Music

From intimate love songs to heartfelt rap tracks and bops with catchy beats, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest & greatest in music. 

New Music

– Latto ft. 21 Savage, “Wheelie” — The Atlanta rap duo teamed up yet again for the latest single off Latto’s upcoming 777 album. The two previously collaborated on “Pull Up” from Latto’s 2020 debut album, Queen of Da Souf. 

– NLE Choppa, “The Gender Reveal Song” — The Memphis rapper released the new song as a tribute to his unborn child. He and his girlfriend announced the news that they recently lost the baby after suffering a miscarriage.

– Tory Lanez, “Cap” — In Tory-like fashion, the rapper delivered heavy lyrics over a catchy beat. The song is said to be a diss record about Megan Thee Stallion‘s boyfriend, Pardi Fontaine.

– Mariah the Scientist, Buckles Laboratories Presents: The Intermission — The R&B singer released her 4-track EP which is comprised of never-released music, according The Source. 

– Lucky Daye, Candydrip — The 36-year-old Louisiana singer dropped his second studio album, which features artists like Lil Durk, Chiiild and Smino.

– Shenseea, Alpha — In the midst of constant radio plays for her single “R U That,” the Jamaican-born artist delivered her 14-track debut reggae album.

Hits Heavy in Rotation

– Ella Mai — “DFMU“

– SZA — “I Hate U“

– Jack Harlow — “Nail Tech“

– Shenseea ft. 21 Savage — “R U That“

– Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys — “City of Gods“

Artist on the Rise

Omeretta The Great is an up-and-coming rapper from Atlanta. Her recent success on the controversial track “Sorry Not Sorry” boosted her to the top of the “who to look out for” lists and landed her a collab with fellow-Atlanta rapper Latto.

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Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor is featured in the video for “Bite My Face,” a new song from the band Ho99o9.

The clip, streaming now on YouTube, finds Taylor joining the hip hop/punk outfit for a raging performance of the track that will definitely get you pumped to jump into a mosh pit. Stay tuned for the end when Taylor breaks out his Slipknot mask.

“Bite My Face” appears on the new Ho99o9 album Skin, which is out today. The record was produced by Travis Barker, and was released on the Blink-182 drummer’s DTA Records label.

Ho99o9 will reunite with Taylor when they open for the second leg of Slipknot’s Knotfest Roadshow tour, kicking off in May. The first leg, which launches next week, features support from In This Moment and Wage War.

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A woman with an independent streak is the star of the show in the music video for Kenny Chesney’s new single, “Everyone She Knows.”

The clip follows a woman who’s at home on the road, driving through jaw-dropping scenes of mountainsides, beach towns and the Grand Canyon in her Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van.

“I have been surrounded by strong women who lead these lives on their own terms my whole life,” says Kenny of the inspiration behind the song. “Nothing is more powerful or interesting than a woman who has a sense of her destiny and is willing to go chase it. It’s not always conventional, but that’s what makes their passion so much stronger.”

Fans will get a chance to see “Everyone She Knows” get the live treatment during Kenny’s upcoming Here and Now 2022 Tour, which launches in late April in Tampa, Florida. The song follows “Knowing You,” Kenny’s latest chart-topping single.

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Mod Sun has released a new song called “Rich Kids Ruin Everything.”

The track, which is available now via digital outlets, finds the “Flames” rocker reflecting on the recent mainstream resurgence of pop punk and reaching out to “all the kids that feel confident in their own skin and don’t walk around wearing a costume.”

“I grew up a scene kid, I grew up a skateboarder and a pop punk kid and I used to get made fun of for being all of those, for the way I looked, the way I dressed, for the way I acted and all the things [I] love,” Mod says. “It’s both awesome and hilarious, yet confusing seeing the general public and pop culture embracing all the things that I would get torn down for.”

“Everything now is about trends,” he continues. “If it keeps going this way and getting championed then eventually originality will be a lost art. I’m trying to let people know that there’s more to this world than what’s currently popular. I want kids to feel like it’s important to be visionaries not followers.”

“Rich Kids Run Everything” is the first off Mod’s next album. It’ll be the follow-up to 2021’s Internet Killed the Rockstar, which features the Avril Lavigne collaboration, “Flames.”

Meanwhile, Lavigne’s new album Love Sux features several songs co-written and co-produced by Mod.

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If you wondered if Lil Nas X was okay after the “Industry Baby” rapper suddenly disappeared in mid-December after revealing in since-deleted tweets that he tested positive for COVID-19, fear not. He’s quietly made his return by starring in a new commercial for wireless headphones.

Teaming with Logitech for their UE Fits Custom Earbuds, the Grammy winner is seen pacing around his home in his neon pink silk pajamas before putting on his new headphones.  He’s then transported to another world full of neon-colored butterflies and blooming flowers. 

Lil Nas X drinks it all in while bopping his head to the instrumental of his song “That’s What I Want.”

It is unknown when the commercial was filmed, but this marks the first time Lil Nas X has appeared publicly since December 17, when he posted a string of tweets about contracting COVID-19.  He said at the time, “I’m not sure whether i’ve had the omarion or alicia keys variant of covid but this has not been a fun journey.”  He also promised fans, “Now that i’m sure i won’t die from covid i will now begin making mildly funny jokes about having it.”

Soon after, the tweets were deleted and Lil Nas X’s once very active social media presence went dark, leading fans to worry about his well-being.   Fans caused his name to trend several times on Twitter as they tried to locate the “Panini” rapper, while others wondered if this was all an elaborate publicity stunt.

We may soon have an answer: After the commercial dropped, Lil Nas X wiped his Instagram account clean — sans for one image promoting his album, Montero — and cryptically wrote “love & miss u guys. back soon.”

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Going fishing, riding four-wheelers and throwing something on the grill that you caught yourself: It’s all just part of the beauty of life “Out in the Middle.”

Zac Brown Band offers their homage to country life in the music video for their new single, “Out in the Middle,” which takes the group way out to the backwoods for a celebration of all things country. The clip was filmed in the lush rural areas of Leesville, South Carolina.

The message behind the song and video is the heart of ZBB’s new The Comeback album, says lead singer Zac Brown.

“It has the pulsating sound and feeling your heart gets when you’re adventuring the great outdoors and your adrenaline starts pumping,” he says. “We combined our old school country roots and Southern rock style, creating an ode to our country pride and life’s simple pleasures.”

For a live taste of the ZBB style, pick up tickets to a show on their upcoming Out in the Middle Tour. The run kicks off in late April.

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It’s new music Friday, so let’s see who’s out with new tunes:

The Chainsmokers released “iPad” and its accompanying music video, which marks the next song off their highly anticipated fourth studio album.  The breakup anthem, which is stuffed with hypnotic beats and synths, has the two pondering, “Isn’t it strange how we’re strangers again?”

Alanis Morissette dropped “Olive Branch,” which is about her taking the high road after a nasty fight with another, which leads her questioning, “How much salt could I pour in/ To think that I called myself a friend?”  The extended mea culpa has her ready to accept the consequences of her actions.

Fresh off his collaboration with DNCE, Kygo dropped his remix of Coldplay and Selena Gomez‘s heartbreak anthem, “Let Somebody Go.”  Kygo amps up the drums and adds an underlying beat to carry the track.

Latto is following the success of “Big Energy” with her brand-new single, “Wheelie,” which features 21 Savage.  The suggestive track is about how the players — let alone men in general — are no match for Latto’s sexual energy.

Following the success of “The Motto,” Tiësto re-teamed with Ava Max to reshoot an all-new music video.  The new black and white clip pays tribute to vogue style dancing and hired professional dancers to bust some iconic moves around Ava, who is rocking her classic platinum lopsided cut.

Jennifer Lopez released the music video for the ballad version of “Marry Me,” the title track of her new movie rom-com, starring both her and Maluma, who’s featured in the song.  The video serves as a prelude to the events of the movie, showing the two happy and in love before Maluma’s character, Bastian, is caught cheating on JLo’s character, Kat, on the day of their wedding.

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Weezer has shared more details about the band’s upcoming SZNZ project.

Originally announced last year as a set a four albums corresponding with each of the year’s four seasons, it now appears that SZNZ will consist of four EPs, instead.

“This year we’re releasing 4 EPs inspired by magic, Pagan myths, religious rituals, Vivaldi‘s The Four Seasons, Shakespeare & more (so much more),” the “Buddy Holly” rockers explain. “Each one will take you on an enchanting journey.”

The first entry in said enchanting journey will be the song “A Little Bit of Love,” which premieres next Wednesday, March 16. That’ll be followed by the release of the SZNS: Spring EP, which drops the first day of spring, March 20.

“Lots more coming soon, so mark your sundial for the coming solstices and equinoxes,” Weezer says.

SZNZ follows Weezer’s two 2021 albums, OK Human and Van Weezer.

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Another new track off Maren Morris’ upcoming Humble Quest album is here. Called “Nervous,” the groove-heavy new track delivers grungy guitars and spicy lyrics about the kind of love that leaves a person “out of control,” with their “inhibitions exposed.”

It’s the latest in a series of teaser tracks off Humble Quest, which is due out in full March 25. Maren already shared the song’s first single, “Circles Around This Town,” plus another love song called “Background Music.”

“Circles Around This Town” chronicles Maren’s journey to the top of her game as a country artist in Music City. Meanwhile, she’s said that another song, “Hummingbird,” is an ode to her nearly two-year-old son, Hayes.

Maren also recently announced a tour in support of her new batch of songs. Beginning in June, she’ll hit amphitheaters and arenas across the country, bringing a crew of Americana acts including Ruston Kelly and Brittney Spencer along for the ride.

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