{"id":2256288,"date":"2026-01-29T14:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2256288"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:46:21","slug":"new-music-friday-the-molotovs-meek-labrinth-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-the-molotovs-meek-labrinth-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: The Molotovs, MEEK, Labrinth and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I just got my heart broken, but I look f**king fabulous!<\/em>&#8221; Unapologetic pop force MEEK explodes onto the scene with her first single fabulous; a bold statement of self-belief. It serves as the focus track from the South London singer-songwriter&#8217;s debut EP Brixton, which drops this week. Catch MEEK performing at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mightyhoopla.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mighty Hoopla<\/a> at London&#8217;s Brockwell Park on Saturday May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Brand-new boy band December 10 shoot their shot with riotous debut cut <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/december-10-run-my-way-listen\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Run My Way<\/a>. The lads &#8211;\u00a0Cruz (19), Danny (17), Hendrik (19), John (17), Josh (17), Nicolas (17) and Se\u00e1n (19) &#8211; were formed on Netflix telly talent show Simon Cowell: The Next Act, and tell Official Charts: &#8220;It&#8217;s the perfect song for December 10 as it has the energy that we have&#8230;The song is full of joy, like we are.&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/december-10-run-my-way-listen\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read everything you can expect from December 10&#8217;s Run My Way here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After announcing that he would be releasing a new album, The Great Divide in April, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/63540\/noah-kahan\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Kahan<\/a> has revealed the title track as the first single off the upcoming project. Kahan describes the project as an &#8220;attempt to delve deeper into the people, places, and feelings that have made me who I am.&#8221; Oh, this could get emotional.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another new boy band release from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/absnt-mind\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Absnt Mind<\/a>, too, as the lads take an emotional trip down memory lane. Allestree Lane, to be precise.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/8309\/melanie-c\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melanie C<\/a> asks What Could Possibly Go Wrong? as she serves up the latest taste of her upcoming ninth studio album Sweat, due May 1. On the track, Melanie says: &#8220;We had a lot of fun working on this song and discussing the light and shade of music and life. It&#8217;s a tongue in cheek look on taking risks and trusting yourself to take that leap anyway. I think a lot of people will relate!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re Iconic! Swedish pop four-piece <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/8173\/a-teens\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A*Teens<\/a> are back with their first new material in 22 years. Marie, Dhani, Sara and Amit will be hoping Iconic is chosen to represent their home country at the 2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/news\/eurovision\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> in Vienna this May.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, expect big new releases from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/7067\/cher-lloyd\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cher Lloyd<\/a> (Sweet Devotion),\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/debbie\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Debbie<\/a> (The Rain Isn&#8217;t Over), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/55799\/joel-corry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Corry<\/a> (Stuck In A Loop), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/6848\/emin\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EMIN<\/a> ft. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/57587\/amanda-holden\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda Holden<\/a> (Somethin&#8217; Stupid) and rising indie-rock talent Mary Middlefield (Wake Up!).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a packed week on the albums front, too. Let&#8217;s get stuck in.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their big O2 Academy Brixton gig on February 2, Reading rockers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/63522\/only-the-poets\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Only The Poets<\/a> deliver their debut album And I&#8217;d Do It Again. On the record, which was seven years in the making, lead vocalist and guitarist Tommy Longhurst tells Official Charts: &#8220;It&#8217;s the truest and best representation of what we believe and want to sound like.&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/only-the-poets-and-id-do-it-again-brixton\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read our full interview with Only The Poets&#8217; Tommy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>London duo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/21737\/molotovs\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Molotovs<\/a> &#8211; aka siblings Matthew and Issey Cartlidge &#8211; drop their first full-length collection Wasted On Youth this week. Catch the pair supporting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/53878\/yungblud\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YUNGBLUD<\/a> on his upcoming IDOLS World Tour dates in April.<\/p>\n<p>Texan rapper, singer and songwriter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/56827\/don-toliver\/\">Don Toliver<\/a> drops his fifth studio LP OCTANE, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/6496\/labrinth\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Labrinth<\/a>\u00a0returns with COSMIC OPERA ACT I and Liverpudlian rockers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/31541\/cast\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cast<\/a>\u00a0serve up their eighth album Yeah Yeah Yeah.<\/p>\n<h2>New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for January 30 2026:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.officialcharts.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I just got my heart broken, but I look f**king fabulous!&#8221; Unapologetic pop force MEEK explodes onto the scene with her first single fabulous; a bold statement of self-belief. 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