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Friday Music Guide: New Music From Lorde, Alex Warren & ROSÉ, KATSEYE and More

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  This week, Lorde reinvents herself, Alex Warren brings ROSÉ into his sonic world, and KATSEYE continue a “Gnarly” run […]

Lorde Performs New Album ‘Virgin’ in Full at Surprise Glastonbury 2025 Show

Lorde played a surprise set at Glastonbury on Friday (June 27), in celebration of her freshly released LP, Virgin. Watch footage from the show below. Related Lorde’s ‘Virgin’: All 11 Tracks Ranked 06/27/2025 Taking to the stage in the opening slot on the Woodsies Stage, the singer performed the new album in full and tore through […]

Inside Bouyon: How a Fusion of Local Folk Music & Digitized Instruments Gave Way to Dominica’s Fast-Spreading Homegrown Genre

Last summer — and, for what it’s worth, this summer as well — Quan, Litleboy and Trilla G’s “Someone Else” was inescapable across the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Whether you were feting pon di road, out with friends, or humming along to your daily playlist, the song’s infectious bouyon drums echoed across the region. […]

How Lizzo Channeled Weezy, Missy Elliott & Her 14-Year-Old Self for Her Rap Mixtape: ‘I Was Calling Myself ‘Lizzo Wayne”

After years of winning America over with her dazzling pop sensibilities and musical flair, Grammy Award-winning artist Lizzo is switching lanes — at least for the summer. On Friday (June 27), Lizzo channels her 14-year-old self and returns to her first musical love: rap. Once a member of the Houston hip-hop group Cornrow Clique, Lizzo […]

Benson Boone Scores First ARIA Albums Chart No. 1 With ‘American Heart’

Benson Boone has landed his first No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, as his sophomore LP American Heart debuts at the summit this week. The chart-topping arrival follows the breakout success of Boone’s 2024 debut album Fireworks & Rollerblades, which peaked at No. 17 and spawned the long-running No. 1 hit “Beautiful Things.” That […]