Three young musicians are coming up the summer charts, according to Stephen Thompson, on the NPR's story "
These Three Artists Are Poised to Invade the Top of the Pop Charts": country singer-songwriter
Stella Lefty with
Boston, rapper Yung Miami with
Spend Dat, and singer-songwriter Malcolm Todd with
Earrings. This article is recommended for B2 students and above, who can pick up expressions like:
to be poised, to hold [at No 1], K-pop [band], to land, atop, to crash [the chart's] uppermost, reaches, to wait in the wings, to pounce, room [to grow], a sleeper, [to hit] a peak, a hook, a [summery] mood-lifter, word-of-mouth [country hits], to stick around, a rapper, to score, a viral [hit], to float around, solo, duo, [to have] proven, by a mile, a [TikTok] phenomenon, [to hit] a [career] peak, a [chart] mainstay, to debut, to rank [among K-pop's kings of quantity], to dwarf, streaming [numbers], vinyl, a short-timer, [to give] bragging [rights], trivia, prolificacy, [no easy] feat, [to sit] motionless, to slide [to No. 2], a [chart] champ, the [summer] doldrums, a breakout [star], mainstay, to swap [places], a [chart] bump.Other full-blown artists like Ella Langley with her recurrent number 1 hit "Choosin' Texas", K-pop boy band ATEEZ with their latest album Golden Hour: Part 5, singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo with her album "You Seem Pretty Sad, for a Girl so in Love" or Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" are also mentioned in Stephen Thompson's story.
Below, you can watch the official video of "Choosin' Texas" the current No. 1 song at the Billboard Hot 100: July 11th, 2026 by the country artist Ella Langley, and a link to the lyrics of this song from LyricFind:
And finally, below you can watch the
Boston Live Video by the budding country-pop artitst
Stella Lefty. You can also find
a fill-in-the gap exercise with the lyrics of Boston and its key on this link. This task is recommended for B2 students and above, who will come across expressions like:
to jump the gun, what's up, to be along with [the ride], to head [back to where you come from]. You can also find
some facts and an explanation of the meaning of the lyrics of Boston on this link from the
Holler platform, which specializes in Country, Americana and Roots music. Enjoy!
