Girl Gaga, Jon Bellion, Rosalía, The Weeknd

In October, Girl Gaga will launch her first single from her forthcoming seventh solo album. However Gaga went forward and dropped Harlequin, her companion album to Joker: Folie À Deux, which hits theaters this week.

Equally, The Weeknd amplified anticipation forward of Hurry Up Tomorrow, and Jon Bellion returned to creating his personal music. To not point out, Christina Aguilera celebrated a traditional by teaming with the modern-day pop darling, Sabrina Carpenter.

Test that out and extra in Uproxx’s Greatest New Pop Music roundup under.

Girl Gaga — “Joyful Mistake”

We’ve been down the “Girl Gaga Releases Companion Music For A Blockbuster Movie” earlier than. It delivered throughout her A Star Is Born coronation, and it’s even higher with Harlequin. The acoustic ballad “Joyful Mistake,” co-written by BloodPop and Gaga, showcases Gaga’s powerhouse vocals. In case you’d advised me it was on LG7 as an alternative, I’d consider you. “It was all within the picture of the character, but additionally type of on the very core of her soul, which is basically simply me,” Gaga advised Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “Each character I play, it simply has me because the gravity. I’m wrestling, on that report, with a variety of emotions about a lot that I’ve been by way of as an artist, every little thing I went by way of rising up within the public eye, and the trade since I used to be an adolescent.”

The Weeknd & Playboi Carti — “Timeless”

Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd’s forthcoming LP, will function the ultimate installment of his After Hours/Daybreak FM trilogy. The Weeknd has spoken prior to now about his plan “to kill The Weeknd” in some unspecified time in the future, and if that’s nonetheless the plan, he can relaxation soundly as a result of, as he sings within the second single from Hurry Up Tomorrow, “It don’t matter what they are saying, I’m timeless.”

Christina Aguilera Feat. Sabrina Carpenter — “What A Lady Needs”

Sabrina Carpenter was three months previous when Christina Aguilera launched her self-titled debut studio album in August 1999. Aguilera celebrated the LP’s twenty fifth birthday by asking a completely grown and actively blossoming Carpenter to sing “What A Lady Needs” along with her. Now, a full-blown Aguilera-Carpenter collaborative album needs to be mandated within the pop bylaws.

Rosalía Feat. Ralphie Choo — “Omega”

Talking of celebration, Rosalía commemorated her thirty second birthday by gifting everybody else “Omega” that includes Ralphie Choo. The ballad’s accompanying video was directed by Stillz and captures Rosalía and Choo actually releasing their inhibitions on a rollercoaster. Nonetheless, the track’s sentiment is extra concerning the sensation discovered as soon as getting off of life’s metaphorical rollercoaster. “Omega is the top,” Rosalía mentioned in a press release, as per Rolling Stone. “It’s the celebration of getting discovered what you needed and the safety with which one decides to remain. Omega is firmness with the one you like that makes you not wish to be anyplace else however there.”

Jon Bellion — “Child Once more”

Jon Bellion’s fingerprints by no means left pop music. He’s served as the first producer or songwriter on a few of the largest songs of the previous few years, however he hasn’t launched solo music since his November 2018 album, Glory Sound Prep. That simply modified with “Child Once more,” a triumphant reclamation of his distinct voice now that he’s free of a restrictive contract. “I’m a child once more,” he sings. “I can do something.” Historical past exhibits that Bellion can do issues different creatives can’t dream of. His subsequent album figures to remind music lovers from whom all of their favourite lyrics and distinctive beats got here.

Kylie Minogue — “Lights Digital camera Motion”

In April, Time named Kylie Minogue amongst its “100 Most Influential Folks” of 2024. The Australian pop icon is bolstering her case with Rigidity II, her upcoming album due out on October 18. “Lights Digital camera Motion” is the newest single, which Minogue mentioned has a “comparable type of hypnotic high quality” as “Padam Padam” whereas talking with NME. She’s not unsuitable.

Rauw Alejandro & Mr. NaisGai — “Pasaporte”

Rauw Alejandro’s music movies often elicit the Martin Scorsese “Absolute Cinema” meme. He tapped Adrien Brody to co-star in “Déjame Entrar,” and “Pasaporte” that includes Mr. NaisGai finds Alejandro bailing on enjoying a online game to globetrot in luxurious. “We simply should take pleasure in at the moment,” he sings. The Puerto Rican star indulges his each whim all through the five-minute visible, however maybe probably the most thrilling body is saved for the top when he writes “COSA NUESTRA NOV. 15” on a poster. Sure, Cosa Nuestra, his fifth LP, is due out on November 15.

Will Swinton — “Flames”

Fittingly and maybe not-so-coincidentally, Will Swinton’s “Flames” is supposed to be blasted at a bonfire. Swinton’s gravelly, heat voice underscores the acoustic-based track’s heart-wrenching sentiments like “Held you within the darkest nights / You held me collectively within the chilly / However the morning brings a distinct mild / Reveals you stuff you by no means actually know.” The hook is a very merciless twist to the guts: “And if you left / I stored the ache / Now I solely really feel alive contained in the flame.” The New Zealand breakout will help BabyJake on his Lovely Blue Collar Boy Tour throughout North America, starting on October 14.

Alex Sampson — “Lovely (In A Dream)”

Alex Sampson got here in clutch for cuffing season. “We may very well be stunning / Like autumn and the leaves,” the Canadian pop singer-songwriter sings in “Lovely (In A Dream)” from his freshly launched Hopeless Romantic EP. The lilting, regularly upbeat track embodies the venture’s title and showcases Sampson’s potential to invade timelines in every single place.

JADE — “Midnight Cowboy”

Little Combine’s Jade Thirlwall ensures you recognize she’s simply JADE in her solo profession with “Midnight Cowboy,” as she confidently croons, “I’m an actual wild b*tch, yeah, I’m psychological / I’m the journey of your life, not a rental / I’m the editor, name me Mr Enninful.” The sultry single was co-written by RAYE, and Ncuti Gatwa (Physician Who, Intercourse Schooling) voices the intro. “Midnight Cowboy” follows “Angel Of My Goals,” her debut solo single from July. JADE’s spectacular stretch will proceed with “Fantasy” on October 18.