7 Best New Music inclusive Megan Stallion and more

7 Best New Music inclusive Megan Stallion and more

Check out this week’s top new music, which includes works by NIKI, PinkPantheress, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. Include these new songs in your playlist for the weekend.

1.Megan Thee Stallion, Traumazine

Her most recent album, Traumazine, updates us on her life since yelling out Houston and the Hotties at the Grammys while revisiting the themes and content of her first. We nevertheless view the release of her second full-length album as a blessing. Some of the early favorites on Traumazine are “Her,” a club-ready anthem with a sticky minimalist beat, and “Anxiety,” a clear-eyed assessment of feelings and being alive with Meg’s trademark swagger and honesty. Similar to Eminem and Ye, who wrote ruder, sadder, and funnier songs about their relationships with the public in their early albums, Megan is currently writing songs about her interactions with the public that are more frank, sad, and humorous. The album features an all-star roster of interesting collaborators, including Lucky Daye, Rico Nasty, and Latto.

2. PinkPantheress, Sam Gellaitry, “Picture in my mind”

One of the most anticipated musicians of 2021, PinkPantheress, has spent the past several months working with artists like WILLOW and Mura Masa. She has also remixed a Drake song with GoldLink. We have already played this PinkPantheress collaboration repeatedly. The duo’s infectious duet, with its ideal late-summer atmosphere, is accompanied by a dancey little electronic beat. No lies were found when Gellaitry referred to PinkPantheress as “a visionary” in a news release on a squiggly track called “Picture In My Mind”.

3. NIKI, “Nicole”

Our new favorite tracks are all on NIKI’s sophomore album Nicole, which was just published. NIKI is one of the most exciting pop performers of recent years. Nicole includes compelling, intriguing tracks like the frantic love mayhem of “Keeping Tabs” and the lovely longing in “Backburner,” in addition to fantastic singles like “High School in Jakarta.” “High School in Jakarta,” NIKI’s most recent release, has received over 4 million streams so far. Since its debut last Friday, the song’s music video has received over 3 million views, making it NIKI’s fastest video to ever reach this milestone.

4.Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Burning”

The new single from the New York City indie legends Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Burning,” the latest taste of their upcoming album Cool It Down, is a welcome aftershock to the band’s recent comeback. The polished new track features the group’s distinctive noir disco style. Karen O claimed that the incendiary composition, which was created by Andrew Wyatt and included lyrics and inspiration from The Four Seasons’ song “Beggin,” was also influenced by an actual inferno.

5. Chappell Roan, “Femininomenon”

One of the pop stars who is currently rising the fastest is Chappell Roan. She has been on a big roll ever since her song “Pink Pony Club” gained cult-like notoriety in 2020, and she shows no signs of slowing down. The production of her new song, “Femininomenon,” which has a long name, is chaotic. The song begins with the noise of a dirt bike in the distance, and yet manages to move in a million different directions while still fitting together so nicely. The chorus turns everything up to 100 and rhymes “Get it hot like Papa John” with “It’s a femininomenon,” as the lyrics and pre-chorus lament online love and cheating guys. The tiny voice that sings “Can someone give me a fucking beat” by Chappell before the chorus begins. It’s all so exciting and loud, but also so complex.

6. Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat. A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels: “Strangers“

This Friday, August 12, sees the official release of Danger Mouse and Black Thought’s joint album. A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels are featured on one of the more intriguing collaborations on the tracklist, which was revealed on August 9. Underneath Black Thought’s incisive and boastful verse, Danger Mouse’s looping fuzzy drums and clacks tickle the ears and the intellect.

7. Alvvays: “Easy on Your Own?”

One of this summer’s most welcome shocks has continued to be the long-awaited appearance of Alvvays. Our second preview of Blue Rev, the band’s first new album in five years (Oct. 7, Polyvinyl), features their most recent hit “Easy on Your Own?” When Blue Rev was first announced last month, Alvvays delivered the album’s opening single, “Pharmacist,” and now the follow-up track, “Easy on Your Own?” It’s a quick burst of the band’s recognizable dream-pop sound with intricate soundscapes that haven’t been included before in their repertoire.