New Music Friday: Myles Smith, Jazzy, Blossoms, Hard-Fi and more

What’s on this week’s New Music Friday playlists?

New Music Friday albums 💿

Luton-born singer-songwriter Myles Smith delivers his debut album My Mess, My Heart, My Life. The record already boasts five Official Top 40 singles: Stargazing (4), Nice To Meet You (6), Gold (32), Stay (If You Wanna Dance)) (32) and Niall Horan collab Drive Safe (27).

English rockers Hard-Fi make their long-awaited return with fourth studio record Sweating Someone Else’s Fever. Can Richard, Steve, Kai and Ross’s first full-length release in 15 years join 2005 debut Stars of CCTV and 2007’s Once Upon a Time in the West to earn them a hat-trick of chart-toppers? Check out Official Chart’s chat with frontman Richard Archer on the new album HERE.

It’s a big week for UK rap, as both Fredo (Motion Sickness) and M Huncho (The Wizard) will be releasing projects. Can either bag a Top 10?

Californian rapper YG serves up his seventh studio set THE GENTLEMEN’S CLUB, while Essex rockers Warning return with Rituals of Shame, their first full-length release in 20 years.

Elsewhere, you’ll find big new releases from K-pop outfit RIIZE (II – The 2nd Mini Album), Jejune (Wait a Lifetime), Tucker Zimmerman (Dream Me a Dream), Billy Ray Cyrus (THE HILL), Chlöe and Timbaland (Resurrection) and a double album courtesy of Alex Zhang Hungtai (Orion/Mother).

New Music Friday singles 🎶

Blossoms are back with brand-new tune Meet Me In Love. The follow-up to Joke About Divorce features vocals from the band’s pal and longtime collaborator Declan McKenna, with the video starring none other than Maya Jama. It serves as the latest track from the forthcoming sixth LP from the Stockport five-piece, titled Songs From The Wedding Cake, yours on October 2.

Sam Ryder returns with his second recording from the highly anticipated West End revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, coming to London Palladium for 11 weeks from Saturday June 20. What’s The Buzz was produced by Fraser T Smith, and recorded live on tape at British Grove Studios.

Natalie Imbruglia unveils the title track to her forthcoming seventh studio LP Algorithm, due September 4. On the single, which Natalie co-wrote and co-produced alongside MyRiot (London Grammar, Primal Scream), she says: “It’s like you’ve opened one trapdoor and you’re falling endlessly through one after another. I’m a deeply spiritual person, so the title comes from a place of real concern for the world we’re living in.

“We’re in a dark place and psychological warfare is being waged upon us. We need to talk about that and where our thoughts are going. This is about sparking that conversation.”

Summer jams incoming! 🌞 As she announces details of her debut album Peace & Patience, landing October 23, Irish dance star Jazzy recruits house royalty Chris Lorenzo on Invisible. Elsewhere, Jax Jones drops latest cut Pulling Me Back, co-written alongside Clementine Douglas.

An iconic link-up is taking place this week as FKA Twigs teams with Lil Yachty for fresh hit, On Your Mind, as Jodie Harsh shares euphoric dance bop I Feel It, the latest taste of her upcoming EP The Dance Floor, coming September 18.

Meanwhile, Blackburn-born singer-songwriter Charlotte OC is back with bittersweet offering Start of Summer. On the track, she explains: “This song is about the ever-present longing I have for my father. He absolutely loved being in the sun and being as tanned as humanly possible. Whenever I picture him, he’s in the garden, covered in factor 15, with a glass of whiskey by his feet and a border collie by his side.”

If you came to party, they came to party 🪩🕺. It’s a team-up for the ages, as the iconic Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg join forces on Boogie’s In My Soul.

And you’re gonna want to keep those dancing shoes on. Already gaining traction on social media, Jason Derulo‘s Mi Chico lands on streaming.

Dance fans can also expect new tunes from D.O.D and niina (Feel For You) and Layton Giordani and Patrick Topping (Tonight).

Elsewhere, to celebrate the launch of ethical AI company Artists Included, and Boy George‘s 65th birthday, a brand-new version of Culture Club‘s 1983 Number 1 Karma Chameleon is released.

In partnership with BMG, this 2026 take on the ’80s classic saw Boy George perform a new vocal in studio, with artist-approved and ethical technology used to support the final recording without replacing the artist.

With the announcement of his fifth studio set The Age Of Everything, due October 2, the legendary Johnny Marr unveils its first single, Spin. Marr will mark the LP’s release with a special, one-off show at London’s OVO Arena Wembley on Saturday October 24.

The Snuts continue to tease their forthcoming full-length project Joy In Short Moments (due October 23) with Defibrillator, while Jack Savoretti links up with KT Tunstall on Tempting Fate, lifted from his recent Top 5 album We Will Always Be The Way We Were.

Fresh off the back of his set at The Great Escape, New Zealand-born, London-based singer-songwriter Luca George releases brand-new single Grow Down.”Grow Down is really just me wishing I could hold onto that freedom, imagination, and innocence for a little longer,” Luca says.

Call it Uzo reverse! Off the back of his GRAMMY nomination for Zara Larsson‘s Midnight Sun, and ahead of his headline slot at Pride In London on July 4, MNEK marks a whole new era with REVERSE!!, sampling Lethal Bizzle‘s 2004 bop Pow! (Forward).

Joe Jonas releases The Cozy Anthem, his take on the theme song from iconic farming game Hay Day, as Clean Bandit recruit Biig Piig for the first release on their own new CBX label, I Don’t Wanna Hurt You.

Two of Jamaica’s biggest exports link up as Original Koffee recruits Skillibeng on RAPID FYAH, while enigmatic duo holybones deliver a restless stream of consciousness on did you ask for this.

Look out for more new releases from the likes of Jael (Hallowed Ground), NØELLE (Crush), Joe McElderry (Love Me Out Loud), RAEGAN (CRYING IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND), Kojo Funds (Ready), Kelela ft. A. K. Paul (outta time), Finn Forster (Strangers), McGrath (Burn Daylight), Bonnie Kemplay (Beginners) and Sukihana and Bobbi Althoff (Bills Paid).