New Music Friday: Miley Cyrus, Snow Wife, Elton John
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New Music Friday listicle including singers Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Snow Wife
It's Friday, and we have a new batch of fresh tunes for your earholes!
The pop girls clocked in! Miley Cyrus returns with an escapist anthem on "End of the World," Snow Wife is our latest rave queen on "Bodyology," Ciara finds "Ecstasy," Kalena Zanders wants you to "Promise We'll Live Again," and Haim releases one of their favorite songs they've ever written!
Meanwhile, R&B star Khalid teams up with Rudimental for a new EDM banger, Between Friends has made friends with the "DJ," and Destin Conrad and Teezo Touchdown team up for their sensual new track.
And did we mention that Elton John and Brandi Carlile's long-awaited joint album has finally arrived?
Scroll through to listen to this week's best new bops, and follow this writer's on Spotify.
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Miley's back, and ready to pretend it's not the end of the world on this escapism anthem.
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Khalid joins Rudimental on their new EDM track "All I Know."
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R&B is alive and well on Destin Conrad and Teezo Touchdown's gorgeous new track.
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Snow Wife kicks off her new era with this dancefloor-ready banger that we can't wait to hear at the club.
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Join Between Friends at the favorite place: the dance floor.
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Ready to dance? Kaleena Zanders delivers the vocals and the drops on her uplifiting new track.
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Perfume Genius performs "It's a Mirror" live on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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Who Believes In Angels?, the collaborative album from Grammy winners Elton John and Brandi Carlile, is out now and boasts this joyous ode to rock and roll icon Little Richard.
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Escape into Dreamer Isioma's world on the visually stunning music video for "I Am Going Through Hell (Bittersweet)."
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Alex Champan and Tommy Geneis want to see you "Slip & Slide" on this high BMP banger.
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Pop/R&B legend Ciara gets grown and sexy on her stunning mid-temp track "Ecstasy."
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PinkPanteress brings the vibes to the dancefloor on "Tonight."
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People pleasers unite! Haim's latest is about figuring out what you want after getting lost in the noise.
Taylor Henderson is a music contributor to Out magazine. Be sure to follow 'the alphabet mafia' playlist on Spotify!
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