New Music Friday: Listen to Lorde, Kehlani, KATSEYE & Frankie Grande
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Kehlani; Lorde; Renee Rapp
June might be coming to an end, but summer's just starting to heat up – and our favorite LGBTQ+ (and adjacent) artists have released some sunshine-ready tracks.
We have a handful of new projects this week! Lorde's highly anticipated new album Virgin has finally arrived, KATSEYE is inciting some BEAUTIFUL CHAOS, Kevin Abstract's 18-track album Blush is an entire vibe, and Frankie Grande's debut album Hotel Rock Bottom reveals a new side of the icon.
Meanwhile, Kim Petras has released her experimental new SOPHIE-inspired track "Polo," Kehlani just dropped the stunning music video for her R&B summer hit "Folded," Drag Race stars Trixie Mattel and Priyanka have both hopped on new tracks, and Reneé Rapp is officially "Mad."
Scroll through to listen to this week's best new bops, and follow this writer's on Spotify.
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"It's getting hard to be nice, " Reneé Rapp croons on her angsty new pop-rock track.
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KATSEYE is sick of the games, boy. Their new five-track EP BEAUTIFUL CHAOS is glossy pop perfection.
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Trixie Mattel's club remix of some HBO's most iconic (and gayest) TV show quotes is an instant club classic. Read a full breakdown of the song's references.
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Song of the summer? Kehlani just dropped the stunningly sapphic music video for her lush R&B song "Folded."
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UMI's latest indie R&B love song has blessed us with a stunningly sapphic music video.
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Zara Larsson has delivered another pop banger with her MNEK-produced dance track "Midnight Sun" with a killer chorus.
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Franke Grande bares all on his debut album and the music video for its title track, Hotel Rock Bottom.
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Dove Cameron's dance pop era? The singer-songwriter is channelling Lady Gaga on her experimental new track.
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Ali Shah is our latest pop boy who "goes both ways" in his steamy new music video.
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Kevin Abstract's latest is a silky smooth indie track, one of 18 bangers on his new album Blush.
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Lorde's fourth studio album Virgin has arrived, and lyrically toys with the singer's gender expression and identity.
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Are you smiling yet? Between friends is ready to dance on "XD."
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This SOPHIE-inspired track is pushing Kim Petras (and her listeners) to explore the experimental boundaries of pop.
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Issa Rae is featured in Teyana Taylor's sweepingly romantic new music video.
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The Aces have released the breezy debut single off their upcoming sapphic disco-pop album Gold Star Baby.
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Kesha is definitely the one supplying the bangers this summer ahead of her upcoming album release and Tits Out tour.
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Rio Romero's new track is a reflective ballad on moving on.
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Drag Race star Priyanka teams up with Niiva for their dancefloor-ready banger "Fussy."
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Bailey Zimmerman and Diplo team up for their new country song "Ashes."
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Lizzo is back, and her new song with SZA is our outside vibe for the summer.
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Raye and Mark Ronson's latest track "Suzanne" is an ode to powerful woman.
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Taylor Henderson is a music contributor to Out magazine. Be sure to follow 'the alphabet mafia' playlist on Spotify!
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