Billboard’s Friday Music Information serves as a helpful information to this Friday’s most important releases — the important thing music that everybody will likely be speaking about at the moment, and that will likely be dominating playlists this weekend and past.
This week, Billie Eilish questions her dolled-up mortality, Submit Malone turns orchestral and Jung Kook hyperlinks with Latto for a throwback jam. Try all of this week’s picks beneath:
Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For?”
There’s your customary soundtrack tune — a observe both written with a free tie-in to a movie or TV present, or a beforehand launched single newly glommed on to a mission — after which there’s Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?,” through which the famous person highlights the Barbie soundtrack by embodying the titular character and continuing to endure an existential disaster. “Taking a drive, I used to be a really perfect / Appeared so alive, seems I’m not actual,” Eilish sings, a profession of upending pop-star norms resulting in this self-examining character examine; the very best a part of “What Was I Made For?” is that the tune, like all nice soundtrack singles, will be thematically tied to its host mission but additionally stands by itself, one other triumphant ballad in a profession that has already had loads of them.
Submit Malone, “Overdrive”
By the point the whistle bridge arrives on Submit Malone’s “Overdrive,” the newest providing from his upcoming album Austin, it’s been made abundantly clear how far Posty has roamed from his hip-hop-leaning beginnings: like earlier singles “Chemical” and “Mourning,” his newest observe options extra warbling than rapping, however “Overdrive” thrives because of a 14-piece string orchestra, which accentuates the drama of his loneliness and longing to revive a relationship. All through his profession, Submit Malone has outlined himself by a refusal to relaxation on laurels, and “Overdrive” admirably pushes his story ahead.
Jung Kook feat. Latto, “Seven”
The “seven” that Jung Kook sings about on his pleasant new observe refers back to the days of the week he’ll be dedicated to “loving” his vital different (a minimum of within the clear model of the observe), whereas Latto slides in with some cheeky flirtations based mostly across the calendar (“You make Mondays really feel like weekends / I make him by no means take into consideration dishonest”). “Seven” comprises a profitable retro vibe, harkening again to a mainstream period through which singers and rappers joined forces for a chunk of rhythmic pop — and Jung Kook capably performs the vocal star, showcasing his full vary on this radio-ready jam.
Lil Tjay, 222
Though Lil Tjay’s new album options visitor stars like Polo G, Summer season Walker, YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more and The Child LAROI, essentially the most riveting second on 222 comes because the rising NYC rapper is staunchly on his personal, vividly recalling the paranoid moments and second-guessed actions earlier than his 2022 capturing on “June twenty second.” Fortunately Tjay survived that harrowing incident, and has turned it into artistic inspiration: on 222, he tells his story with extra charming element than ever, inspecting his previous and looking forward to what guarantees to be a shiny future.
Karol G, “S91”
In a couple of weeks, Karol G will embark on what’s going to possible be the largest performances of her profession up to now when she headlines soccer stadiums throughout the U.S.; the dwell run will proceed a yr that has been record-shattering for the famous person, and new single “S91” would have succeeded had it merely been a pre-tour victory lap. Luckily, the observe builds upon the excessive customary she set with Mañana Será Bonito, that includes a scrumptious beat swap and an understated but efficient vocal efficiency earlier than arriving at a spoken-word breakdown within the ultimate minute.
Coco Jones feat. Justin Timberlake, “ICU (Remix)”
“ICU” has completed wonders for Coco Jones’ recording profession: launched final October, the previous Disney Channel star’s sensual love tune has slowly discovered a web based following, helped guarantee a finest new artist win on the BET Awards and has Jones primed for some Grammy consideration. A brand new remix of “ICU” that includes Justin Timberlake ought to enhance her prospects, because the famous person glides over the R&B manufacturing (“You’ve obtained a maintain on this factor in my chest, babe,” he declares) in a fashion that each recollects The 20/20 Expertise and enhances Jones’ skillful supply.
Editor’s Decide: Troye Sivan, “Rush”
Ever since he bowed with 2015’s Blue Neighborhood, some of the underrated pop albums of the last decade, Troye Sivan has demonstrated a singular prowess for creating earworms with out actively scoring U.S. hits; he’s had loads of worthy singles within the years since, however has but to succeed in the highest 20 of the Scorching 100. Hopefully that modifications with “Rush,” a home music heater that juxtaposes Sivan’s oscillating register with ecstatic group chanting and by no means stops percolating — his first album in 5 years arrives in October, however “Rush” is simply too scorching to have been delivered in any season however the summertime.
