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Consider a tune like “Good Enough,” a meditation on empathy set to a gently undulating groove, or the hymnlike “Elsewhere,” in which McLachlan yearns for a “space where I can breathe.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

Hypnotically hymnlike music depicts Malcolm X’s two conversions: to the Nation of Islam at the center of the opera and while making a pilgrimage to Mecca in the final act, to Sunni Islam.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The hymnlike ballad with a prominent string section was the pop star’s first solo song in years, drawing significant attention.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2023

In a wedding-ready, hymnlike ballad, Stormzy sings modestly and adoringly about a love at first sight that he intends to last forever.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

The entire assemblage joined in and soon the air was filled with a hymnlike freedom song.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson