Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Rozzi Crane Rozzi announced her third EP, “Hymn for Tomorrow,” the first installment of a new full-length album due July 2 on BMG. The announcement is the release of a brand new song titled "I Can't Go To The Party," which was written by Pretty Sister Whitney Phillips and Rozzi Crane. Her new track is a bold, R&B-styled “I Can’t Go To The Party” single alongside a striking new video directed by Jack Begert. When she wrote it, the song described a “brutal” experience running into an old flame at a social gathering and reflecting on personal growth through experiences. The single now holds a dual meaning. It also encompasses the spring awakening that we feel as we come out of lockdown. As for the video, Rozzi explained, “For the video, we wanted to capture that vulnerability, moodiness, and melodrama by showing me all dressed up in diamonds, with nowhere to go… Just alone, eating popcorn in bed, with a full face of makeup on. Our brilliant director Jack Begert captured it perfectly. And of course, with the Pandemic, none of us have been able to go to any parties for the last fourteen months- so it took on a whole other meaning!” The much-anticipated "Hymn for Tomorrow" EP arrives three years after the San Francisco-born singer’s 2018 debut, "Bad Together," which followed a series of high-profile collaborations with Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T plus a sold-out arena tour supporting Maroon 5.

After a three-year hiatus, Justin Bieber returned with his album titled "Purpose," released on November 13, 2015, by Def Jam Recordings and School Boy Records. His previous album, "Believe" and "Journals," a 2014 compilation album that only had a limited release, were both crammed full of burning slow jams and hot hip-hop features, and while both of those do pop up on "Purpose," was overflowing with dance beats and EDM vibes. The 21-year-old Canadian had spent the last few years on the squeaky clean image that propelled his first three records to more than 15m combined sales. Much of the record echoes the dancefloor melancholy of the three banging singles that preceded it, ‘What Do You Mean?, ‘Sorry’ and ‘Where Are Ü Now,’ the summer-conquering collaboration with Skrillex and Diplo’s Jack Ü. The first single from the album, "Where Are Ü Now," a collaboration he recorded with Skrillex and Diplo, has deep bass rolls and bounces back and forth on gentler waves of his typical production sound. His second single, “Sorry," along with “I’ll Show You,” and the aforementioned “What Do You Mean,” all have restrained but groovy beats that have an Eastern flavour to them. Although it doesn’t mean all work so well as ‘The Feeling,’ featuring pop sensation Halsey, and ‘Love Yourself,’ written with Ed Sheeran, are more traditionally Bieber, and their big pop hooks are out of place amidst the forward-thinking electronic shuffle. The opener track ‘Mark My Words," is a burst of pitch-shifted vocals and apologetic promises. The funk-laced ‘Company’ could have easily been a hit, while ‘No Pressure’ is darker, a sprawl of bassy beats and personal epiphanies reminiscent of The Weeknd. However, a redefining moment for Bieber comes with “Life is Worth Living?” where he e explains the long journey that brought him to where he is present, and the faith got him through his darkest periods. This deep, emotional song shows Bieber’s true talent as learning from mistakes. Then we have, “Children” which is also a collaboration with Skrillex, making for an upbeat vibe that takes listeners to a whole new level of high-tech sounds and beats. Finally, the album title track closes things out, and it is properly the heaviest song on the record. Bieber lays it all on the line, questioning his existence, why he is living, but that he confronts demons and embraces his faith, thus giving him the gift of purpose. Justin Bieber’s "Purpose" is a wonderful collection of fun songs and beautiful serenades that fans of all music genres can enjoy. This one of his best albums, showcasing maturity, progression, skill, and most of all, repentance. Bieber has proved to be completely unafraid of reinventing himself into one of the most forward-thinking stars today. It is a strong move in his transition to adulthood and proves there's far more to him than being a pretty face for schoolgirls to swoon over.

18-year-old singer-actor Olivia Rodrigo, who already has one of the biggest hits of the year with her anthem “Drivers License,” did a two-song performance that knocked it out of the park Saturday night. The singer opened with a passionate performance of her breakup ballad “Drivers License,” which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year. Later during the Keegan-Michael Key-hosted episode, "The High School Musical: The Musical: The Musical Series," star kicked things up a notch alongside her band with a performance of her new pop-punk song "Good 4 U." Both tracks will appear on Rodrigo's highly anticipated debut album, Sour, which is scheduled for release on May 21 through Geffen Records.

TikTok star Bella Poarch has burst onto the music scene with her debut single "Build a B*tch" for Warner Records. A pop track with a toy flair, the song's lyrics focus on the demands women are subject to regarding appearance and personality. Poarch has more than 66 million followers on the short-form video platform. Her ascent to TikTok stardom was swift, largely sparked by a viral lip-sync to Millie B's "M to the B" that's currently TikTok's most-liked video. Now, she's expanding her horizons with "Build a B*tch" and its accompanying music video. Continuing with the song's theme, the video shows Poarch and guest stars, including streamer and internet personality Valkyrae and former porn star Mia Khalifa, as floating heads attached to doll-like bodies that are available for customization and purchase. Eventually, the women revolt, storm the store and set it on fire. Poarch promoted the new song alongside Valkyrae, whose real name is Rachell Hofstetter, on "The CouRage and Nadeshot Show," a 100 Thieves podcast hosted by the gaming company's CEO, Matt Haag and co-owner Jack Dunlop.

Yet another TikTok star is here to cement his name in the music industry! It’s the Sway House and Triller’s Tayler Holder dropping a new song titled "I'll Be Alright." He is to joins a long list of other TikTok stars that have had success in the music business, such as Nessa Barrett, Jaden Hossler aka jxdn, Chase Hudson aka Lil Huddy, and Dixie D’Amelio. The song is about someone going through a breakup and learning to move on. The girl he’s holding appears to look like Tayler’s ex-girlfriend Charly Jordan. He’s had plenty of success with his music; his previous songs garnered many views. His music debut of ‘100 Rounds’ featuring ex-girlfriend Charly Jordan got almost 1.7 million views. That song was released in February and surprised many fans with Holder’s musical talents.

1. LEON BRIDGES | MOTORBIKE Leon Bridges has just announced his third album, "Gold-Diggers Sound," being released in July, and with that, he dropped the lead single “Motorbike.” The new track is a romantic R&B ballad with an intense, cinematic video directed by Anderson .Paak. The album is full of new songs and includes last year’s “Sweeter,” which serves as an ode to George Floyd. The visual further elaborates on the song's story, opening with a vision of Leon being cradled by leading lady Lexi Carter as they take in the sunset near a lake. The clip then takes us through the story of their love. 2. ANTHONY RAMOS | BLESSINGS The Hamilton star Anthony Ramos released a new single titled "Blessings." Powered by upbeat, high-energy production, the track highlights his dynamic vocals, slick charisma, and undeniable star power. His voice rises and falls with the bounce before exploding on the dancefloor-ready hook. In addition to his stage roles, Ramos has co-starred in the police brutality drama "Monsters and Men" and "A Star Is Born" alongside Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. He can also be seen in Legendary's "Godzilla: King of Monsters" and the 2020 DreamWorks Animation film "Trolls World Tour" as techno ruler King Trollex. 3. SHY MARTIN | FEELINGS SHY Martin, aka Lerdala native Sara Hjellström, wrote songs from being a child before breaking out as one of pop’s brightest stars in 2017. Two months ago, Hjellström announced the start of SHY Recordings – her own label that her music is now being released through. She just released her new single is just that, titled “Feelings” is an electronic pop beat and perfectly suits Hjellström’s smooth vocals. The track is a departure from her recent single “Remember You Were The One,” and this time has the pop sparkle that we’ve come to expect from the never-ending talent of Swedish artists. 4. DAVID ARCHULETA | LOSIN SLEEP The “American Idol” alumnus recently released a new song titled "Losin Sleep," which a follow-up to his single "Be That For You," released last month. David’s latest album “Therapy Sessions” was released in 2020 and had songs written about his internal struggles. “There has been a movement with understanding oneself, going to therapy. I’ve been one of those people on that train and been discovering a lot about why I have these battles in my head, and how to separate myself from the negativity that can flood the mind a lot,” he said. 5. OSTON | I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE Emerging singer-songwriter OSTON is taking a different approach to ditching toxic people In her life. In her new single, “I Think You Should Leave,” she clarifies that negative vibes are no longer welcome. It’s a departure from her previously released track “Lie About You,” a vulnerable song where OSTON recounts a poisonous relationship that she found the strength to end. “I Think You Should Leave” details similar emotions but bears a carefree attitude and invites listeners to poke fun at people who exist to make everyone around them miserable.

British singer-songwriter Paloma Faith has shared a new music video for “Monster” lifted from her fifth studio album, “Infinite Things,” which was released last November. Fan favourite ‘Monster’ is a thunderous, unadulterated pop track that sees Paloma confront difficult darker truths: her relationship with the music industry and media. The video, directed by Yousef with creative direction from long-time friend and collaborator Theo Adams, takes the idea of the Monster head-on metaphorically by offering a modern twist on Frankenstein with melodramatic Giallo, Cult films like Dario Argento’s Suspiria and Inferno, and Bollywood stylistic influences.

Antiguan-German singer-songwriter has released a new song titled "Bite Marks," her second track released this year following "Dead Girl" back in March. Au/Ra has created a unique and powerfully emotive world, filled with innovative, original songs that explore the dark nature of humanity via strong melodies, evocative songwriting and transcendent production. Her musical universe is expansive, exemplified by her impressive collaborations. Her single "Ghost" with Alan Walker, which was part of the "Death Stranding" soundtrack, streamed over 32 million times on Spotify alone. She more recently featured on Jax Jones’s single "i miss u," which she performed alongside him on Little Mix The Search and was playlisted at Radio 1, Capitol and Kiss FM, selling over 5.5 million copies worldwide charting in the Top 25 in the UK.

D.C.-based electropop trio SHAED has released their first full-length album titled "High Drive." It has been a whirlwind as the remix of their song “Trampoline” with ZAYN catapulted their stardom even higher after droves of fans were introduced to the band through the track, its syncs in popular TV shows and commercials, or caught them live as they embarked on a worldwide tour. The band made up of vocalist Chelsea Lee and twin brothers and multi-instrumentalists/producers Max and Spencer Ernst wanted to slow-roll their debut record — really spend time on it and make it fully theirs. At the beginning of 2020, Max and Spencer sat down with what they thought would be the album, consisting of songs written in different places with different people over the course of their busy years. "High Dive" features the previously released tracks "No Other Way" and "Once Upon a Time," as well as the duet version of the hit "Trampoline," featuring ZAYN.

Singer, songwriter, and television judge Katy Perry has released a new single, “Electric,” alongside a new video for the song that includes an extraordinary guest star: Pikachu! It’s adorable and includes lyrical references to the Pokémon anime’s classic theme song. Katy Perry’s “Electric” is just one component of The Pokémon Company’s musical celebration of the Pokémon franchise’s 25th anniversary. She joins artists Post Malone and J Balvin for a music project known as "Pokémon 25: The Album." That digital album will be released later this year and includes 14 Pokémon-inspired tracks. In the video helmed by "Raya and the Last Dragon" director Carlos Lopez Estrada, Perry and Pikachu spend time in Hawaii, hanging out in the lush landscape. After a stop at a lighthouse, the pair travel back in time. Perry is seen performing at a farmer’s market and then delivering her first club show. In recent news, Perry recently announced that she would launch a Las Vegas residency called "Katy Perry: Play" at the property Resorts World Casino which begins on December 29th and runs through mid-January 2022.

Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem released her highly anticipated seventh studio album titled "Bridge over Troubled Dreams," which the first album of all-new material since 2016's "Wings of the Wild." Goodrem spoke of the album, saying: "I love this music more as a body of work that I do individually," she continues saying. "It's definitely a holistic sort of album, where it all works together." The album reflects and accepts where she's at in her life and realizes the lessons that you learn as you live through things. The album will be promoted with a series of concert dates throughout Australia and New Zealand on the Bridge over Troubled Dreams Tour, originally planned for April and May 2021. Along with the highly-anticipated album release, Goodrem has also penned a companion book — which she stresses is just as important as the music, saying, "the album doesn't exist without the book, the book doesn't exist without the album." included in the new album.

Olivia Rodrigo has released a new song called “Good 4 U," and today, we get the music that Petra Collins directed. The song takes heavy inspiration from Paramore, and other beloved pop-punk bands, with sarcasm-laden verses, addressed at a former flame that slowly builds to a loud, insanely fun chorus. While the "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" star might have given us those slow, sappy ballads before, with her new song, she’s gone fully pop-punk “Good 4 U” is the third single from Rodrigo’s upcoming debut album "Sour." It follows her break-out single, “Driver’s License,” as well as “Deja Vu.” The highly anticipated LP, which currently sits as one of the most pre-added albums on Apple Music, arrives May 21st via Geffen. Rodrigo, fresh off her debut live television performance of “Drivers License” at the Brit Awards, has also been named Vevo’s first LIFT artist of 2021 and is also set to perform on “Saturday Night Live” tomorrow night, May 15.

The emerging dark pop star, Ellise, has released her debut full-length album, "Chaotic" via EMPIRE. The Bay Area-born artist is attracted to pop music’s ability to access the dark sides of the human experience. Written almost entirely by Ellise herself, the record has a distinctive point of view with sounds inspired by Ariana Grande, Lorde, Dominic Fike, Lana Del Rey, Amy Winehouse, and Flo Milli. Her catalogue includes two Halloween EPs: 2018’s "Can You Keep a Secret?" and 2019’s "Under My Bed." “911” from her debut EP attracted significant attention upon release, and Ellise has only continued to build her following since then, with over 100 million total streams across platforms. Three tracks have been released from the record including, the latest single, "Over Breakfast," “Feeling Something Bad,” and “Bubblegum Brain,” with its video starring drag superstar Shea Couleé, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars season 5.

GRAMMY Award-nominated multi-platinum artist Lukas Graham released a new song, “Happy For You,” from their upcoming fourth studio album. After breaking out in 2016 with the global smash "7 Years," Lukas has continued to impact audiences worldwide. This marks his first release of 2021 and officially kicks off the next chapter, and to accompany the track, he also revealed a cinematic lyric video. For the track, Lukas teamed up with Grammy Award-nominated production trio TMS—notable for producing Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved." Graham shared on social media, “We're in the studio working on the next album so we can get it out this year! Getting ready to release another single and finish the album. Many artists n songwriters are dropping the idea of full albums atm because the reality of streaming is making it hard for all of their songs to get the love and attention they deserve. I'm sticking to the full-length albums and taking my chances if that's ok with you.”

After three years since his last record, rapper J. Cole has dropped his new sixth studio album titled "The Off-Season." The record includes last week’s “Interlude” and boasts production from Timbaland, Boi-1da, frequent collaborator T-Minus, J. Cole, and more. It also features 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Cam’ron, Morray, and others. Cole, 36, started teasing the album last week, as well as a documentary following the behind-the-scenes, "Applying Pressure: The Off-Season." Following the basketball theme from earlier projects, the cover art depicts a flaming basketball hoop behind him. Since his last album, "KOD, J," Cole has also delivered his own slew of guest verses. To name a few, Cole has featured on Gang Starr’s “Family and Loyalty,” Ty Dolla $ign’s “Purple Emoji,” Young Thug’s “The London,” and 21 Savage’s “a lot,” which earned the rappers the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song.

U2‘s Bono and The Edge have teamed up with Martin Garrix for ‘We Are The People’, which serves as the official 2020 UEFA European Football Championship song. Throughout the past three years, the song includes lyrics written by Bono and guitar by The Edge. “Creating the music for one of the biggest sports events in the world together with Bono and The Edge has been an incredible experience,” Garrix said in a statement. “I’m very proud of what we did together and excited to share it with the world finally!” Creating the song took place before the pandemic since the soccer tournament was originally supposed to take place in 2020. That means Garrix has been keeping his collaboration with Bono and the Edge under wraps for the past two years. “We Are the People” is the closest thing the world has gotten to a new U2 song since its 2017 LP "Songs of Experience." But they’ve been quietly working on a follow-up for the past couple of years.

Singer and songwriter from Norwalk, California Zhavia Ward has released a brand new track titled "Big Girls Don't Cry," which is the first taste of new music since her duet with Zayn on "A Whole New World." She has shared a teaser of the new track on her TikTok with her singing a verse of the song live and captioning "BIG GIRL$ DON’T CRY coming soon." The 19-year-old got her start on the reality singing competition show “The Four: Battle for Stardom” in 2018. Afterwards, she recorded a song with Diplo, French Montana and Lil Pump for “Deadpool 2. She released her debut EP “17” with Columbia Records last summer and is currently working on her debut album. Ward has become a force to be reckoned with as with strong vocals and writes all her own music, and you can be sure you will be hearing more of her in the coming year.

The veteran dance-pop trio has released their fifth studio album titled "Say It Like You Feel It" via Big Beat, Atlantic Records. They have tapped a bevy of high-profile collaborators for the album, which has a whopping 18 tracks. The record will dust the cobwebs off many of Cash Cash's older singles, like 2017's ROZES-assisted "Matches," 2018's "Finest Hour" with Abir, and 2019's "Call You" featuring Nasri of MAGIC! They have already debuted the album's latest single "Ride Or Die," a collaboration with renowned singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan. "Say It Like You Feel It" is an impressive work of pop music and emotion. It’s the perfect album to dance yourself clean after a long, hard winter. This is the first new music from the pop dance trio since 2016's "Blood, Sweat & 3 Years."

Rapper singer-songwriter Nicki Minaj has dropped her mixtape "Beam Me Up Scotty," originally released in 2009. the new version is expanded with new tracks, including “Seeing Green” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne, “Fractions,” and her remix of Skillibeng’s “Crocodile Teeth.” Spanning 23 songs and almost 80 minutes from start to finish, and serves as her first new music from Minaj since her 2018 album "Queen," which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. In addition, she also released her single “Yikes” last year and has been featured on several other artists’ tracks. Recent collaborations include Mike Will Made-It's “What That Speed Bout?!” with Youngboy Never Broke Again. She dropped verses and put a twist on the hook for the remix of Sada Baby’s “Whole Lotta Choppas,” She also teamed up on Mr. Eazi and Major Lazer’s “Oh My Gawd,” Ty Dolla $ign’s “Expensive,” A$AP Ferg’s “Move Ya Hips” and Doja Cat’s “Say So” remix and teamed up with Tekashi 6ix9ine for “Trollz.”

The 21-year-old newcomer Alaina Castillo's first full-length will be released in multiple parts, with the first, "Parallel Universe Part 1". With her previous music, she made waves making tender, acoustic slow burners that highlighted her warm and soft vocal ability. On her debut album, though, she firmly cuts loose and embraces capital pop on an album that sounds wonderfully fresh and vibrant. Opening track ‘Pocket Locket’ is a song of the summer contender that swings playfully and confidently. In contrast, tracks like the title track and ‘Down 4 U’ are packed full of future pop sounds with insistent and inventive productions aligned to Alaina’s developed songwriting as she creates her own little world. The seven tracks album offers an enticing tease into the future of someone who seems right at home in the pop game and is set to soar.