Brynn Elliott caught our attention in 2018 with viral hit “Might Not Like Me” and then held it with her debut EP. The Atlanta-born, LA-based pop artist now returns with another surefire hit. “Tell Me I’m Pretty,” the introduction to the 26-year-old’s upcoming CAN I BE REAL? EP, is a feel-good bop with a powerful
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Congratulations to Dua Lipa, whose single Physical was voted the best British pop single of 2020 tonight by a panel of (virtual) judges. Thanks to everyone who joined in with the voting this year, 2020’s been a cavalcade of shit but nights like this make things marginally less terrible. The twenty quid prize fund will
President Joe Biden‘s inaugural primetime special, “Celebrating America,” concluded Wednesday’s (January 20) historic transfer of power with a celebratory concert and other festivities. Hosted by Tom Hanks, the televised 90-minute special featured remarks from President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as performances by Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Ant Clemons and Jon Bon Jovi, among other
The breakout pop star’s debut album takes shape with sizzling bop ‘Baby.’ EDIT: The post has been updated with Madison’s glamorous “BOYSHIT” video. Check it out below. Madison Beer’s debut album, Life Support, takes shape with the arrival of “BOYSHIT” — another fiery, defiant bop. “I’m letting you in you’re letting me down, I swear
Notes on this week’s new releases: Baby Queen continues to be one of the pop sphere’s best things: new developments this week involve Pretty Girl Lie having a brilliant middle eight and some Matty Healy dancing in the video. A lot of artists have had a go at this song’s subject matter but “I get
Avril Lavigne drops the cinematic video for comeback single, ‘Head Above Water.’ EDIT: The post has been updated with Avril and MOD SUN’s explosive “Flames” video. Check it out below. And she’s back! Avril Lavigne returns to New Music Friday courtesy of a feature on MOD SUN’s “Flames.” The power-punk anthem, which contains massive pop
The Billie Eilish and ROSALÍA collab has finally arrived! On Thursday (January 21), ROSALÍA and Eilish debuted “Lo Vas A Olvidar,” which will be featured on the upcoming season of HBO Max’s Euphoria. Along with the new tune, the pair debuted a music video which features the women in moody lighting while singing passionately. They take
Mariah Carey’s ‘GTFO’ should have been a Grammy-winning #1 hit. If you thought Mariah Carey’s MC30 celebrations were over, think again. Last year, Mimi marked the 30th anniversary of her debut album by rolling out The Rarities — a compilation of rare and unreleased material — and a series of remix EPs. Today (January 22),
Notes on this week’s new releases: There are three songs of the week this week. The first is Royal & The Serpent‘s Choke which despite being too short manages to pack Really Quite A Lot into 137 seconds. Royal & The Serpent’s Get A Grip EP is out today — it includes previous (v good)
Justin Timberlake and Ant Clemons’ 2021 inauguration collaboration has a moving backstory. On Wednesday (January 20), the “Filthy” singer and newcomer Clemons delivered the debut live performance of their song, “Better Days,” originally released in 2020. The performance was aired during the inaugural “Celebrating America” special in honor of President Joe Biden. The pair performed
Notes on this week’s new releases: Mae Muller‘s new one Dependent is the week’s best new song — it sounds brilliant and has a great twist on the “treat me a like a lady” trope. Her new EP No One Else, Not Even You, is also out today. Commas in titles are generally to be
Is Sabrina Carpenter‘s song “Skin” about Olivia Rodrigo? On Friday (January 22), Carpenter released her first single via Island Records. Fans immediately began deciphering the lyrics and speculated that “Skin” is about Rodrigo, the singer behind viral sensation “drivers license.” First, some background: Ever since it was released in early January, fans have been convinced
Sabrina Carpenter is setting the record straight. On Sunday (January 24), the Girl Meets World alum took to Instagram to confirm whether or not her new song “Skin” is about her love triangle with fellow Disney Channel stars Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett. Among the lines in “Skin” that appear to directly reference Rodrigo’s surprise
The 2021 Grammy Awards, originally slated for Jan. 31, have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the ceremony tentatively rescheduled for March 14. Some of the most coveted awards include Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Since the ceremony began in 1959, then
We review Kylie Minogue’s sublime 15th studio album, ‘DISCO.’ Kylie Minogue’s DISCO went further to making 2020 bearable than any other album, but the pop icon isn’t done just yet. The enduring hitmaker has released a remix of “Real Groove” remixes including the Studio 2054 remix featuring Dua Lipa. (They memorably performed the song together
Rising pop star Sabrina Carpenter rolls out ‘Honeymoon Fades’ in time for Valentines Day. If you’re over 21, chances are you might be a little lost about the “love triangle” currently dominating social media, particularly TikTok. So, here’s the short version. High School Musical (the TV reboot) stars Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo were dating.
This year has been many things, but as we say goodbye to 2020 let’s just choose to remember it as a load of shit with some decent music in the background. A playlist of the Top 45 singles of the year? Is that what you want? Well here one is. If you don’t like embeds,
You might say “Peter why have you put a 28-year-old song at the top of the New Music Friday, are you having another meltdown” and, yes, fair point but: a) America: What Time Is Love? hasn’t been commercially available for nearly three decades after The KLF threw a strop and deleted their entire catalogue. (The
Griff’s really done it this time. Heartbreak really shouldn’t sound this spectacular but, well, here we are. What a song. The Black Hole artwork features a hole with a black border, ie the opposite of a black hole, but on the upside it does feature Griff ON HORSEBACK. Look at this: Incredible. Also: ELIO releases