{"id":2428417,"date":"2026-05-22T18:28:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428417"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:28:55","slug":"best-new-music-this-week-poll-olivia-rodrigo-charli-xcx-lola-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/best-new-music-this-week-poll-olivia-rodrigo-charli-xcx-lola-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Music This Week Poll: Olivia Rodrigo, Charli xcx & Lola Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tNow that Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> has found \u201cThe Cure,\u201d the world can forget its troubles this New Music Friday!<\/p>\n

\n\tThe three-time Grammy winner leads this week\u2019s New Music Friday roundup with \u201cThe Cure,\u201d the second single from her forthcoming third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/em>. Written alongside longtime collaborator Dan Nigro, the song arrives as both Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cfavorite song on the album\u201d and the \u201cthesis statement\u201d for her highly anticipated record, according to the artist herself.<\/p>\n

\n\tCharli xcx and Lola Young also shared new singles, with the former offering the apocalypse-minded \u201cSS26,\u201d while the latter linked up with James Blake for \u201cFrom Down Here.\u201d Indie rocker Blondshell shared her raging new \u201cHeart Has to Work So Hard\u201d single, and fast-rising R&B crooner Kwn shared a two-pack of new songs titled \u201cTouch Myself\u201d and \u201cIdea of Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis New Music Friday also features new singles from Niall Horan (\u201cEnd of an Era\u201d), Hurricane Wisdom and Chance The Rapper (\u201cBarbie Doll\u201d), TA Thomas (\u201cI Found You\u201d), Ariana Grande (\u201cKnew Better Part Two\u201d), Vince Staples (\u201cWhite Flag\u201d), Blxst (\u201cJust My Type\u201d), Channel Tres (\u201cPop Pop\u201d), Loe Shimmy (\u201cBody Dangerous\u201d), Bailey Zimmerman (\u201cThe Climb\u201d), Majid Jordan (\u201cCold\u201d), CHIKA (\u201cA Gap in the Clouds\u201d) and Brandi Carlile (\u201cLife On the Run\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn terms of albums, Jack Antonoff-fronted rock outfit Bleachers leads this week with its new Everyone for Ten Minutes<\/em> LP, while R&B singer 6LACK shared his new Love Is the New Gangsta<\/em> album, and U.K. underground rap star Fakemink dropped his Terrified<\/em> sophomore project.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew full-lengths projects also arrived from Skippa (#Skippaholic<\/em>), mgk and Wiz Khalifa (Blog Era Boyz<\/em>), Iwaata (Nothing Try Nothing Done<\/em>), French Montana and Max B (Wave Gods 2: Cosmos Brothers<\/em>), REMI (Left on Red<\/em>), Jpegmafia (Experimental Rap<\/em>), Veeze (Y\u2019all Won<\/em>), Lelo (Mastiff: Pink Tiles<\/em>), Maisie Peters (Florescence<\/em>), Xavi (Dosis<\/em>), LE SSERAFIM (\u2018Pureflow,\u2019 Pt. 1<\/em>) and Dua Lipa (Live from Mexico<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\n\tWhich new release this week is your favorite? Vote \u2014 or share your own pick \u2014 in\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u2018s New Music Friday poll below:<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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