New music is great, but it’s increasingly hard to find your latest obsession when approximately 840,000 songs land on streaming services every week. So that’s where we come in. Every Friday, the team at Rolling Stone UK will update our Hot New Songs playlist with the stuff that we think you should be getting your ears around this week from the UK and Ireland. Simple.
This week, we’re highlighting the stunning comeback track from Arlo Parks, the latest tune from Aaron Rowe and a new banger from Gorillaz among many others.
Listen to the playlist below and follow us on Spotify here.
Rolling Stone UK’s picks for January 16 2026
Arlo Parks – ‘2SIDED’
Aaron Rowe – ‘Please Don’t Hate Me’
Gorillaz – ‘Orange County (ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar’
Dream Machine – ‘Things That Make Us Cry’
Rose Gray – ‘Free’ ft. Kesha
Static Dress – ‘human props’
Lucy Rose – ‘Scared of Loving Wild Again’
Puma Blue – ‘Hush’Static Dress – ‘human props’
Chalk – ‘I.D.C.’
Shabaka – ‘A Future Untold’
KAVARI – ‘IRON VEINS’
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