New Music Friday: Normani, Charli XCX, Rosalía & More!

Ellise Shafer Standing onstage at the El Rey Theatre in March, Gracie Abrams seemed genuinely shocked at the turnout for the first of two hometown shows in Los Angeles on her “This Is What It Feels Like” tour. She blushed and stumbled over her words, rattling off a list of thank-yous and interacting with fans in side conversations, as if she weren’t one of the fastest-rising singer-songwriters in her generation playing a sold-out show.Abrams started that performance full of nerves, she tells Variety in a Zoom call from Long Pond Studios in upstate New York, where she is currently working on new music with Aaron Dessner, guitarist of the National (and, over the last couple of years, a primary Taylor Swift collaborator).

Brazillian singer-songwriter, activist, and drag queen Pabllo Vittar has teamed up with Rina Sawayama for a new song called "Follow Me." The new song comes with an electrifying video directed by Amber Park with Lauren Kessler serving as creative director. Check out some of their vintage Dior looks below.

Rina Sawayama to release a dazzling new single, ‘Follow Me’.Released today (April 1), the club-ready pop number boasts a wild guitar riff and fierce vocals from both artists as well as a vibrant music video to match the track’s carefree yet exotic direction.Speaking on the track in a press release, Vittar – who is a noted activist – called Sawayama “an icon”, adding that the merging of their musical styles in ‘Follow Me’ is “perfect”.“I really hope the fans love it as much as we do,” she said. “Shooting the video was so much fun as well, wearing iconic outfits, and strutting our stuff on the runway! SERVE!”Check out the ‘Follow Me’ video – directed by Amber Park – below:Sawayama had compliments for Vittar, too, also calling the artist an icon.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Drake has sparked rumours that he’s set to release new music soon by sharing an image taken in a recording studio.As Music-News.com reports, the Canadian star suggested that he is currently working on the follow-up project to last year’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ by sharing a behind-the-scenes photo on his Instagram Stories this week.The post in question, which was uploaded without a caption, sees an unknown producer working at a mixing desk in a dimly-lit studio space. A keyboard sits beside the console beneath a large speaker stack, and it appears that Drake took the shot while sitting on a sofa.Check it out here:Drake hints new music is coming as he hits the studio https://t.co/nxqbOH8kBW pic.twitter.com/DC3n9vXM4k— Showbiz News Reel (@showbiznewsreel) March 31, 2022Earlier this month, Drake revealed that he was planning some “highly interactive shows” in New York and Toronto.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Charli XCX has shared the deluxe version of new album ‘Crash’, which features four additional tracks.The expanded edition of Charli’s fifth album takes its tracklist to 16 songs, with the inclusion of ‘Selfish Girl’, ‘How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now’, ‘Sorry If I Hurt You’ and ‘What You Think About Me’.Production on the four new tracks is handled by George Daniel, Lotus IV, Deaton Chris Anthony and A.G. Cook, each of whom contributed to production on the original version of ‘Crash’.

Ed Sheeran has teased footage of him performing new music with J Balvin.The singer-songwriter posted a clip, which you can view below, and revealed that the pair have recorded two new songs together.“So I want to share something with you that I’ve been working on. I met @jbalvin in a gym in New York last year,” Sheeran wrote on Twitter. “It was just me and him very early in the morning.

Charli XCX‘s new album is officially out!

SEVENTEEN are set to release new music in May, their label Pledis Entertainment has confirmed.South Korean news outlet Star News first claimed in a report earlier today (March 17) that the boy group would be releasing their fourth full-length album this May. The report has since been confirmed by Pledis Entertainment, in a new statement to Top Star News. “SEVENTEEN are preparing to make a comeback with a full-length studio album in May,” Pledis Entertainment wrote, as translated by Soompi. The forthcoming record will notably mark the 13-piece’s first domestic comeback of 2022, and will arrive seven months after their October 2021 mini-album ‘Attacca’ mini-album.The upcoming project will also be the group’s fourth full-length album, coming almost three years after their previous record ‘An Ode’, which dropped in September 2019.

New Mexico’s government has allocated $40 million in funding for the establishment of a new film, TV and digital academy in Albuquerque dubbed the Next Generation Media Academy.

Mike Myers is back.

Sundara Karma have shared ‘All These Dreams’, the latest cut from their fifth EP ‘Oblivion!’.The Reading band’s vibrant, guitar-driven new single draws from frontman Oscar Pollock’s emo past, with production coming from Clarence Clarity (Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama).It’s the second release from Sundara Karma’s fifth EP, which is due out on April 1 via Chess Club Records. The EP’s title track was shared along with the EP announcement last month.

Charli XCX has shared a new song ‘Every Rule’, ahead of the release of her new album ‘Crash‘ this Friday (March 18) – listen below.The slow-burning, tender ballad has a gentle beat, soft-synths and auto-tuned vocals throughout.Last week, Charli XCX shared the full track listing for ‘Crash’, which is made up of 12 songs including ‘Every Rule’.The new single is joined on the record by the previously unveiled ‘Good Ones‘, ‘Baby‘, her collaboration with Rina Sawayama, ‘Beg For You’ and her song with Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, ‘New Shapes’.Following the release of ‘Crash’, Charli will be heading out on a European and North American tour, with shows in Los Angeles, London, Paris and more.Get your tickets here and see the full list of tour dates below.MARCH 202226 – Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA29 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, ORAPRIL 20221 – The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA3 – The Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA6 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO8 – ACL Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, TX9 – House of Blues Houston – Houston, TX10 – House of Blues Dallas – Dallas, TX12 – Orpheum Theater – New Orleans, LA13 – The Eastern – Atlanta, GA15 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC16 – The NorVa – Norfolk, VA18 – The Fillmore Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA20 – House of Blues Boston – Boston, MA22 – Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY23 – Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY25 – Massey Hall – Toronto, ON26 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI28 – Palace Theatre – Saint Paul, MN29 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, ILMAY 202213 – Olympia Theatre – Dublin, Ireland15 – O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK17 – Victoria Warehouse – Manchester, UK18 – O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK19 – Alexandra Palace – London, UK21 – UEA –

Charli XCX has shared new song "Every Rule." The song follows "Baby" and Rina Sawayama collaboration "Beg For You" from Charli's upcoming album CRASH, which is out this Friday, March 18. "Beg For You" also got a remix featuring K-pop idol Vernon (of SEVENTEEN).

There's five days to go until Charli XCX unleashes her fifth studio album Crash, but apparently there are even more surprises on the way. 

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Charli XCX has shared the full track listing for upcoming new album ‘Crash’, – check it out below.Charli’s new album is due to land on March 18 and the musician shared full details earlier today (March 10) of the album’s 12 songs.It includes all of her recent singles such as ‘Good Ones‘, ‘Baby‘, her collaboration with Rina Sawayama, ‘Beg For You’ and her song with Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, ‘New Shapes’.crash tracklist