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A weirdly hypnotic Vine compilation music video, St Vincent's Golden Girls dirge, AG Cook uplifts us all and more new tracks

AG Cook: Superstar PC Music fans have been waiting for the official version of “Superstar” to release since RBMA Festival New York last May, when subversive pop producer AG Cook performed it live—on a grand piano. Originally written as a top-line pitch (aka melody and lyrics) for Zedd, the uplifting song veers away from maximal, over-dramatic EDM and surprisingly reveals an unusually intimate AG Cook. …

St Vincent: Golden Girls Theme Song

In an atmospheric dirge “cover” of the Golden Girls theme song “Thank You For Being a Friend,” St Vincent (aka Annie Clark) brings out something viewers of the show probably never expected. It’s a minimal, two-minute requiem that’s all haunting synths (and maybe a ghost vocal or two); it abandons the cheer completely but we can’t help but imagine Clark smiling through the whole thing.