New Music Friday delivered a full genre sweep this week. Miley released her Atlantic debut, Bass Persuades, a ten-track album and her first project billed simply as Miley. The record leans into love themes, and it marks a clear new era after leaving the“Cyrus”name behind. Carly Rae Jepsen went even bigger with Day and Night, a double album packing twenty-four songs, giving fans essentially two records in one drop.
Country listeners got Riley Green’s fourth album, That’s Just Me, which stays loyal to his traditional sound. Elsewhere, Rosé shared the pop-rock single“New Trick,”co-written with Amy Allen, Kim Petras expanded Detour with a deluxe edition, AZ Chike released his debut solo album No Rest for the Wicked, and Freya Skye dropped“bad taste.”The slate covers pop, country, hip-hop, and electronic without missing a beat.
The surprise headline might be Travis Scott’s“RHYNO,”pulled from the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI soundtrack. It’s the latest sign that game soundtracks now compete with traditional album rollouts for attention. With this much new music out, the real challenge is deciding what to play first. Which release is going straight to the top of your queue?
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