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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aya, Ecko Bazz - "Essente!"
This collaboration between electronic experimentalist Aya and Ugandan rapper Ecko Bazz feels like a demonic take on a peak-era Missy Elliott track – pure, chaotic, body-shaking rhythm.
Erika de Casier, Shygirl - "Ex-Girlfriend"
You have to feel sorry for whoever’s on the receiving end of this ice-cold kiss-off, which finds de Casier and Shygirl at their most cutting.
Bullion, Panda Bear - "A City's Never"
Bullion draws the latent Arthur Russell-ness out of Panda Bear’s voice on this blocky, brightly colored pop song.
Aliyah's Interlude - "Fashion Icon"
What begins as a cooly, braggadocious rap track quickly slips into gleaming handbag house, Aliyah taking the opportunity to stunt and pout at every turn.
ellis - "what i know now"
Serene, clear-eyed country-pop from Ethel Cain collaborator Ellis, who finds deep pathos in an anthemic chorus.
Nourished By Time - "Hand On Me"
Signing to XL hasn’t dulled any of Nourished By Time’s weirdness – the Baltimore native is still contorting avant-garde pop and freestyle into gorgeous new shapes.
Rui Gabriel, Kate Teague - "Target"
This great new song from Lawn’s Rui Gabriel is tense and lackadaisical at the same time, Gabriel letting his taut lyrics speak for themselves with an understated vocal performance.
babybaby_explores - "Hair"
This song is angular but gently meanders through its runtime, art-rock experimentalists babybaby_explores striking on a tone that’s menacing and danceable at once.
The Voidz - "All the Same"
Sleeping on The Voidz feels a little like a criminal offense to me – Julian Casablancas saves his most ingratiating, whimsical pop songwriting for this project, resulting in gentle and beautiful lo-fi gems like “All The Same.”
Brooke Candy - "Safe Word"
Brooke Candy is at her antagonistically transgressive best on “Safe Word,” a wilful provocation that’s serpentine and addictive.
Photography: Cheryl Georgette
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