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SPIN Daybreaker: 20 Songs to Kickstart Your Weekend
It’s been a minute since we last made put something out, but what a lovely week to kickstart a new and improved SPIN Daybreaker. We are back and better with a new format and lucky for you, no more saving new playlists every week. We’ll now be updating the same playlist with new songs weekly, so just be sure you save your favorite tunes from our selection before they disappear into the void, or follow our SPIN Daybreaker: Complete Collection playlist to keep the entire Daybreaker catalog. That being said, we are coming back with an uptempo mix of some of the catchiest pop, indie-pop and electronic songs that’ll get you out of your seat and have you daydreaming about the summer fun that’s right around the corner. These artists have been quickly dominating the charts and circulating the socia...
SPIN Daybreaker: 14 Songs To Start Your Solo Technicolor Dance Party
We’re coming in bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with another Daybreaker roundup sure to get you on your feet. This week’s vibe brings an array of colorful uptempo beats that come from the grooviest electronic and pop spaces. Whether it’s basement, disco, or indie pop, you’ll probably find yourself dancing a little bit. So crank the bass up and start your one-person party with this fun selection. The standouts this week include Chicago based DJ/Producer Kryptogram who brings the 90’s garage and deep house vibes on track, “Growing Apart”, smooth and silky vocalist Willum Maindo on an R&B charged track, “PRETTY.“ and last but not least, captivating artist Denai Moore who brings an ethereal and dance-driven pop track, “Cascade” that’ll be impossible to get out of your head. As always, sit bac...
Gus Dapperton Learned How to Leave Control Behind on Orca
Gus Dapperton isn’t about the facade that musicians — or anyone famous, really — are superheroes. And like everyone else, they deal with mental health issues. “[Musicians] are usually afraid to portray … to a large audience if they’re suffering or if they’re feeling depressed,” Dapperton tells SPIN. “I think it’s important to just express those feelings to everyone. The more you talk about it, the more helpful it becomes.” With his recently issued second album, Orca, Dapperton wants fans to consider assumptions about their favorite musicians or celebrities. Even the record’s title, he shares, derives from an Orca whale — a creature whose outward appearance may disguise its internal suffering. Dapperton (real name Brendan Patrick Rice) bounces through gritty, introspective lyrics on th...
Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ Enters Week Two Atop Australia’s Chart
Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (Interscope/Universal) hangs on for a second week at No. 1 in Australia, as DaBaby’s “Rockstar” (Interscope/Universal) completes a month at the top. Chromatica, which also snares the U.K. chart lead for a second week (by a narrow margin), is Gaga’s fourth No. 1 Down Under. The highest new debut this week belongs to Melbourne alternative rock act Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, whose sophomore album Sideways To New Italy arrives (Ivy League/Universal) at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart and is the best-selling vinyl album of the week. It’s the followup to their debut Hope Downs, which peaked at No. 24 in June 2018. Sideways To New Italy impacts the Official U.K. Albums Chart this week, at No. 45. Also bowing in the Australian top 5 is The Ghost Inside’s self-title...
