Billboard’s Friday Music Information serves as a helpful information to this Friday’s most important releases — the important thing music that everybody will probably be speaking about at present, and that will probably be dominating playlists this weekend and past.
This week, Karol G celebrates an enormous 12 months, Lil Child previews a return (we hope), and Renee Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion’s collaboration is so fetch. Take a look at all of this week’s picks under:
Karol G, “Que Chimba De Vida”
When “Que Chimba De Vida” begins on an unsuspecting observe with just a few guitar strums, the listener is true to marvel if Karol G is about to finish a dominant 12 months in a muted tone — however quickly after, the brand new single bursts open, Karol glides over the Mexican music-inspired manufacturing, and a wildly profitable run is given an exclamation level. Whereas it’s too quickly to say the place “Que Chimba De Vida” will exist in relationship to the remainder of Karol’s 2023 output, followers ought to be grateful that her prolific streak is seemingly persevering with into 2024.
Lil Child, “Loopy” & “350”
After spending 2023 by presenting his album It’s Solely Me to 1000’s of followers throughout dozens of tour dates, Lil Child has wrapped up the 12 months with a dynamic two-pack of tracks: “Loopy” makes good use of his crooning move to deploy bruising confidence, whereas “350” is extra pained and reflective, different voices piping up within the manufacturing and making an attempt to blot out Child’s confessionals. Let’s hope Lil Child items us with one other full-length in 2024, and that these tracks obtain a correct album dwelling.
Renee Rapp & Megan Thee Stallion, “Not My Fault”
Though the bubbly new Renee Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion team-up “Not My Fault” begins with Lindsay Lohan’s character from Imply Ladies declaring, “It’s not my fault you’re like, in love with me, or one thing!,” the brand new single from the upcoming Imply Ladies musical film takes its perspective from Rapp’s Regina George character, flexing over the luxurious manufacturing whereas mentioning that anybody questioning her is aware of what they have been getting themselves into. In the meantime, Megan sounds reinvigorated on the pop observe, tossing off quotable lyrics like “I run s–t, to be a nasty b–ch is a sport!”
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2 (Gag Metropolis Deluxe)
After triumphantly returning final week together with her long-awaited album Pink Friday 2, Nicki Minaj has just a few extra goodies for followers earlier than the tip of the 12 months: the Gag Metropolis Deluxe version of the album encompasses a new 50 Cent-assisted model of “Beep Beep,” in addition to “Love Me Sufficient,” a soulful new reduce that includes R&B greats Monica and Keyshia Cole. Each songs assist spherical out the aesthetic of Pink Friday 2, showcasing Minaj at each her most cutthroat and private.
Editor’s Decide: Luh Tyler feat. Latto, “The Grinch Freestyle”
Tallahassee native Luh Tyler has been racking up hundreds of thousands of streams this 12 months whereas organising a possible breakthrough in 2024, and “The Grinch Freestyle,” which options some nifty microphone work from A-list visitor artist Latto, serves as a flashy buzzer-beater earlier than the calendar flips. His laidback drawl meshes nicely with Latto’s animated bars, and their interaction is relentless over the two-and-a-half minutes right here, as if each artists are attempting to fireside off as many one-liners as potential earlier than the beat drops away.
