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Ouri – “Paris” (Feat. Oli XL)

The Montreal-based singer and producer Ouri will release her new LP Daisy Cutter in a few weeks, and we’ve already posted the title track and the Charlotte Day Wilson collab “Behave !” Now, Ouri has joined forces with the glitchy Swedish producer Oli XL on the new song “Paris,” a deep-memory reverie about the city where she grew up. It’s a forward-thinking dance track with a ton of space, but Ouri’s vocal makes it feel intimate and homespun.

Watch PinkPantheress Cover Charli XCX’s “Apple”

With her recent mixtape Fancy That, PinkPantheress made one of the best albums of the year so far, even if she isn’t calling it an album. This week’s she’s releasing a remix companion album called Fancy Some More? with a very exciting guest list including Bladee, Oklou, Kylie Minogue, Basement Jaxx, JT, Jade, Anitta, Seventeen, Sugababes, Zara Larsson, Ravyn Lenae, Nia Archives, Rachel Chinouriri, Kaytranada, Joe Goddard, DJ Caio Prince, Mochakk Loukeman, Sega Bodega, Groove Armanda, and Kilimanjaro.

Ravyn Lenae Brings Out Donald Glover In LA

Chicago-born R&B singer Ravyn Lenae recently graduated from cult stardom to actual stardom, as her 2024 single “Love Me Not” caught fire on TikTok, climbing as high as #5 on the Hot 100. (It’s #9 this week, at least until all the Taylor Swift numbers come in.) These days, Lenae is a big enough deal to get Donald Glover to leave his house on a Monday night.

Dept. Of Homeland Security Responds To Zach Bryan’s New Anti-ICE Lyrics

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Last month, country-rock superstar Zach Bryan played the largest ticketed concert in US history — more than 112,000 fans crammed into Michigan Stadium. Bryan, never known as a particularly political artist, is among the most popular musicians in the country right now, and he has irked the Department of Homeland Security by singing anti-ICE lyrics on a song that hasn’t even been released yet.

h. pruz – “Krista”

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Next month, Queens-based songwriter Hannah Pruzinsky aka h. pruz is releasing a new album Red sky at morning, the follow-up to their 2024 debut album No Glory. Today they’ve shared the new single “Krista,” which comes with a video made from a homemade childhood YouTube horror series Pruzinsky made with their cousin Molly Schenkenberger.