New Music Friday albums<\/p>\n
ZAYN<\/a>\u00a0is back with his fifth studio record KONNAKOL<\/a>. On the ‘pop-forward’ album, ZAYN says: “KONNAKOL in its definition is the act of creating percussive sounds with one\u2019s voice but what it means to me lies somewhere much deeper. It is a sound that holds the reverberation of a time before words existed.<\/p>\n “I have always drawn on my heritage for inspiration since I first started making my own music, this album is a development of that understanding, knowing more now than ever, who I am, where I come from and where I intend to go.”<\/p>\n ZAYN will be hoping to match the recent chart-topping success of his former One Direction<\/a> bandmates, with\u00a0Louis Tomlinson<\/a>‘s How Did I Get Here?<\/a> and Harry Styles<\/a>‘ Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.<\/a> both having nabbed the Number 1 spot already this year.<\/p>\n As she announces her first-ever arena tour, hitting the UK in November, Jessie Ware<\/a> delivers her sixth studio record\u00a0Superbloom<\/a>. Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway<\/a> releases her first full-length LP Mother Mary: Greatest Hits, compiling music from upcoming psychological drama-thriller film Mother Mary.<\/p>\n M.I.A.<\/a> serves up her first ‘gospel’ release in M.I.7, as New York-based DJ Honey Dijon<\/a> unleashes her latest LP The Nightlife.<\/p>\n Following her surprise appearance during Teddy Swims<\/a>‘ Coachella performance last weekend, Vanessa Carlton<\/a> returns with seventh studio collection Veils, while Nine Inch Nails<\/a> and Boys Noize<\/a> join forces on their first collaborative project Nine Inch Noize.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, we find new releases from Eaves Wilder (Little Miss Sunshine), Lucy Liyou (MR COBRA), Gem Club (Emerald Press) and kuru (Backstage hologram).<\/p>\n Now, let’s talk this week’s single servings.<\/p>\n New Music Friday singles<\/p>\n Surprise! Lana Del Rey<\/a> returns with First Light, the theme to upcoming James Bond video game 007 First Light. The track was co-written by Lana alongside David Arnold, and produced by Lana herself.<\/p>\n HERE. WE GO. The first taste of\u00a0Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>‘s new era is upon us, as the superstar unveils drop dead from her forthcoming third album\u00a0you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/a>. Can she clinch her fourth Number 1 single?<\/p>\n Off the back of four Top 10 smashes, sombr<\/a> drops Potential, a brand-new track debuted during his Coachella set last weekend.<\/p>\n It’s another summer banger from Joel Corry<\/a> as he delivers Devotion (Sweetest Emotion) ft. RAHH, a reworking of Nomad<\/a>‘s 1995 tune (I Wanna Give You) Devotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tyla<\/a> and Zara Larsson<\/a> team up on girl powered anthem SHE DID IT AGAIN, lifted from Tyla’s upcoming album A-POP. Can the collab earn Tyla a second Top 10 and Zara her seventh?<\/p>\n There’s no doubt Stay Love is another hit inbound for\u00a0Lewis Capaldi<\/a>. The Scotsman’s recently been galivanting around New York with his pal\u00a0Sam Fender<\/a>\u00a0– what a duo!<\/p>\n Ahead of his sold-out UK headline tour, kicking off in Manchester next week, Dublin-born singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe<\/a> is back with emotional new cut John’s Song.<\/p>\n K-pop rap star TAEYONG, best known as the leader of NCT 127<\/a>, returns from military service with comeback track\u00a0Rock Solid featuring Anderson .Paak<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sam Tompkins<\/a> treads new sonic ground as he forms a creative partnership with producer Humble The Great. On new single Beauty Queen, Sam says: “It’s inspired by my partner and the way I don\u2019t always feel like I measure up to her. There\u2019s a little bit of insecurity in there, but mostly it\u2019s about how grateful I am that I get to spend time with her.”<\/p>\n Manchester quartet pyncher drop latest cut One Day, Irish newcomers THEATRE deliver their debut single The Fall and London indie risers Terra Twin unleash Parking Lot as the first taste of their upcoming EP Scumbag, due June 5.<\/p>\n Look out for new tunes from Prima Queen (Crumb), White Flowers (Heart Breaks), Mouth Ulcers (Closer To You), Abbie Ozard (Backbone) and alt-rock newcomers thistle. (pylon).<\/p>\n This week also sees big releases from WizTheMc<\/a> (Wait For You),\u00a0Denise Van Outen<\/a> (In The Evening), Johnny Orlando<\/a> (Charlotte), MUNA<\/a> (Wannabeher), Jeneveive ft. Freddie Gibbs & SALIMATA (Flight Risqu\u00e9), Izzy Escobar (Hate To Be The One), Ruby Roberts (Crush), holybones ft. Baxter Dury (SLUGBOY) and Oppidan with Pocket (ur world).<\/p>\n And don’t forget – this Saturday April 18 is Record Store Day!<\/p>\n