{"id":2262547,"date":"2026-02-02T08:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2262547"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:13:59","slug":"10-great-new-songs-to-start-your-2026-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/10-great-new-songs-to-start-your-2026-with\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Great New Songs to Start Your 2026 With"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>If you\u2019ve already played out all the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklynvegan.com\/tags\/best-of-2025\">best albums of 2025<\/a> and you\u2019re ready to put your music listening habits in 2026 mode, you\u2019re in luck because this year is already musically off to a good start. We\u2019ve got nearly 100 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/94-albums-were-anticipating-in-2026\/\">albums we\u2019re anticipating<\/a> at the moment, a lot of album announcements and new singles dropped this week, and a handful of new albums are already out as well. As we near the end of the first full week of 2026, here\u2019s 10 new songs (technically more than 10 songs) that we\u2019re already loving.<\/p>\n<p><b>Robyn \u2013 \u201cTalk To Me\u201d &amp; \u201cSexistential\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We knew Robyn\u2019s next album would be one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/94-albums-were-anticipating-in-2026\/\">our most anticipated albums of 2026<\/a> once we heard <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/robyn-dopamine-track-review\/\">\u201cDopamine\u201d<\/a> last year. It\u2019s a feel-good banger that instantly felt like it was ushering in an exciting new era for Robyn, and this week Robyn officially announced the album and already proved it has more where \u201cDopamine\u201d came from. It\u2019s titled <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/robyn-announces-new-lp-sexistential-shares-2-new-singles\/\"><i>Sexistential<\/i><\/a>, and new single \u201cTalk To Me\u201d is another immediate dancefloor-mover that\u2019s cut from the same cloth as \u201cDopamine.\u201d But euphoric dance-pop isn\u2019t all <i>Sexistential<\/i> will have in store. Robyn also just released the title track, a spoken word\/rap song that deals with subject matter that pop music rarely broaches, like IVF and single motherhood. It\u2019s a welcome dose of realness to balance out all the euphoric escapism. <i>[A.S.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robyn - Talk To Me (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VhxIcmhydos?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robyn - Sexistential  (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAezWNIUMDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><b>Doechii \u2013 \u201cGirl, Get Up\u201d (ft. SZA)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Doechii has been talking about the \u201cdebut studio album\u201d that would follow her breakthrough 2024 \u201cmixtape\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/brooklynvegans-top-50-albums-of-2024\/\"><i>Alligator Bites Never Heal<\/i><\/a> since late 2024, and on December 30, 2025 she threw a whole lot of fuel on the fire. She teamed up with her TDE labelmate SZA for \u201cGirl, Get Up,\u201d a song that proves the chemistry they had on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ES9CqKPkdeU?si=JezdYwA2y4wsvObZ\">\u201cPersuasive\u201d<\/a> over three years ago is still very strong. The SZA hook is one for the books, and Doechii <i>goes in<\/i> with her verses, rapping her ass off, talking her shit, and majorly foreshadowing the anticipated LP: \u201cThese n****s misogynistic, I\u2019ll address it on the album.\u201d If the album has this same energy, it\u2019s gonna be a great one. <i>[A.S.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doechii - girl, get up. (Feat. SZA)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jBKJbedSrA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><b>Jill Scott \u2013 \u201cBeautiful People\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jill Scott is a master of neo-soul and the first taste of her first album in 11 years is a great example of why. \u201cBeautiful People\u201d sounds like a lost gem of early \u201970s soul, transported to 2026 and polished off with a modern finish. Jill\u2019s powerhouse vocals are in amazing form, and the song has all those soulful finishing touches that hit just right. The new album is called <i>To Whom This May Concern<\/i>, it comes out on February 13, and it features contributions from Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack, Too $hort, DJ Premier, and others. <i>[A.S.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beautiful People\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-Cq_ZqXbd8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><b>Feels Like Heaven \u2013 <i>Within Dreams<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>We got our first great hardcore album of 2026 on the very first <i>day<\/i> of 2026. Just a few months after Swedish melodic hardcore band Speedway released their excellent debut album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/50-best-punk-albums-of-2025\/\"><i>A Life\u2019s Refrain<\/i><\/a>, three Speedway members released the debut LP by another band they\u2019re in, Feels Like Heaven. This is also \u201cmelodic hardcore,\u201d but Speedway\u2019s melodic hardcore is the Revolution Summer kind and this is more emo-leaning. For some classic comparisons, I\u2019d say it falls somewhere between Lifetime and Samiam, and for something more current, I\u2019d say it fits nicely next to Anxious and Fiddlehead. <i>[A.S.]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/10-great-new-songs-to-start-your-2026-with\/about:blank\" seamless=\"\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=726712879\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/feelslikeheaven.bandcamp.com\/album\/within-dreams\">Within Dreams by Feels Like Heaven<\/a><\/iframe><noscript><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=726712879\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/feelslikeheaven.bandcamp.com\/album\/within-dreams\">Within Dreams by Feels Like Heaven<\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><b>Buck Meek \u2013 \u201cGasoline\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Just months after Big Thief released one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/brooklynvegans-top-55-albums-of-2025\/\">our favorite albums of 2025<\/a> with <i>Double Infinity<\/i>, Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek announced his next solo album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/big-thiefs-buck-meek-announces-new-solo-album-shares-gasoline\/\"><i>The Mirror<\/i><\/a>, due 2\/27 via 4AD. It was made with his Big Thief bandmate James Krivchenia and Big Thief vocalist Adrianne Lenker contributes to it too, so it shouldn\u2019t be a big surprise that you can hear a lot of Big Thief\u2019s magic coming through on lead single \u201cGasoline.\u201d It\u2019s the kind of strummy folk rock that Buck Meek does so well, but it\u2019s also got some of those art rock tendencies that came through on <i>Double Infinity<\/i>, making it just a little more far-out than what we usually get from Buck\u2019s solo career. <i>[A.S.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Buck Meek - Gasoline (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jlX-R9F6aH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dry Cleaning \u2013 \u201cJoy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Dry Cleaning enlisted Cate Le Bon to produce their third album, one of her suggestions was that Florence Shaw \u2014 she of the dry, droll sprechgesang delivery \u2014 try singing more. \u201cJoy,\u201d which is the final track on <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/dry-cleaning-announce-new-album-share-hit-my-head-all-day\/\">Secret Love<\/a>,<\/i> is a great example of that. Shaw\u2019s spoken word delivery is still there, sounding like an inner monologue as she goes throughout her day \u2014 mixing worries about the world with text from a book on the History of Food and Drink \u2014 but now it\u2019s almost as if she\u2019s humming to herself along the way as the rest of the band lays down a slashing, melodic post-punk backing. And are those harmonies we hear? Joy indeed. <i>[B.P.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dry Cleaning - Joy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5H1flrcnVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>MEMORIALS \u2013 \u201cCut Glass Hammer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A wave of undulating synth arpeggiations sounds like cars revving their engines waiting for the Go signal, and then duo MEMORIALS are off to the races in a blast of motorik drumming, heavy acid-rock organs, and the ethereal twin vocals of Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (Wire, It Hugs Back). \u201cNothing is exactly as it seems\u201d they sing on \u201cCut Glass Hammer\u201d which was inspired partially by a Yoko Ono exhibit at London\u2019s Tate Modern, and this precision machine is both powerful and fragile. <i>[B.P.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MEMORIALS - Cut Glass Hammer (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GTRFmErDyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Winged Wheel \u2013 \u201cI See Poseurs Every Day\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This \u201cexperimental super-band\u201d featuring members of Tyvek, Spray Paint, Matchess, plus Sonic Youth\u2019s Steve Shelley and more were born out of the pandemic with songs made remotely with members adding parts almost Exquisite Corpse style to becoming a formidable live band. <em>Desert So Green<\/em> is their third album and you can feel their sonic symbiosis on \u201cI See Poseurs Every Day,\u201d a smoldering, drony jam with komische bones and gothy vocals from Johnson. As for the title, Fred Thomas says it came from an inside joke on tour but notes, \u201cIt\u2019s not without a shred of truth. We do see poseurs every day, and we need to let them know we\u2019re watching.\u201d <i>[B.P.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winged Wheel  - &quot;I See Poseurs Every Day&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JyBm9iqoJJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Haute &amp; Freddy \u2013 \u201cDance the Pain Away\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The theatrical alt-pop duo Haute &amp; Freddy, aka Los Angeles-based songwriters and musicians Lance Shipp and Michelle Buzz, are releasing their debut full length for Atlantic, which they recently signed to, <em>Big Disgrace<\/em>, and they paired the announcement with an addictive new single. \u201cDance the Pain Away\u201d is a blast of \u201980s-inspired synth pop in its most immediate and feel good form, and they say the song \u201cis a feeling we\u2019ve been dreaming of capturing in a song,\u201d adding, \u201cIt was everything we were feeling, all the overwhelmed emotions, the chaos of how life can feel, and at the same time, the ease of how it can all go away for a little while when you\u2019re dancing.\u201d <i>[A.H.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haute &amp; Freddy  - Dance The Pain Away\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1BhJBoSILk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><b>Zach Bryan \u2013 \u201cBad News\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The new year begins with 25 new Zach Bryan songs, which arrive in the form of his new album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/zach-bryan-jenny-on-holiday-feels-like-heaven-home-star-ruins-of-beverast-bad-beat-reviews\/\"><i>With Heaven On Top<\/i><\/a>. Zach remains an increasingly famous country superstar who seems far more interested in the indie world than in Top 40 Nashville, and this album is another example of that, with 78 minutes of music that are rooted in a mix of alt-country, Neil Young\/Bob Dylan-style folk rock, and Bon Iver-style indie folk. One of those songs is the final version of \u201cBad News,\u201d which went viral this past fall after Zach shared a snippet that included the lyric \u201cICE is gonna come bust down your door\/Try to build a house no one builds no more\u201d and referred to cops as \u201ccocky motherfuckers.\u201d It also references Bruce Springsteen and \u201cThis Land Is Your Land\u201d and those are both fitting reference points for a song like this one, which criticizes America with patriotic imagery (\u201cthe fading of the r\u0435d, white and blue\u201d). It\u2019s also delivered in Zach\u2019s trademark melancholic style, with the same raw, somber emotion as his more personal material. <i>[A.S.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube responsive-container\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zach Bryan - Bad News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fN9or5sWSoQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>For even more new songs, listen to our first weekly playlist of 2026:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 1\/9\/2026\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/10-great-new-songs-to-start-your-2026-with\/about:blank\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/7dzQLThaWt3u1joRnCAqW1?si=b3ccb54f603c4e4b&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 1\/9\/2026\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/7dzQLThaWt3u1joRnCAqW1?si=b3ccb54f603c4e4b&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><i>Looking for even more new songs? Browse the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/tags\/new-songs\/\">New Songs archive<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\" async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" data-rocket-src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v17.0\" nonce=\"QuYmvsQc\"><\/script><\/p>\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.brooklynvegan.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve already played out all the best albums of 2025 and you\u2019re ready to put your music listening habits in 2026 mode, you\u2019re in luck because this year is already musically off to a good start. We\u2019ve got nearly 100 albums we\u2019re anticipating at the moment, a lot of album announcements and new singles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2262548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[360795,438273,305199,383195,438274,438275,369396,413424,369196,438276,143876],"class_list":["post-2262547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-buck-meek","tag-bv-weekly-playlist","tag-doechii","tag-dry-cleaning","tag-feels-like-heaven","tag-haute-and-freddy","tag-jill-scott","tag-memorials","tag-robyn","tag-winged-wheel","tag-zach-bryan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/10-Great-New-Songs-to-Start-Your-2026-With.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2262549,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262547\/revisions\/2262549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}