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’ve highlighted a huge new banger from Chloe Qisha, a collab with Elton John from newly-christened Mercury Prize winner Sam Fender and a huge new tune from Oliver Sim.
Listen to the playlist below and follow us on Spotify here.
Rolling Stone UK’s picks for October 16 2025
Chloe Qisha – ‘So Sad So Hot’
Sam Fender ft. Elton John – ‘Talk To You’
Oliver Sim – ‘Telephone Games’
Leigh-Anne – ‘Dead and Gone’
Jenny on Holiday – ‘Dolphins’
Erin LeCount – ‘Machine Ghost’
Everyone Says Hi – ‘Communication’
The Rooks – ‘Where We Were Before’
Vaarwell and Jeshi – ‘Corinthia II’
Lisa O’Neill – ‘The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right’
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