The countdown to summer season formally begins with this week’s new music Friday, and it options promising new materials from Doja Cat, Gunna, Queens of the Stone Age and extra.
Few artists have had such business success in recent times as Doja Cat, and he or she is on the level the place she will proceed doing no matter she desires. New single “Consideration” proves precisely that. As an alternative of the closely pop-leaning rap she ascended the charts with over the previous few years, Doja has stripped issues again and leans into her move — which remembers the likes of Tyler, the Creator and Eminem — and dares anybody to problem her self-perception.
Following a number of months behind bars and a plea deal, Gunna displays on the previous 12 months in new album A Present & A Curse. The rapper, who’s recognized sometimes for being vibed out, goes for a extra somber tone this time round as he appears to be like again on his journey and finds peace in his craft.
Queens of the Stone Age additionally return with their first set in six years, however not with out overcoming a sequence of significant circumstances. Josh Homme powered by a most cancers prognosis and surgical procedure, which function the foundations for brand new LP In Occasions New Roman… The gathering of self-produced songs hears the band sounding tighter than ever, and is a real return to type since 2005’s Lullabies to Paralyze.
Don Omar, Carly Pearce (with Chris Stapleton), Asake and Peggy Gou additionally launched new materials this week. We all know there’s rather a lot to select from, however which new observe or album is your favourite? Vote in our ballot under.
