Life's Too Sports

On June 11, 2021, Maroon 5 delighted fans across the globe with the release of their seventh studio album,  Jordi -- a tribute to the band's late manager Jordan Feldstein, who passed away in 2017. While the band's fanbase has been generally receptive of their latest effort, Maroon 5 critics provide mixed reviews at best, scrutinizing the group once again for producing "depthless" pop music, and describing the album as "lackluster" and "forgettable". Nonetheless,  Jordi would quickly garner international success on brand name alone, as Maroon 5 remains one of the most well-known ensembles in the world. With two months now firmly in the rearview, here's a look at the Spotify play count of all 14 tracks on  Jordi 's deluxe edition, arranged by popularity. 1. Memories (1,235,564,787 streams) 2. Beautiful Mistakes (244,091,342 streams) 3. Nobody's Love (132,862,809 streams) 4. Lifestyle (95,293,396 streams) 5. Lost (31,675,612 streams) 6. E...

Maroon 5... A band with more than five members. A band largely carried by the overwhelming success of its frontman. A band that has continually managed to produce chart-topping hits for the better part of two decades, despite maintaining a polarizing presence within the realm of pop culture due to its ever-evolving sound. So what is this band: funk, soul, rock, pop? Perhaps guitarist James Valentine explained their efforts best in a 2018 interview with Billboard, stating, "The last few records have been more electronic in their production, but at the end of the day we're a rock band. So we get in a room and figure out how to take some of the electronic elements and flesh 'em out with real instruments and interface some of the studio sounds with the raw elements of a rock band, which can be a challenge sometimes ... I think that's what makes it unique and what people really enjoy about the live experience. We always tread the studio differently than a live gig. We ...