This week delivers new music from Bon Iver, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joy Oladokun, MC5, Japandroids, and more. 15 New Albums to Stream Today Consequence Staff
This week delivers new music from The Smile, FINNEAS, Leon Bridges, Maya Hawke, Sixpence None the Richer, and more. 12 New Albums to Stream Today Consequence Staff
It was a big week for music lovers, as This week, Pharrell Williams tossed out another major collaboration, Nicki Minaj and Maluma headline a World Cup anthem, Brockhampton unveiled their final album and Saweetie showed how fun single life can be with a new EP. But which new music hit is your top pick? Let us know by voting below. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”category” title=”Select category...
Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Romeo Santos adds to his legacy, Lil Baby gives us another confessional hit, and Nicki Minaj drops an eye-popping visual. Check out all of this week’s First Stream picks below: Romeo Santos, Fórmula Vol. 3 [embedded content] Bachata will always be a large part of Romeo Santos’ legacy: the Aventura star has pushed the genre to new sonic boundaries and commercial heights over the course of his solo career, and Fórmula Vol. 3, Santo’s sprawling new album, acknowledges that significance by grounding the majority of its 21 songs in the style he has made a home. Yet Sant...
Are you ready, ONCE? TWICE‘s new album, Between 1&2, arrived on Friday (Aug. 26), and is now available for fans to stream. The group — which consists of members Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu — released the seven track album early on Friday morning. The LP is led by single “Talk That Talk,” which received a corresponding music video that also arrived on the album’s release date. On the album, Chaeyoung has a solo writing credit on “Basics,” and Jihyo is credited for writing “Trouble.” Dahyun also has solo writing credits on tracks “Gone” and “When We Were Kids.” Other tracks on the K-pop record include “Queen of Hearts,” “Brave,” and “Gone.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The set arrives ju...
Fans can finally “calm down” — Rema and Selena Gomez’s new collaboration, a remix of Rema’s “Calm Down,” is finally available as of Friday (Aug. 26) for streaming. The collaboration marks Gomez’s first collaboration of 2022, and follows her guest appearance on Coldplay’s 2021 single, “Let Somebody Go” hailing from the British rock band’s ninth studio album, Music of the Spheres. Meanwhile, Rema has been busy teaming up with several R&B and hip-hop artists, including Chris Brown, AJ Tracey, and 6LACK. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Gomez and Rema announced their collaborative effort a few after a video of Gomez meeting Rema backstage at his Rave & Roses World Tour started making the rounds on social media ...
TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Iann Dior are bringing K-pop and emo rap together in their new collaboration, “Valley of Lies.” The K-pop stars and rapper officially released the track on Friday (July 22), which sees the pairing struggling to find the meaning in life after a tough break up. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The track arrived with an official visualizer to accompany it, which features an animated figure with blonde hair, a grey t-shirt and black jeans walking through various climate situations, including a sunny park and mountains reminiscent of the Grand Canyon. After a period of darkness, the figure ascends to the clouds and sees shooting stars before coming back down to Earth. “I’m walking through the valley of lies/ I see a coffin, pe...
Not even two weeks after BTS announced they were taking some time to focus on solo projects, Jungkook has set out on his own to team up with Charlie Puth for the upbeat new single “Left and Right,” which arrived first thing Friday (June 24). “Memories follow me left and right/ I can feel you over here/ I can feel you over here/ You take up every corner of my mind,” Puth and the BTS singer croon over a poppy beat in the chorus of the two-and-a-half-minute track. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The duo also promised a yet-to-come colorful music video, releasing a teaser for the clip on Thursday that sees Puth and the youngest BTS member together and in solo shots, pining over a past love. Last week, Puth pledged that he would drop the Jungko...
It’s new music Friday, which means there’s a fresh batch of new musical releases. One of hip-hop’s biggest names returns with a surprise album, two powerhouse R&B singers team up for a sultry duet, and an avant-garde artist returns with a hyper-catchy track. But which release was your favorite? Nine months after Certified Lover Boy‘s momentous arrival, Drake delivered another album with Honestly, Nevermind on Friday (June 17). His seventh LP, the Toronto rapper went against his usually well-calculated ways to announce the surprise album just mere hours before it landed on streaming services. Drizzy elected to keep his new full-length project shorter than his typically overstuffed albums with a modest 14 songs. Those expecting a rap album were sadly mistaken, as the superstar rapper lea...
It’s been almost three years, but Post Malone‘s fourth studio album is finally here. The rapper dropped Twelve Carat Toothache, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, on Friday (June 3). The album contains a total of 14 tracks and a host of features. The set is led by singles “One Right Now” with The Weeknd, and “Cooped Up” featuring Roddy Ricch. Doja Cat appears in “I Like You (A Happier Song), while Gunna steps up to the plate on “I Cannot Be (A Sadder Song).” The Kid LAROI and Fleet Foxes also have a guest spots on the album, lending their talents to “Wasting Angels” and “Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol,” respectively. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Malone previously shed light on the deeper themes that will be...
New Music Friday on May 13 saw two rap powerhouses make their return to music — one with a highly anticipated album, and the other with a collaboration featuring another rap star. One of pop punk’s greatest also returned with a new track. But which release was your favorite? Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Kendrick Lamar dropped his fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — and an expansive world tour not too long after. The album — which features production from Pharrell, Duval Timothy, the Alchemist, Beach Noise, Boi-1da, Sounwave, Dahi, FNZ, J.LBS, Bekon and more — sees the gifted rapper musing on socially conscious topics, everything from wealth struggles and cancel culture to hip-hop’s relationship with transphobia in lyrics ...
G-Eazy is honoring his late mom, Suzanne Olmsted, on her birthday, just months after her death. The hitmaker released a tribute song, titled “Angel,” on Friday (April 15) along with an accompanying music video, personalized with photos and footage of his mom and loved ones. He also aims to launch a college scholarship in her memory. G-Eazy opened up about the emotional tune in a press release announcing the song, saying, “Grief can be a difficult thing to navigate. It’s definitely not a linear process and it comes at you in waves. There will never be enough words to describe the feeling of losing your best friend, or the desire to see them again. In a literal sense, I tried to capture that feeling of longing in the lyrics of the song.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and new...