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]]>After a three-year-long break, St. Vincent is finally back with one of this week’s most exciting new albums. All Born Screaming hit the shelves this Friday and gave us ten new songs, including its latest single “Big Time Nothing”.
This has also been a great week for our favorite Latin artists, starting with Anitta, who finally dropped her long-awaited new album Funk Generation. This record is full of surprises and the Sam Smith collaboration “Ahi” truly rocked our world.
Speaking of amazing duets, this week has given us quite a few. Myke Towers and Bad Bunny joined forces for “Adivino”, while Normani teased her debut album with the lead single “1:59” and brought Gunna on board.
The rest of our list will impress you with a wide selection of songs from different genres, from electro-pop to R&B. Stick around to discover new music by Twenty One Pilots, Teddy Swims, Laufey, and more.
St. Vincent – “Big Time Nothing”
Normani – “1:59” ft. Gunna
Anitta & Sam Smith – “Ahi”
Myke Towers & Bad Bunny – “Adivino”
Lauv – “Potential”
Laufey – “It Could Happen To You”
Teddy Swims – “Hammer to the Heart”
Twenty One Pilots – “Backslide”
Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
Justice – “Neverender ft. Tame Impala”
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]]>The former Fifth Harmony singer has been working on her debut album since going solo in 2018, and she finally announced it back in February. She shared the album’s title and cover at the time, and her fans have been pushing her to give us more ever since.
She finally answered their prayers this Friday, when the lead single “1:59” ft. Gunna hit the shelves. She also announced that Dopamine would be released on June 14 via RCA Records.
Normani discussed the release of her debut album with Elle and revealed she went through several different titles, including Butterfly Effect and 1906, which was the address of her grandmother’s house where she was raised.
“Dopamine represents the highs and the lows I’ve endured. It’s been such an emotional roller coaster… I really wanted to have a title that felt like it definitely encompassed everything that I feel I’ve been through in my journey to get to the point that I’m in right now,” she explained.
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]]>The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors “artists who have created music whose originality, impact, and influence has changed the course of rock and roll”, and their performer category includes eight honorees this time around.
Cher was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the first time this year, after publicly calling out the organization for never taking her into consideration. Just a few months ago, she told Kelly Clarkson, “I wouldn’t be in it now if they gave me a million dollars.”
Cher is yet to publicly address her induction, but Mary J. Blige and Ozzy Osbourne are among the honorees who expressed gratitude to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They’ll be inducted alongside Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, and A Tribe Called Quest.
The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on October 19, and it will air live on Disney+.
Check out the full list of the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees:
Performer Category:
- Mary J. Blige
- Cher
- Dave Matthews Band
- Foreigner
- Peter Frampton
- Kool & The Gang
- Ozzy Osbourne
- A Tribe Called Quest
Musical Influence Award: - Alexis Korner
- John Mayall
- Big Mama Thornton
Musical Excellence Award: - Jimmy Buffett
- MC5
- Dionne Warwick
- Norman Whitfield
Ahmet Ertegun Award: - Suzanne de Passe
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]]>It’s been almost three years since PinkPantheress shared this song with the world, but its music video never saw the light of day. That finally changed this past Friday, when the young R&B star decided to drop the dreamy “Reason” visual, filmed in the middle of the woods.
Sharing this video doesn’t seem to be a promo strategy, but simply a treat for her loyal fans. “Reason” was initially released all the way back in October 2021, as one of 10 songs from PinkPantheress’ debut mixtape To Hell with It, and it wasn’t even one of its singles.
She produced this drum and bass song alongside Zach Nahome, and they ended up making the beat together.
“I told him what kind of drums I wanted, what kind of sound and space I wanted, and he came up with that. With garage music, I just enjoy the breakbeats of it, the drums. It’s also quintessentially British. We birthed it. I think it’s always nice to go back to your roots,” the singer told Genius.
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]]>No album this week created more commotion than Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets and its companion piece The Anthology. She’s given us 16 new songs on the standard edition and 31 in total, but “So Long, London” is definitely her strongest new release.
This Friday was pretty slow for new releases because most artists wanted to avoid competing with Swift. That didn’t stop Pearl Jam from sharing their long-awaited album Dark Matter, which produced several amazing songs, including “Wreckage”.
The lack of major releases helped our favorite indie and international artists shine, and make it to our list of the best new songs of the week. Hozier’s “Why Would You Be Loved” is definitely worth listening to on repeat, and so are the latest singles by Rachel Chinouriri, Debbii Dawson, Kings of Leon, Kate Nash, and more.
Taylor Swift – “So Long, London”
Hozier – “Why Would You Be Loved”
Pearl Jam – “Wreckage”
Debbii Dawson – “Happy World”
Rachel Chinouriri – “It Is What It Is”
Sia – “Fame Won’t Love You” (feat. Paris Hilton)
Kings Of Leon – “Nothing To Do”
Cigarettes After S-x – “Dark Vacay”
Kate Nash – “Space Odyssey 2001”
Kygo, Zak Abel – “For Life” ft. Nile Rodgers
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]]>Tems announced Born in the Wild with a visual that evokes the scenes from her childhood, which was most likely filmed in her home country. This clip also features the lyrics of her new song, “It’s all over the news, all over the news, I notice/ Under the sun, struggling to find my focus/ When I was young, younger than my mind as always/ Runnin’ away.”
Born in the Wild will be released in May via RCA Records, but Tems is yet to share its official release date. This record will feature her recent singles “Me & U” and “Not An Angel”, both released last year.
Tems announced her debut album shortly after her Coachella performance this past weekend, which featured some pretty unexpected guests. Wizkid and Justin Bieber joined her for a rendition of their hit “Essence” remix, which was released as a part of Wizkid’s album Made in Lagos and became Tems’ first song to hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 9.
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]]>Dua Lipa’s “Illusion” is definitely the week’s most talked-about new track, and it deserves all the attention coming its way. It’s the third single from her new album Radical Optimism, and it perfectly captures its nostalgic, Britpop-inspired sound.
This week also marked the release of Metro Boomin and Future’s second collaborative album We Still Don’t Trust You, and its title track made it to our list. Speaking of new albums, Maggie Rogers and Girl in Red made a comeback with their latest LPs this week and truly impressed us with their new sound.
It was a great week for female artists overall, and the songs that made the cut cover a wide range of different genres. In addition to Maggie Rogers and Girl in Red representing alternative pop-rock, R&B artists Chlöe, Tinashe, and Willow also made it to our list alongside the rising country star Tanner Adell.
Dua Lipa – “Illusion”
Linkin Park – “QWERTY”
Maggie Rogers – “The Kill”
Girl in Red – “I’m Back”
Future, Metro Boomin – “We Still Don’t Trust You”
WILLOW – “Big Feelings”
Suki Waterhouse – “My Fun”
Tinashe – “Nasty”
Tanner Adell – Whiskey Blues
Chlöe – “Boy Bye”
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]]>Rihanna recently sat down for an in-depth conversation with Interview Magazine, and her next album was one of the topics of conversation. She said that her “brain is working backward” on her next album, adding that she’s mostly focusing on “visual ideas” at the moment.
“I usually have the music first, and the music leads me into all of these visual opportunities, and now I’m having all of these visuals, and I don’t have the songs for them yet, but maybe that’s the key, this time. Maybe the visual ideas are leading me to the songs that I need to make,” she explained.
Rihanna also said she has a lot of “random ideas, quirky ideas, things that have nothing to do with me at all” and described her next album as somewhat of a rebirth. She’s been dropping hints about new material for quite some time, but we haven’t seen her release a new album since Anti came out in 2016.
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]]>It’s been over a year since the release of Raye’s long-awaited debut studio album My 21st Century Blues, and she’s still making waves with this record. After dominating this year’s Brit Awards with historic six wins, Raye was invited to serve as a musical guest on the latest episode of SNL, hosted by Kristen Wiig.
After the episode aired, she shared her rendition of “Worth It” on social media. She captioned it by writing “just a little south London girl performing on SNL”, followed by a series of crying emojis, and added she’s lost for words after her performance on the iconic sketch show.
Raye also delivered a jazz-inspired rendition of her breakout hit “Escapism”. This breakup anthem came out in late 2022, and went on to become a viral sensation, hitting No. 1 in her home country of the UK. It also won her a prize for song of the year at this year’s Brit Awards, where she also won a trophy for the British artist of the year and album of the year for My 21st Century Blues.
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]]>Most of the songs on our list hail from the exciting new albums that hit the shelves on April 5. J. Cole took his fans off guard with the surprise release of his latest mixtape Might Delete Later, which produced 12 new songs, including “7 Minute Drill”.
Vampire Weekend finally shared their first album in five years, Only God Was Above Us, this Friday and promoted its release with “Prep-School Gangsters”. The Black Keys also returned with a new LP Ohio Players, and “On the Game” emerged as one of its best new songs.
Several rising stars weren’t threatened by Friday’s busy release schedule, and they shared new music with the world. Benson Boone’s debut album Fireworks & Rollerblades produced a new single “Cry”, while Lizzy McAlpine rocked our world with “Drunk, Running” from Older.
Our list also features several songs that serve as the promo for new albums of our favorite artists. Charli XCX dropped “B2b” from Brat, Sia joined forces with Labrinth for “Incredible” from Reasonable Woman, while Glass Animals announced their new album I Love You So F***ing Much and promoted it with lead single “Creatures in Heaven”.
J. Cole – “7 Minute Drill”
Kehlani – “After Hours”
Vampire Weekend – “Prep-School Gangsters”
Charli XCX – “B2b”
Khalid – “Please Don’t Fall In Love With Me”
Benson Boone – “Cry”
Lizzy McAlpine – “Drunk, Running”
Glass Animals – “Creatures in Heaven”
Sia – “Incredible” (feat. Labrinth)
The Black Keys – “On the Game”
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