{"id":704065,"date":"2026-05-30T16:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/704065\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:14:14","slug":"ariana-grande-leads-weeks-best-new-music-friday-music-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/704065\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Leads Week’s Best New Music: Friday Music Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBillboard\u2019s\u00a0Friday Music Guide<\/a>\u00a0serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday\u2019s most essential releases each week \u2014 the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tLast week<\/a>, we featured Gracie Abrams, Drake and Maluma.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis week: Ariana Grande releases the lead single from her anticipated upcoming album petal; aespa drops LEMONADE \u2013 The 2nd Album; and Labrinth delivers a cosmically-timed new project\u2026 plus much more. Check out all of this week\u2019s picks below:<\/p>\n

\n\tAriana Grande, \u201chate that i made you love me\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAriana loves a good bit \u2014 and she does them well. For longtime fans, her ongoing \u201cmaybe I will, maybe I won\u2019t\u201d approach to making more music has kept us on our toes; but thankfully, it never lasts too long, and petal is the latest proof. Despite Grande previously describing the album as \u201ca little feral\u201d in a video she shared on Instagram, lead single \u201chate that i made you love me\u201d doesn\u2019t sound that way at all. With plinking production that evokes a video game bubbling under water, the savagery is in the songwriting. \u201cI\u2019ve held your projections when you\u2019ve felt so insecure\/ Tell me why is it this way\/ Why you so hate to see women endure\/ Is it really my fault?\u201d questions Ari, showing off her range with quiet confidence. And sure, one could argue \u201cmade you love me\u201d is about a romantic partner \u2014 but dig deeper and it becomes about anyone who has ever loved (or hated) Ari enough to a point of detriment. And too often, it\u2019s hers. \u2014 LYNDSEY HAVENS<\/p>\n

\n\taespa, LEMONADE \u2013 The 2nd Album<\/p>\n

\n\tJust one month ago, K-pop four piece aespa announced its second studio album, LEMONADE \u2014 the group\u2019s first full-length in two years \u2014 that arrives today. With features such as G-DRAGON, Ty Dolla $ign and Becky G (who guests on the hyperpop title track), LEMONADE takes aespa to the next level \u2014 and right on time. As aespa prepares for its world tour, which extends through 2027, its clear that their high-powered production isn\u2019t the only thing moving full steam ahead. \u2014 L.H.<\/p>\n

\n\tJungle, \u201cThe Wave\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tLike clockwork, at the first whiff of warm summer air and first sight of a delayed sunset, Jungle are right back at it. With a new album fittingly titled SUNSHINE on its way (out Aug. 14), the alternative dance act has shared the first taste with \u201cThe Wave.\u201d The groovy, feel-good track delivers on all of Jungle\u2019s best qualities, and sets the bar for more \u2014 and much-needed \u2014 good vibes ahead. \u2014 L.H.<\/p>\n

\n\tLabrinth, \u201cTHE LIVING\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAs Euphoria\u2019s current third season nears its finale on Sunday (May 31) \u2014 a season that has notably aired without composer Labrinth\u2019s music after he pulled it from the series citing alleged mistreatment \u2014 the artist is filling that void with the release his Cosmic Opera Act II. Standout track \u201cTHE LIVING\u201d opens with a bluesy guitar riff that become the song\u2019s backbone as Labrinth tinkers around across intricate layers of sound, as he does. The result is a captivating, full-bodied track that, to no one\u2019s surprise, would sound right at home soundtracking a show or film. \u2014 L.H.<\/p>\n

\n\tViolet Grohl, Be Sweet To Me<\/p>\n

\n\tSure, the last name may be familiar but the sound is entirely her own. With Violet Grohl\u2019s debut album, the budding rocker makes a name for herself as a skilled vocalist, songwriter and producer. And the result is a knockout album that doesn\u2019t let up across its 11 endearing tracks. On Be Sweet To Me Violet not only shows off what she\u2019s capable of, but quickly cements her status as a torchbearer for rock\u2019s current class. \u2014 L.H.<\/p>\n

\n\tLatto, Big Mama<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBig Mama, one kid! Grammy-nominated rapper Latto is back with her new studio album, Big Mama, which marks her first project since becoming a mother to her first child with fellow ATL MC 21 Savage. Across the 18-track LP, Latto offers up her strongest, most personal bars yet, balancing family-centric raps with club-ready collaborations with the likes of Doja Cat, Wizkid and Sexyy Red. Easily her most mature album yet, Big Mama marks the beginning of a promising new chapter for the \u201cBusiness & Personal\u201d rapper. \u2014 KYLE DENIS<\/p>\n

\n\tK CAMP, Giant<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tK CAMP and Zaytoven have a heater on their hands. Their new collaborative album, GIANT, delivers 10 tracks of K CAMP\u2019s signature R&B-indebted, melodic trap sound expertly backed by Zaytoven\u2019s Southern hip-hop-shaping production. Clocking in at just 24 minutes, Giant is a succinct listen that tears through an impressive range of moods\u00a0\u2014 from luxurious braggadocio (\u201cParis for the Month\u201d) to introspective vulnerability (\u201cLost N Broken\u201d) to bottle-popping flirtation (\u201cAttractive\u201d). Now that Giant is here, summer playlist building can begin in earnest. \u2014 K.D.<\/p>\n

\n\tLos Enanitos Verdes, EV+<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA star-studded lineup has come together on EV+ \u2014 an album released by Los Enanitos Verdes following the deaths of its frontman, Marciano Cantero, in 2022 and lead guitarist, Felipe Staiti, this April. Honoring the iconic Argentine rock band, the 15-song set released under Sony Music M\u00e9xico includes revamped versions of Enanitos classics such as \u201cLamento Boliviano,\u201d \u201cAmores Lejanos,\u201d \u201cLuz de D\u00eda,\u201d \u201cGuitarras Blancas\u201d and \u201cEterna Soledad.\u201d Forming part of the celebratory album are Marcos Antonio Sol\u00eds, Carlos Vives, Eden Mu\u00f1oz, Los \u00c1ngeles Azules, Ha*Ash, Beto Cuevas and Ximena Sari\u00f1ana, to name a few. Los Enanitos Verdes ranked No. 15 on Billboard\u2019s 50 Best Latin Rock Bands of All Time<\/a> list. \u2014 JESSICA ROIZ<\/p>\n

\n\tJay Wheeler, La Voz Favorita<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOn his new studio album, Jay Wheeler pays homage to his nickname. Home to 24 songs, La Voz Favorita starts with \u201cGrax,\u201d featuring a sweet voice note from his mom expressing how proud she is of him. The song sets the tone for a project that\u2019s retrospective and reflective of Wheeler\u2019s career, but also a celebration of his present. With collaborators such as Mora, Luar La L, Marcelo Rubio and Abraham Mateo, Wheeler navigates from innovative R&B to trapsoul to reggaet\u00f3n to salsa fusions. La Voz Favorita is also home to \u201cDe Lejitos,\u201d which reached No. 12 on the Hot Latin Songs chart in April. \u2014 J.R.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat So Not & Alina Pash, \u201cEverest\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA wiping of the Instagram account always gives \u201cbig things coming\u201d vibes, and so it goes with What So Not. who scrubbed his IG earlier this month and launched a new era with a long pos<\/a>t about where he\u2019s been, where he\u2019s going and how they\u2019re kind of the same place. \u201cFor a long time I found myself running from a sound I helped create,\u201d the Australian artist wrote in the post, which also includes back-in-the-day photos of him and some of the artists he came up alongside in the mid-2010s. He ultimately notes that \u201cI feel like I\u2019m finally writing the music everybody wants from me, but on my own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whatever machinations got him here have been worth the wait, with the stunning \u201cEverest\u201d being the first song from this new chapter. Vocals from Ukrainian singer\/rapper Alina Pash give the track an epic, haunting quality and the production itself is huge like the mountain it references and also big in its evocation of the golden age of trap that What So Not was an architect of. Fitting then that the song, which he himself calls \u201ca cinematic hymn to the universe, sung from the mountain tops, connecting Earth and sky\u201d and \u201cthe first evolution of the 2016 revival\u201d is part of a project and tour he\u2019s calling I Saw a Trap DJ & It Changed My Bio Chemistry. \u2014 KATIE BAIN<\/p>\n

\n\tSkrillex, Randomer, Blawan & MC Dricka, \u201cThistle\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter kicking around his sets for the last few years, Skrillex\u2019s \u201cThistle\u201d gets an official release today, just ahead of his Contra event<\/a> debuting in Berlin this weekend. A collab with UK producers Randomer and Blawan along with Brazilian singer\/songwriter MC Dricka \u2014 whose vocals inject the glitchy, cerebral track with human soul and swagger\u00a0\u2014 \u201cThistle\u201d follows recent\u00a0Skrill\u00a0collabs with ISOxo and Young Miko. Meanwhile, Contra will feature performances from more than 70 artists including Knock2, Ahadadream, Bladee, Blawan, Nai Barghouti and Skrillex himself. This week the producer was also announced as part of the lineup<\/a> for Portola 2026, where he\u2019ll play alongside Boys Noize as Dog Blood. \u2014 K.B.<\/p>\n


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\n\tLittle Big Town, \u201cOver and Over\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLittle Big Town delivers a top-shelf post-breakup anthem, layering their signature harmonies and moody production over lyrics that center on longing that lingers far beyond the heartache. \u201cWe burned this house down so many times\/ Those buried embers still ignite,\u201d they sing. Written by Little Big Town\u2019s Karen Fairchild, alongside co-writers Jonnie Simpson, Ashley Ray and Madi Yanofsky, the track offers a preview of the group\u2019s upcoming album, It\u2019s a Dying Art, arriving Aug. 28. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson<\/p>\n

\n\tKaitlin Butts, \u201cNever Really Mine\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKnown for her viral hit \u201cYou Ain\u2019t Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me),\u201d Kaitlin Butts is no stranger to crafting songs that command listeners\u2019 attention from the first note. Her latest, a stone-cold country ballad with shimmering guitars and heavy pedal steel, does the same as she instantly etches a scene of finding her lover is distracted by another woman. \u201cI\u2019ve got your hand\/ But she caught your eye,\u201d Butts sings, while also depicting a hard-earned resolve that concludes he\u2019s not worth fighting for if he can be swayed so easily. The song\u2019s dynamic melody serves as a superb vessel for Butts\u2019 strong country vocal, and this track is destined to become an instant anthem and fan favorite. \u2014 J.N.<\/p>\n