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“You look hot from up here,” Lorde quipped as she surveyed the sea of people who packed her headlining set on Thursday at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The observation was seemingly about both the temperature (she asked security to check on folks in the audience who appeared to be struggling from the heat a few times) and the vibe, as the New Zealand musician peeled back layers, both metaphorically and literally, during her visceral set. It’s been more than a decade since Lorde last fully graced a stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Back in 2014, the then-17-year-old was riding high on…

The anthemic track follows the singer’s recent album, Wor$t Girl in America Slayyyter dropped a new single, “Brand New Chanel$.” The lovelorn track was accompanied by a vibrant music video, which the singer directed herself. The clip veers between a high school football, an artsy compound in the desert, and the interior of a trailer, where Slayyyter is clad in a Las Vegas showgirl ensemble. It culminates in fireworks. The video pays homage to the music video for Slayyyter’s song “Beat Up Chanel$” and the artwork for her recent LP, Wor$t Girl in America. “Send another weak I’m sorry/ Unforgivable…

A*POP may open with the bold shriek of an electric guitar, but make no mistake: The second album from Tyla is no radical reinvention. Since her breakthrough smash “Water” in 2023, the Grammy-winning South African popiano singer has shown steady signs of maturing, most notably with “PUSH 2 START,” a string-accompanied standout from the deluxe edition of 2024’s self-titled full-length debut. On the follow-up, she continues polishing an already-polished pop sound. But if the presence of Ian Kirkpatrick, the producer of Dua Lipa’s “New Rules,” is any indication, Tyla still has her eye squarely on the pop charts.The collaborations on…

Ariana Grande’s much-scrutinized drift into a higher vocal register in recent years, to hear her tell it, is an act of self-preservation. “If I have a long day of press or I have to sing, I’ll place [my voice] a little higher,” she explained on a podcast in 2025. “That is just something that’s healthy for the voice.” As one of the most visible pop stars on the planet, she’s become adept at shielding herself: Take the oversized hoodies she frequently wore on pap walks in 2018, which she described as reflecting her desire to “hide away” as she navigated…

Cardi B has a new song out tonight, “Ah Ha.” Produced by DJ SwanQo, the mind behind “Up,” it’s a classic Cardi cut: laughing at haters, getting her money, and humiliating more than a few undesirable men. At one point, she actually says “na na na boo boo.” Listen to the track below.The track marks the New York rapper’s first solo music since the release of her 2025 album Am I The Drama?, which followed her Grammy-winning 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy. Earlier this year, she embarked on an arena tour in support of her second solo album, and performed…

Ariana Grande is always at her best when she’s in a mood, and on Petal, she’s not holding back at all. “A little feral,” she calls this album, explaining, “I wrote from a place that I don’t usually, which was like an unfiltered rage.” She isn’t kidding. The catchiest pop tune here, “Oh Well,” is the one where she sings, “Good luck on your way to hell,” before dropping the killer punch line, “Don’t worry, ’cause you’ll keep getting breakup songs about you.” That rage is all over Petal. But it suits her musically, because Ariana is always best —…

It’s a confluence of country and alt-rock on the collab “Hardwired,” which nods to the indie icons’ song “Where Is My Mind?” Stephen Wilson Jr.’s brand of country — especially his deep, emotive voice and love of a good acoustic guitar riff — has always conjured up a bit of bygone-era alt-rock. On his new song “Hardwired,” he recruits Miranda Lambert for a blue-collar anthem that goes there literally, interpolating the Pixies’ disarming “Where Is My Mind?” from their debut LP, Surfer Rosa. Using both the familiar riff and eerie chorus, Wilson creates a world where constant hard living and…

Slayyyter has dropped off “Brand New Chanel$,” a new song to coincide with the launch of her Worst Girl in the World tour. Check it out below.Following the April release of Wor$t Girl in America, she made her late-night TV debut playing “Dance” in a beer-can bralette on Fallon. She has also “Broke Bitch Free$tyle,” and guested on Madeon’s “Fire Away.” Last weekend, she kicked off her tour with a St. Louis hometown show, and this week, she appeared alongside Bella Kay and Trueno in a Billboard cover story discussing, among other things, her distaste for artificial intelligence. “I don’t…

In March, Bay Area rap crew SOBxRBE played their first show in seven years. Now Yhung T.O., DaBoii, and Slimmy B have reunited for their first new music in just as long. “Ten Summers” is about “coming back together on our own terms and showing that you can move beyond things that once felt impossible to overcome,” the trio said in a statement. (“Ten Summers” is also a reference to the 10th anniversary of SOBxRBE’s founding, in 2016.) The single and accompanying music video can be found below.“We were young when this started, and there was a lot happening around…

Remi Wolf is back with her first new song in two years, following Big Ideas. She debuted “Twiggy” live last weekend during a surprise appearance at Hayley Williams’ headlining set at Newport Folk Festival. Check out the recorded version of the song below.“Twiggy” pairs a warm, finger-picked guitar arrangement with lyrics about a close and complicated relationship illustrated in small details: a Lexus driving backwards, “a wrinkle where your eyes should close.” “I wrote Twiggy about people I’ve been with that lack both butts and emotional availability. And how I like that. Or maybe it’s just about the messiness of…