{"id":2427259,"date":"2026-05-21T23:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2427259"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:46:12","slug":"10-new-songs-out-today-to-listen-to-vince-staples-kelsey-lu-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/10-new-songs-out-today-to-listen-to-vince-staples-kelsey-lu-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"10 New Songs Out Today to Listen To: Vince Staples, Kelsey Lu, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>There\u2019s so much music coming out all the time that it\u2019s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelmin<\/em><em>g, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/1xoJuoB12NjhudRElJRets\">Best New Songs playlist<\/a>). Below, check out our track roundup for Thursday, May 21, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>Vince Staples \u2013 \u2018White Flag\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Vince Staples has previewed his new album<em> Cry Baby <\/em>with \u2018White Flag\u2019, a dazed, despairing song about racial inequity. It follows lead single \u2018Blackberry Marmalade\u2019, and the whole record is out June 5.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vince Staples - White Flag\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uYU1J7QszpU?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vince Staples - White Flag\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uYU1J7QszpU?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><\/p>\n<h3>Kelsey Lu \u2013 \u2018Comfort\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Kelsey Lu has unveiled <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/2026\/05\/21\/kelsey-lu-releases-new-single-comfort\/\">\u2018Comfort\u2019<\/a>, a tenderly expansive single from the forthcoming album <em>So Help Me God<\/em>. It follows earlier cuts\u00a0\u2018Running to Pain\u2019, the title track, and\u00a0\u2018Better Than That\u2019 with Sampha.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelsey Lu - Comfort\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7A4ckK8GPAU?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelsey Lu - Comfort\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7A4ckK8GPAU?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><\/p>\n<h3>Matilda Mann \u2013 \u2018The Fig Tree\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn\u2019t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose,\u201d Sylvia Plath wrote in <em>The Bell Jar<\/em>, a metaphor that serves as the main inspiration beind Matilda Mann\u2019s new single. \u2018The Fig Tree\u2019 leads the singer-songwriter\u2019s sophomore LP,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ourculturemag.com\/2026\/05\/21\/matilda-mann-announces-new-album-kismet-shares-new-single-the-fig-tree\/\"><em> Kismet<\/em><\/a>, and arrives alongside a Ben Harris-directed video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matilda Mann - &amp;apos;The Fig Tree&amp;apos; (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPyubkkkw44?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matilda Mann - &amp;apos;The Fig Tree&amp;apos; (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPyubkkkw44?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><\/p>\n<h3>Opus Kink \u2013 \u2018The Sweet Goodbye\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Brighton post-punk outift Opus Kink are gearing up for the release of their debut album, <em>The Sweet Goodbye<\/em>, and today they\u2019ve shared the jagged, theatrical title track. Frontman Angus Rogers introduced it as such: \u201cA man sings a lullaby to his love, his heart\u2019s instrument, his medium of choice on the eve of their parting. Tomorrow they will bid one another goodbye but not before delivering a last message to the world that made them. The big man once said parting is such sweet sorrow\u2026 lift the pen, turn the peg, climb the clocktower, take aim, give everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Opus Kink - &amp;apos;The Sweet Goodbye&amp;apos; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YaHl6_sOu-k?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Opus Kink - &amp;apos;The Sweet Goodbye&amp;apos; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YaHl6_sOu-k?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><\/p>\n<h3>Pinkshift \u2013 \u2018When We Were Friends\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Pinkshift have unleashed an anthemic new single, \u2018When We Were Friends\u2019, along with a self-directed video. \u201cThis song was just called \u2018Friends\u2019 for the longest time,\u201d the group shared. \u201cIt\u2019s a story about getting kicked to the curb when there was a new relationship in my friend\u2019s life. I wanted to share a story about how valuable friendship is, even though we might take friendships for granted. It\u2019s easy to fall into the trap of watering romantic relationships that are exciting and new and leaving your friends out to dry, assuming that friends will always be there. But your friends who have been there with you through everything deserve the same love, attention, and care you would give someone new.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pinkshift - when we were friends (official music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f_NtTZDDpJM?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pinkshift - when we were friends (official music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f_NtTZDDpJM?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><\/p>\n<h3>Petey USA \u2013 \u2018Kiss the City\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Petey USA is back with a new single, \u2018Kiss the City\u2019, which mixes heartland rock songwriting with colourful drum programming and synths. \u201cThis song is about the exhaustion of the city grind and a fantasy of dropping everything to live off the land, free from money and obligation. But freedom without people just turns into loneliness,\u201d Petey explained. \u201cIn the end you come running back, not because the city got any better, but because you need community more than you need to escape.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kiss the City\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p896bLA3Lfw?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kiss the City\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p896bLA3Lfw?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><\/p>\n<h3>Wiki \u2013 \u2018Park\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>New York rapper Wiki has announced a new LP, <em>Ancient History<\/em>, out June 12, with the hazily pretty \u2018Park\u2019. The record features production from the Alchemist, Nick Hakim, Navy Blue, Laron, Mount Kimbie under his Dom Maker moniker, and MIKE as dj blackpower alias.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6FpxFa2ropw?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6FpxFa2ropw?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><\/p>\n<h3>Jordan Patterson \u2013 \u2018Just My Friend\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Jordan Patterson, an LA-based songwriter and producer recently signed to Secretly Canadian, has announced her first release for the label. The<em> Songs From a Valley Girl<\/em> EP is out June 19, previewed today by the emotive single \u2018Just My Friend\u2019, which is accompanied by a sweet live performance video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jordan Patterson - Just My Friend (Live)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FlqMgVY36DM?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jordan Patterson - Just My Friend (Live)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FlqMgVY36DM?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><\/p>\n<h3>Quicksand \u2013 \u2018Crystallize\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Quicksand have shared a new single, \u2018Crystallize\u2019, from their forthcoming album <em>Bring On the Psychics<\/em>. It comes paired with a video from director Jesse Korman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quicksand - Crystallize (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iu3xqskepyg?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quicksand - Crystallize (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iu3xqskepyg?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><\/p>\n<h3>Widemouth \u2013 \u2018Raincoat\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Widemouth\u2019s debut album, <em>No Gasoline<\/em>, arrives in just over a week, and today the Chicago band have released a gorgeous single from it called \u2018Raincoat\u2019. It\u2019s accompanied by a clip that \u201ccould be construed as a music video,\u201d per the YouTube description, \u201cbut very little planning went into this. So it\u2019s just a video.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Widemouth - Raincoat (video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_V9tXy5K0Fs?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><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Widemouth - Raincoat (video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_V9tXy5K0Fs?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><\/p>\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 ourculturemag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s so much music coming out all the time that it\u2019s hard to keep track. 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