New Music Friday singles \ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n
As she reflects on her illustrious career with three-part Netflix documentary Kylie<\/a>, Kylie Minogue<\/a>\u00a0shares brand-new single Light Up. On the track, Kylie says: “The first phrase of the song came to me as I was thinking about how magical it is when someone who truly loves you can see a world of possibility in you and recognise your potential, even when you\u2019re feeling lost or hurt.<\/p>\n “I shared the seed of the idea with [Coldplay<\/a>‘s] Chris Martin over the phone, and ten minutes later he sent me a voice note with some chord and melody ideas for those few lines.”<\/p>\n Can Kylie claim a 55th Official Top 40 single with Light Up next week?<\/p>\n Fresh off the back of her fourth chart-topping tune drop dead<\/a>, Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> releases the latest cut from her upcoming LP you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/a>, due June 12. Olivia describes the track as “my favourite song on the album and one of my favourite songs I\u2019ve ever made.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Stormzy<\/a> teams up with Odeal for 24 Hours, a banger that incorporates elements of Egypt\u2019s UK funky classic In The Morning (Let Your Love Come In). Announcing the track on Instagram, Stormy wrote: “We made this riddim a couple months ago and we\u2019ve been working on it ever since but now that the sun is out and also the fact that it\u2019s bank holiday weekend it feels like a good time for you guys to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n Niall Horan<\/a> dishes up End Of An Era, the third course from his forthcoming Dinner Party<\/a> album, to be served June 5. Niall explains: “Julian Bunetta, John Ryan and I started the original version of this song years and years ago…Some songs take a minute to get to what you’re actually trying to say. This was one of those. I hope it means as much to you as it does to me.”<\/p>\n Nothing But Thieves<\/a> launch a new era with Evolution, which received its first play from our very own Jack Saunders as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record.<\/p>\n Cruz Beckham<\/a> and The Breakers are back with YEAH YEAH YEAH, a song recently debuted on their first-ever headline tour. And Lola Young<\/a> returns with new single From Down Here \u2013 could it become her fourth Top 40 hit?<\/p>\n It’s a big week, too, for David Wynn, who releases his own version of Lauren Duski’s I Would For You, raising money for Meningitis Now.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, expect big new tunes from the likes of former UK Eurovision representatives Remember Monday<\/a> (Delusional),\u00a0Brandi Carlile<\/a> (Life On The Run), Olympia Vitalis (Money Tree), Majid Jordan (Cold), Jessie Reyez (N.Y.F.F.) and Jos Rivers (Thankyou So Very Much).<\/p>\n Now, onto albums.<\/p>\n New Music Friday albums \ud83d\udcbf<\/p>\n Maisie Peters<\/a> follows up her chart-topping 2023 project The Good Witch<\/a> with third studio set, Fluorescence. Maisie recently announced that she’ll be headlining The O2, London on May 8 2027 as part of the iconic venue’s 20th birthday celebrations.<\/p>\n Dua Lipa<\/a> will be hoping to secure a hat-trick of Number 1 albums with Dua Lipa (Live From Mexico). The album’s released alongside a concert film recorded across Dua’s\u00a0three sold-out shows at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros as part of her Radical Optimism Tour.<\/p>\n Time to CELEBRATE! K-pop girl group LE SSEREFIM<\/a> unleash their second full-length project, ‘PUREFLOW’, Pt. 1. Will\u00a0Sakura, Kim Chaewon, Huh Yunjin, Kazuha and Hong Eunchae earn their first-ever Albums Chart entry?<\/p>\n Things Are Looking Up for Northampton-born singer-songwriter Billy Lockett<\/a>, who delivers his second project. On the self-penned, self-recorded and self-produced LP, Billy says: “I’ve been making the album for just over three years and so it’s been a record of the changes through out my life. Break ups, addiction but also recovery and love.<\/p>\n “The album is hopeful. I’d say most of the songs are upbeat and happy, but it wouldn’t be a Billy Lockett album without some heartbreaking ballads slipped in. I wanted to make an album my dad would’ve loved.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, New Jersey outfit Bleachers set their sights on a second Top 10 with their sixth studio set, everyone for ten minutes. The band’s current UK chart peak came courtesy of eponymous 2024 record Bleachers<\/a>, which reached Number 5.<\/p>\n CARMIT, founding member of The Pussycat Dolls<\/a>, drops her self-titled solo EP. Featuring remastered tracks originally recorded in the 2000s, it combines her debut EP Limited Edition with cuts from her vaulted album Formerly Of….<\/p>\n Liverpool singer-songwriter Luvcat<\/a>, the hitmaker behind Vicious Delicious, drops her latest EP Lovebites.<\/p>\n You’ll also find big new album releases from the likes of Bentley Robles (Olympus),\u00a06LACK<\/a> (Love Is The Only Gangster), Eli (Stage Girl (Deluxe)) and Radiohead<\/a> guitarist Ed O’Brien (Blue Morpho).<\/p>\n New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for May 22 2026:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Music Friday singles \ud83c\udfb6 As she reflects on her illustrious career with three-part Netflix documentary Kylie, Kylie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,74743,36221,204115,128,14376,34240,13837,89446,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-597324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-kylie-minogue","tag-lola-young","tag-maisie-peters","tag-music","tag-new-releases","tag-olivia-rodrigo","tag-remember-monday","tag-stormzy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}