Phoebe Bridgers, KATSEYE, Troye Sivan, Ayra Starr & More: New Music Friday Guide

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Esta semana, três é o número mágico: a indie-rocker Phoebe Bridgers lança seu altamente aguardado terceiro álbum, Lost Weekend; KATSEYE lança seu terceiro EP; e Ayra Starr compartilha seu terceiro álbum também.

e muito mais. Confira todas as escolhas da semana abaixo.

After Phoebe Bridgers performed a semi-impromptu, highly in-demand, phone-free show at New York’s Madison Square Garden in early June, it was clear something was coming.

And just a few weeks later, that hunch was confirmed when the indie-rockstar announced her first solo album in six years, Lost Weekend. Across its 16 tracks, “the album fluctuates between grief and elation, agitation and contentment, as Bridgers sings like someone who has loved and lost — and still has something to lose,” writes Billboard‘s Christine Werthman for the album’s tracks ranked.

Surely, it’s the perfect album to get lost in this weekend. — LYNDSEY HAVENS.

Despite this girl group’s ongoing lineup changes (with Manon and Sophia both on mental health breaks), one thing is certain: KATSEYE brings the energy. Its third EP, WILD (out on HYBE x Geffen Records) is packed with high-impact, hard-hitting tracks like single “Pinky Up” and focus track “Hootie Frutti.” Meanwhile, sassier songs like single “Animal” and “That Way” slow it down — but just a bit.

As a release for the EP states, “the project captures the feeling of a wild ride fueled by growth and transformation” and marks the start of a new “electrifying new era” for the now foursome.

Troye Sivan is back — and not only with a new single. The pop singer’s low-toned “She’s the Best” — about all the qualities, expected and less so, of a particular person that wows him — serves as the lead single and title track of his fourth album, out Oct.

9 on Interscope. “She’s the Best is a painting that captures my life in all of its moods and colours,” Sivan said in a statement. “It explores the high-octane highs of the last few years, and the solitude and longing that sat underneath.

It’s chaotic, layered, organic, troubled and alive. It feels like the truest and most creative version of myself I’ve ever shared. At some point along the way I realised: the only constant in my life keeping me somewhat sane has not been the work, or the men, but the feminine.

A sensação do Afropop nigeriano Ayra Starr está de volta com STARRGIRL, seu terceiro álbum de estúdio e primeiro esforço de longa duração desde The Year I Turned 21, de 2024.

O novo conjunto de 16 faixas — que inclui o indicado ao Grammy, com a participação de Wizkid, “Gimme Dat” — expande a base sonora da jovem de 24 anos com notas mais pronunciadas de dança e R&B.

Fomentando sinergia de forma inigualável com Leon Thomas, kwn e ZAYN (além de Danny Ocean em um remix em espanhol da música de sucesso “Hot Body” entre os fãs), Ayra Starr passa seu último LP provando que pode dominar em qualquer faixa que seu coração desejar.

À frente do lançamento de seu terceiro álbum na próxima semana, a cantora e compositora inglesa Jorja Smith está compartilhando mais um single para pré-visualizar o conjunto.

Ainda assim, apenas uma voz tão suave e serena quanto a de Jorja consegue soar completamente despreocupada com tudo isso. — L. H.

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