It's impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the music world. The only criteria: they all have to absolutely rip.
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Charli XCX - "Von Dutch"
Charli returns with a brutal (and brutally effective) dance track that sounds like it was written and recorded after getting ejected from a club for starting a barfight. As with the best Charli songs, it’s savage and glamorous at the same time.
Anysia Kym - "#71 (Again and again)"
Anysia Kym released one of my favourite albums of 2023—the discombobulating Jadasea collaboration Pressure Sensitive—but “#71” the gorgeous first single from her new project Truest changes tack, finding Kym singing almost subliminally over production that walks the line between hip-hop and jazz.
St. Vincent - "Broken Man"
The first song from St Vincent’s new album All Born Screaming finds Annie Clark at her louche best, turning rock performance into a game of roiling tension and all-out abandon.
Cardi B - "Like What (Freestyle)"
Cardi could continue releasing one song like this a year for the rest of time without dropping her long-awaited second record and fans would be satisfied—it’s shit-talky and absurd and devastatingly funny.
Body Meat - "Focus"
The new single from Philly producer Body Meat is like a gummy candy miniature of a soul song, Christopher Taylor laying deeply yearning vocals over his usual hyperactive production.
mui zyu - "the mould"
The new song from British Hong Kong artist Eva Liu skirts the line between dreampop and Grace Ives-style electro-pop, landing on a style that’s hypnotic and engrossing.
Rico Nasty, Boys Noize - "Arintintin"
Rico Nasty contorts her traditional rage rap into a surprising Eurodance framework, and, amazingly, it works, Boys Noize’s hypnotic high-BPM pulse providing the perfect playground for her to swing around.
Empress Of - "Preciosa"
The latest single from Empress Of’s new album For Your Consideration is a slinking, minimalist baile funk track that allows Lorely Rodriguez to flex her dancefloor chops.
Faye Webster - "Underdressed at the Symphony"
The title track from Faye Webster’s new album is a gorgeous, ambling country ballad that’s embellished with dazzling orchestral parts, a jolting twist for her brand of indie-pop.
Olly Alexander (Years & Years) - Dizzy
Olly Alexander’s Eurovision entry, produced by Danny L Harle and Easyfun, has shades of ABBA and the Pet Shop Boys, updated with enough pizzazz to satisfy a TV audience.
Photography: Alex Da Corte
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