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Now that Olivia Rodrigo has found “The Cure,” the world can forget its troubles this New Music Friday!
The three-time Grammy winner leads this week’s New Music Friday roundup with “The Cure,” the second single from her forthcoming third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. Written alongside longtime collaborator Dan Nigro, the song arrives as both Rodrigo’s “favorite song on the album” and the “thesis statement” for her highly anticipated record, according to the artist herself.
Charli xcx and Lola Young also shared new singles, with the former offering the apocalypse-minded “SS26,” while the latter linked up with James Blake for “From Down Here.” Indie rocker Blondshell shared her raging new “Heart Has to Work So Hard” single, and fast-rising R&B crooner Kwn shared a two-pack of new songs titled “Touch Myself” and “Idea of Love.”
This New Music Friday also features new singles from Niall Horan (“End of an Era”), Hurricane Wisdom and Chance The Rapper (“Barbie Doll”), TA Thomas (“I Found You”), Ariana Grande (“Knew Better Part Two”), Vince Staples (“White Flag”), Blxst (“Just My Type”), Channel Tres (“Pop Pop”), Loe Shimmy (“Body Dangerous”), Bailey Zimmerman (“The Climb”), Majid Jordan (“Cold”), CHIKA (“A Gap in the Clouds”) and Brandi Carlile (“Life On the Run”).
In terms of albums, Jack Antonoff-fronted rock outfit Bleachers leads this week with its new Everyone for Ten Minutes LP, while R&B singer 6LACK shared his new Love Is the New Gangsta album, and U.K. underground rap star Fakemink dropped his Terrified sophomore project.
New full-lengths projects also arrived from Skippa (#Skippaholic), mgk and Wiz Khalifa (Blog Era Boyz), Iwaata (Nothing Try Nothing Done), French Montana and Max B (Wave Gods 2: Cosmos Brothers), REMI (Left on Red), Jpegmafia (Experimental Rap), Veeze (Y’all Won), Lelo (Mastiff: Pink Tiles), Maisie Peters (Florescence), Xavi (Dosis), LE SSERAFIM (‘Pureflow,’ Pt. 1) and Dua Lipa (Live from Mexico).
Which new release this week is your favorite? Vote — or share your own pick — in Billboard‘s New Music Friday poll below:
