New Music Friday: The Rolling Stones, December 10, Girls Aloud and more

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

New Music Friday albums 💿

The Rolling Stones are back, and no, they’re still not taking it easy. Their 25th studio set Foreign Tongues finds Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood once again doing what they do best: serving up swagger, snarl and stadium-sized rock’n’roll with a knowing wink. Following 2023 chart-topper Hackney Diamonds, the band’s latest set packs bluesy bite, loose-limbed grooves and enough veteran mischief to remind everyone exactly why they remain one of music’s most untouchable forces.

Produced by Andrew Watt, the record also ropes in some serious star power, with guest spots from Paul McCartney, Robert Smith and Chad Smith.

Is a 15th Official Number 1 album on the horizon?

From rock royalty to new boys on the block – December 10 deliver their first-ever EP, On Your Side. The debut project from Cruz, Danny, Hendrik, John, Josh, Nicolas and Seán ropes assembles a serious hitmaker squad for a glossy, globe-trotting set. Expect big feelings, bigger choruses some proper heart-on-sleeve boy band energy.

Bring Me The Horizon are counting their blessings, then tearing them to shreds all over again. Count Your Blessings | Repented sees the Sheffield heavyweights revisit their feral 2006 debut with a full 20th anniversary re-record, dragging the classics into 2026 with fresh venom, sharper claws and a whole lot of that Myspace-era chaos.

Picking up where NO LABELS: PART 01 left off, NO LABELS: PART 02 finds TXT idol YEONJUN blowing his solo world wide open across six shape-shifting tracks. Rap rock? Funk rock? R&B? Pop? Alternative hip-hop? He’s got the lot – and he’s wearing every sound with curiosity, confidence and serious main character energy.

Rapper Future will be hoping to bag a 13th Top 40 with his milestone tenth LP, The Real Me as we see Ne-Yo return with Highway 79, his first full release in four years. His last charting album came in 2015 Non-Fiction. Can he gain a place in the main standings come next week?

From TV screen to music dream! Finn Wolfhard is back with his sophomore album, Fire From The Hip. The Stranger Things star will be hoping to make his debut appearance on the Official Albums Chart.

Other fresh albums coming your way include former White Stripes lead vocalist Jack White‘s Frozen Charlotte, Olympia Vitalis with Lady Luck, Australian cohort The Temper Trap on Stargazer and Suki Waterhouse‘s Loveland.

Now, let’s turn our attention to singles.

New Music Friday singles 🎶

Following his last single Mr. Know It All, Teddy Swims is back with his latest slice of emotional powerhouse balladry, Break Up In Reverse. Teased during his outdoor headline shows and festival appearances across the UK and Europe over the past few weeks, can it bag the Atlanta-born singer-songwriter a fourth Top 40 accolade?

As they announce the Deluxe reissue of their 2007 Top 5 album Tangled Up, landing August 21, Girls Aloud treat Alouders to Girl Overboard (Alternative Mix), a previously unreleased cut of the fan favourite and tour staple.

Rising London trio bumb – aka George Rose, Jamie Hayes and Louis Rodney – are back with i kinda like it, a track exploring the uncomfortable space between emotional fulfillment and physical attraction. Catch the lads live at their upcoming headline show at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, London on Wednesday July 29.

Beyoncé kicks off the 25th anniversary celebrations for her B’Day album with surprise drop MORNING DEW (DONK), as Shania Twain serves up Faded Blue Jeans featuring Josh Homme as the latest taste of her forthcoming seventh studio set Little Miss Twain, coming July 24.

The third single from Jungle arrives titled Someday, Somewhere as Nia Archives and Jorja Smith join forces on Get Me Down.

British singer-songwriter Jack Kaye unveils The Weight, lifted from his upcoming EP Go Easy, due August 14. Speaking to Official Charts, Jack says: “I’m buzzing to have The Weight out in the world. This song means a lot to me. It’s a personal one about coming to terms with the weight of real, adult life after the break-up of my band.”

Dynamic duo ANOTR unleash Silver Lines featuring vocals from Emily Warren, while there is huge welcome return for Childish Gambino who teams up with Californian artist Dahi on Running.

Two huge releases are coming from British band royalty. Firstly, Wet Leg greet us on hi from me, coming off the deluxe version of their 2025 Number 1 album moisturizer, while The Last Dinner Party unveil Knocking at the Sky.

French DJ Hugel is on a ROLE right now. Off the back of his first Top 40 inclusion with Movin’ To The Sun, he has now linked up with Bryson Tiller on Temptation.

U2 are walking up the Street of Dreams, as Essex indie-rock outfit Nothing But Thieves are looking to find a home for their Stray Dogs (pardon the puns!).

Look out for other new releases coming from the likes of Sam Tompkins (Crawling Out My Skin), Mae Muller (Wheels Come Off), MURPHY (Energy Giver), Alessi Rose (Dependent), Jessie Altman (For The Hell Of It), Pixie Lott (DANCE LIKE NO ONE’S WATCHING), ROLE MODEL, (Joy), The Script (The Crowd Was Singing Wonderwall) and Waylon Wyatt (Box Of Bones).