Billboard’s Friday Music Information serves as a helpful information to this Friday’s most important releases — the important thing music that everybody shall be speaking about as we speak, and that shall be dominating playlists this weekend and past.
This week, Unhealthy Bunny returns ahead of anticipated, Offset corrals his well-known buddies and Ice Spice hyperlinks up with Rema for a brand new hit. Try all of this week’s picks under:
Unhealthy Bunny, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
Thought you needed to wait till 2024 for Unhealthy Bunny’s subsequent opus, which might observe final 12 months’s monumental Un Verano Sin Ti? A variety of us did — there’s a cause why his new semi-surprise undertaking is titled Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (“No one Is aware of What Will Occur Tomorrow”), contemplating how widespread the assumption was that the Puerto Rican famous person would sit patiently till the calendar flipped. As a substitute, Unhealthy Bunny has gifted one other 80 minutes of dynamic solo materials: zero visitors are credited on Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, and whereas some are sprinkled all through, there’s clearly been a aware choice to delineate between the summer-ready opulence of Un Verano Sin Ti and his fascinating subsequent part. Unhealthy Bunny’s newest requires due diligence earlier than a snap judgment, however evidently, it’s good to have him again ahead of anticipated.
Offset, Set It Off
The quilt of latest Offset solo album finds the rap star falling away from the world because it explodes away from him, the sky and floor inverted; after Quavo’s somber Rocket Energy, which mirrored on Takeoff’s premature dying all through its observe listing, Offset’s new paintings may very well be construed as a response to his fellow Migos member’s passing. Whereas Set It Off does ponder grief and unstated phrases (see the late spotlight “Upside Down”), Offset’s newest additionally revels in blockbuster-rap magnificence — particularly in its first half, which incorporates visitor spots from Travis Scott, Don Toliver and Offset’s spouse, Cardi B.
Ice Spice feat. Rema, “Fairly Woman”
Throughout her meteoric rise, Ice Spice has by no means compromised her type or relaxed her movement to slot in with mainstream expectations — however on crackling new single “Fairly Woman,” that includes Nigerian famous person Rema, the rapper showcases her skill to translate her easy rhyming into a conventional pop construction, and scores one of the vital likable singles of her profession. “Fairly Woman” advantages from an Afrobeats-adjacent thump and the melodic charisma that Rema flaunted on “Calm Down,” however Ice Spice dominates the observe, every of her bars a dart that hits its mark.
Troye Sivan, One thing to Give Every Different
Troye Sivan has at all times possessed a definite pop voice — each actually, together with his heat, richly developed tone, and figuratively, as a former YouTuber making basically sound and unabashedly queer pop music. But “Rush,” the thrilling lead single to 3rd album One thing to Give Every Different, hinted that his track building had leveled up, and the full-length has confirmed as a lot: not each track on his new undertaking carries the tempo of “Rush,” however from the robo-fantasia of “One in every of Your Ladies” to the clap-along lullaby of “Can’t Go Again, Child,” One thing to Give Every Different provides Sivan the sonic depth required to assist his voice absolutely soar.
Boygenius, The Relaxation
Previous to a breakout 2023 wherein they launched their debut full-length and headlined arenas, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker conjured magic with a six-song EP in 2018, unveiling Boygenius as a collaborative undertaking and slowly successful over hundreds of listeners. The Relaxation, a brand new four-song EP, arrives in very completely different circumstances for the group but feels simply as intimate, a brief, transferring songwriting showcase outlined by sparse preparations and overlapping voices; the nearer “Energy,” particularly, seems like a summation for this part of Boygenius, with Baker singing about “a crooked little trajectory” earlier than being joined by her finest buddies.
Editor’s Decide: Fred once more.. feat. Jozzy, “Ten”
As he caps off a string of reveals in New York and Los Angeles, successfully placing an exclamation level on an expert interval throughout which he ascended to bounce’s A-list, Fred once more.. has additionally unveiled one of many extra satisfying grooves of his profession: “Ten,” a brand new single with Jozzy, performs with house and vocal pitches, however that percussive hook is as splendidly woozy as Fred hoped it will be, and Jozzy makes his presence felt in a brief period of time. “Ten” begs to be introduced to and bopped with a crowd of hundreds — fortunate for these with Fred once more.. tickets this month.
