyrics together with its maddingly preposterous beat. It's bewitching!

Move over, Rebecca Black! I got my brand new obsession: Louder by Charice. This kitschy track has pop-ness screaming on it. From its annoying kick-off to the fetching recurrence of the word "head" on the chorus, this is what pop is all about: creating a plague like a virus in your intellectual existence, thus, regressing your choice of music. From this emanates the exasperating LSS: "Let my heart speak louder than my head, head, head, head."

True to form of pop-ness, gratification proves to be fleeting. If the raison d'etre of this song is to annoy, then it serves me right. Now, if I can be excused, I'll just cover my ears before there will be blood!