As music week draws to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest episode of Best New Tracks.
This week’s lineup is led by Post Malone, Billie Eilish and Jung Kook with Latto, who each released “Overdrive,” “What Was I Made For” from the Barbie soundtrack album and single “Seven”, respectively. Also joining this selection are offers from Disclosure, Blxst with Remble, Jamila Woods with duendita, Yussef Dayes with Masego, Erick the Architect and Shamir.
Post Malone – “Overdrive”
Post Malone continues to teaser his next album Austin with “Overdrive”, which follows its predecessors “Chemical” and “Mourning”. Austin falls on July 28.
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Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For”
Billie Eilish the pound Barbie contribution to the soundtrack album “What Was I Made For”, which is co-written by his brother FINNEAS and also produced by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. Greta Gerwig’s film and accompanying soundtrack album both drop on July 21.
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Jung Kook x Latto – “Seven”
Jung Kook teams up with Latto for his new single “Seven,” which serves as a prelude to his highly anticipated debut album. “It’s pretty awesome, and I’m so excited. I just want to let you know that I am also working on my album,” the BTS member previously said.
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Disclosure – Alchemy
Disclosure surprises fans with their latest studio effort Alchemy, dropping just 48 hours after it was announced. The 11-track disc contains no guest verses or samples and marks the duo’s first independent release through their Apollo Records imprint.
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Blxst x Remble – “child of GOD”
Blxst enlists Remble for its latest “child of GOD” cut, with the artist describing Remle’s feature as one that “highlights the dichotomy of good and evil.” He continues: “We both speak from the point of view of imperfection, we were born sinners and we approach it with relish. This song embraces that fact, being imperfect makes you a child of God, makes us all human, makes us all relatable.
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Jamila Woods x duendita – “Little Garden”
Jamila Woods announces her first album in four years, The water made us, featuring the single “Tiny Garden” featuring duendita. “Tiny Garden is a song about the way my heart works, the slow and steady way that I love,” she said in a statement. In my early days as a director, I wanted to create a visual representation of how I often feel in relationships, like I have huge feelings that I end up expressing in small, specific ways. The video unfolds through two landscapes, the reality of a shared apartment at the end of winter and an imaginary “heart space” where everything is green and lush. I worked with my friend and frequent collaborator Po Chop on the choreography, so that movement became the key to merging these two worlds – everywhere I dance, something is watering, something is growing.
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Erick the Architect – “Parkour”
Erick the Architect delivers his first single of the year “Parkour”, which features production by James Blake. The track is described as the journey the artist began after moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, with Erick adding: “It’s about what it was like to make that move and why I did it – but without forget that where I come from is an integral part of my growth.
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Yussef Dayes x Masego – “Fanfare”
Yussef Dayes and Masego Collaborate for Debut’s Latest Single ‘Marching Band,’ Set to Appear on His Upcoming Solo Album black classical music. The record falls on September 8.
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Shamir – “Our Song”
Shamir drops his second single from Homo Anxietatem “Our Song”, the album will be released on August 18th. “It took about three months to write this song, which is the longest it’s ever taken me to write a song. The music video is a love letter to my band. Grant Pavol and Rhea Freed are the only which is why I’m still playing live. I wanted the video to focus on the three of us as a band,” he shared in a statement.
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