How to Use needle drop in a Sentence

needle drop

noun
  • Finneas was game to have that many needle drops in the show.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Who are these pop culture needle drops for?
    — James Grebey, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Nice Dwight Yoakam needle drop.
    — William Earl, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Here, Malone breaks down some of the show’s key needle drops.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • But even now, their quest for the perfect needle drop eludes predictable pathways.
    — Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
  • Industry has some huge needle drops.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But without any needle drops, The Bear doesn’t feel or sound like itself.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • My only experience was with my band or films using my music as needle drops.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 June 2026
  • There remains one elusive needle drop, however.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
  • An unconventional biopic with ecstatic needle drops — that sort of thing.
    — Nick Newman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
  • After the needle drop Deniké plays a set with the Cottontails, which is followed by an informal hang with the musicians.
    — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Demie, a music obsessive, recalls being extremely impressed by the needle drops that Levinson wrote in.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
  • O’Connell goes all in on maniacal Sir Jimmy while Fiennes eats up needle drops like a demon.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Supergirl often plays like a poor James Gunn impression, full of trashy space bars, needle drops and slow-motion fight scenes spinning around in a circle.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The Envelope recently spoke with six music supervisors about their favorite needle drops from their own series.
    — Kara Warner, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • The needle drops, which include Lennon songs and Beatles songs, are impeccable and irresistible.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Audiences will note the three needle drops by his sister and collaborator Billie Eilish.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This whole idea, in general, of doing a James Gunn impression, with space bar fights and needle drops during slow-motion circular spinning fight scenes.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Barker was instrumental in Love Island USA’s most iconic needle drops.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 June 2026
  • To make things worse and more inexplicable, there are original compositions on the soundtrack that do not appear in the actual movie but match almost perfectly with the action for sequences that have pop needle drops.
    — James Grebey, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
  • From his first Guardians of the Galaxy movie on, Gunn established himself as the master of the movie soundtrack and the all-important needle drop, earning praise for finding the right song and dropping it at the right time.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
  • Absolutely perfect Nina Simone needle drop.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The film is faithful to the franchise’s customary angst, with riotous needle drops (and an obligatory new Nick Cave track) courtesy of Antony Genn and Martin Slattery.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In its first two seasons, Euphoria featured more than 300 needle drops, making music as essential to the series’ storytelling as its glittered, psychedelic visuals.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The show became a cultural phenomenon not just because of its star-making performances, but also thanks to its eclectic needle drops and the musician’s genre-bending score that helped define the moody, dramatic atmosphere that captured the show’s intense highs and lows.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Hailing from The Forge, the show is known for harnessing the turn-of-the-century climate in America and England that was the Gilded Age and mixing the culture of the time period with modern needle drops.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Micay works hand in hand with the show’s music supervisor, Ollie White, who is responsible for this season’s incredible (and surely expensive) needle drops from Donna Summer and Daft Punk.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The Boston locations and production values are top notch including another fine Daniel Pemberton score, some cool needle drops, and excellent cinematography from Arseni Khatchaturan.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The vinyl will be issued as a two-disc set featuring both the show’s needle drops and selections from Peter Peter’s score, along with a double-sided 12×24-inch poster, two trading cards, gatefold packaging and liner notes from series creator Jacob Tierney.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Aside from an emotional and inspiring story (which was adapted from a 2021 novel by Andy Weir) coupled with eye-popping visual effects, the film is fueled by an eclectic soundtrack utilizing both head-turning needle drops and an innovative score which is equally atmospheric and soaring.
    — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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