In the week Little Mix turn 14, Mixers are treated to two new solo servings. Perrie returns with anthemic break-up bop If He Wanted To He Would. A comeback of sorts, the track sees Perrie find her ‘authentic’ artistic identity. “This is the music I want to make,” she tells us. “I hope you love it as much as I do!”
Meanwhile, Leigh-Anne brings the heat with Burning Up, her second release as an independent artist. And while there’s no new drop from bandmate JADE, she has inspired one of this week’s most anticipated tunes.
Florence + The Machine are back with Everybody Scream, the title track from their upcoming sixth studio album, released October 31. On the making of the song, Florence Welch told Apple Music’s The Zane Lowe Show: “We were looking a lot at the amazing things that are happening in pop. It’s so experimental at the moment…We were listening to Angel of My Dreams by JADE a lot in the studio.”
12 years after the release of her last album Music To Make Boys Cry, Diana Vickers serves up comeback track Ice Cream. “It’s super camp, super sexy and super fun,” Diana tells us. “I’ve played it to a lot of my gay friends and they said ‘it’s fabulous, go for it.’ I always trust my gays!”
Rising Dublin singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe follows up recent singles Hey Ma and Talking With You with Lose Lose, as Sigrid delivers Fort Knox, the latest single from upcoming third studio LP There’s Always More That I Could Say, out October 24.
Elsewhere, you can expect new music from the likes of Pixie Lott (Coming Of Age), Kings of Leon and Zach Bryan (We’re Onto Something) and Fred Roberts (Object of Desire).
Look out for brand-new girl band XO, too. The fresh five-piece release buzz track Ponytail this week.
Now, let’s turn our attention to this week’s albums.
Wolf Alice will be hoping for a second chart-topper with fourth full-length record The Clearing. Ellie Roswell, Joff Oddie, Joel Amey and Theo Ellis earned their first Number 1 with 2021’s Blue Weekend.
Off the back of Top 40 smashes back to friends, undressed, we never dated and 12 to 12, breakout star sombr unleashes his debut LP I Barely Know Her with focus track i wish i knew how to quit you.
Australian duo Royel Otis – Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovik – unveil second studio collection hickey, as Stray Kids ride the UK’s current K-pop wave with their fourth full-length record KARMA.
As his first documentary film YUNGBLUD. ARE YOU READY, BOY? hits cinemas, YUNGBLUD releases compilation YUNGBLUD: Beyond Idols.
private music serves as American rockers Deftones‘ tenth studio LP, while Rudimental drop their fifth, RUDIM3NTAL. Could it see the British drum and bass duo score a third chart-topping album?
New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for August 22 2025
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