Skip to content

Tate McRae: How a ‘Very Sensitive, Very Introverted’ Singer Became a Pop Superstar

Search

BTS, Rvssian, Underscores, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist.

BTS, Rvssian, Underscores, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

BTS

Bighit Music*
Rolling Stone
By Rolling StoneMar 20, 2026
Rolling Stone
See Full Bio

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, the BTS guys make a grand return and reflect on their superstardom, Rvssian recruits WizKid and Rauw Alejandro for an glittering track, and Underscores solidifies her status as one of pop’s most exhilarating producers. Plus, new tunes from Nas and DJ Premier, Avalon Emerson & the Charm, Ella Langley, Raye, FLO, and Asake.

BTS, “Swim” (YouTube)

Rvssian, Rauw Alejandro, WizKid, “Pongo” (YouTube)

Underscores, “Hollywood Forever” (YouTube)

Nas & DJ Premier, “Git Ready” (YouTube)

Ella Langley, “Loving Life Again” (YouTube)

Asake, DJ Snake, “Worship” (YouTube)

Muna, “So What” (YouTube)

Raye feat. Hans Zimmer, “Click Clack Symphony” (YouTube)

FLO, “Leak It” (YouTube)

Avalon Emerson & the Charm, “Happy Birthday” (YouTube)

Latto, “Business & Personal” (YouTube)

Death Cab for Cutie, “Riptides” (YouTube)

6lack, “Bird Flu” (YouTube)

Mike WiLL Made-It, feat. Ludacris and Teezo Touchdown, “D33P3R” (YouTube)

Grace Ives, “Trouble” (YouTube)

Ed O’Brien, “Blue Morpho” (YouTube)

Tokischa, Skrillex, “Surfboard” (YouTube)

Duendita, “Super Sad!” (YouTube)

Tank and The Bangas feat. Lucky Daye, “Move” (YouTube)

Aubrie Sellers, “Trigger Happy” (YouTube)

Widowspeak, “If You Change” (YouTube)

Ela Taubert, “La Gente Cambia” (YouTube)

Kelsey Lu, “Running to Pain” (YouTube)

Afghan Whigs, “House of I” (YouTube)

Ruel, “Don’t Say That” (YouTube)

Wyatt Flores, “Running on E” (YouTube)

My New Band Believe, “Love Story” (YouTube)

Yseult, “Freak” (YouTube)

Songs You Need to Know

Songs You Need to Know open.spotify.com

Most Popular

The FCC Got Over 2,000 Complaints About Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and… ‘Scream 7’?
Music

The FCC Got Over 2,000 Complaints About Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and… ‘Scream 7’?

Ariana Grande, Ravyn Lenae, Blood Orange, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Music

Ariana Grande, Ravyn Lenae, Blood Orange, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

What the Hell Is Going on With Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert?
Music News

What the Hell Is Going on With Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert?

How Sobriety, Fiona Apple, and a Lot of Patience Helped Cara Delevingne Kick Off Her Music Career
Music Features

How Sobriety, Fiona Apple, and a Lot of Patience Helped Cara Delevingne Kick Off Her Music Career

Man Who Plotted to Attack Taylor Swift Concert Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Music News

Man Who Plotted to Attack Taylor Swift Concert Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

More Stories

Young MC On Freedom 250 Controversy: “It Was A Bait-And-Switch”

As part of the I Love the 90's tour, Young MC performs on the Northlights Stage on day 3 of K-Days in Edmonton of it's 10 day run.

Ron Palmer/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Young MC On Freedom 250 Controversy: “It Was A Bait-And-Switch”

When Rob Base died on May 22 following a private battle with lung cancer, Young MC was left reeling. Base was a close friend who had attended his wedding in Phoenix just a few years earlier. So when Young MC’s agent told him he could take Base’s June 26 slot at a Washington, D.C. concert called “Freedom 250: The Great American State Fair,” he accepted.

What Young MC says he didn’t know at the time was that the event had ties to the Trump administration.

Keep ReadingShow less
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Trademark War: Lawyers Clash Over ‘Reverse Confusion’

Taylor Swift attends the Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025.

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images/The Recording Academy

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Trademark War: Lawyers Clash Over ‘Reverse Confusion’

Taylor Swift’s trademark war with real-life Las Vegas “showgirl” Maren Wade kicked into high gear Wednesday, with the superstar’s lawyer arguing in court that Wade’s request for an immediate ban on album-related merch sales would trample Swift’s right to free speech.

At the hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Swift’s lawyer said Wade’s request for an immediate ban on sales of candles, tumblers, brushes, and other merchandise bearing the album title defied “common sense.” He said Swift’s album, The Life of a Showgirl, did not infringe on Wade’s “Confessions of a Showgirl” trademark because it was “absolutely undisputed” that the album is an expressive work entitled to legal protections.

Keep ReadingShow less
Kanye Label Boss Sues to Unmask Anonymous Figure Behind ‘Defamatory’ Websites

Larry Jackson attends the Apple Music 10th anniversary celebration on June 30, 2025.

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Apple Music

Kanye Label Boss Sues to Unmask Anonymous Figure Behind ‘Defamatory’ Websites

Music executive Larry Jackson is suing to identify the anonymous person or people behind what he describes as a “coordinated, malicious, and ongoing campaign” targeting him, his independent label Gamma, and the label’s artists. He says the “reputational warfare” started after an article cast him as one of the masterminds of Kanye West’s “risky comeback.”

In the 12-page complaint, filed in New York and obtained by Rolling Stone, Jackson says that shortly after Bloomberg published its story on April 23, an unidentified figure launched the websites “larryjacksonexposed.com” and “gammaexposed.com.” The sites published “false, misleading, and defamatory statements” about Jackson and his business, the complaint says, including an allegation that he used “bot-generated purchases” to artificially inflate sales figures for Bully, the latest album by West, now known as Ye.

Keep ReadingShow less
The Beaches Go Viral (Again) After Landing a Song in the Sweetest ‘Off Campus’ Scene
Meg Moon*

The Beaches Go Viral (Again) After Landing a Song in the Sweetest ‘Off Campus’ Scene

Two episodes into Off Campus, the Prime Video hockey-romance drama that’s become a gargantuan streaming hit, lead characters Hannah and Garrett are hanging out, looking at a laptop. The two of them have been deep into a fake-dating plot: Hannah has promised to tutor Garrett, a star hockey player, and in exchange, he’ll pretend to be her boyfriend to make her crush jealous. But at this point in the series, they’re starting to get closer — and Hannah, a music student, wants to show Garrett a band she absolutely loves. “Wait, have you heard of the Beaches?” she asks. “Their Coachella set will change your life.”

Keep ReadingShow less
Taylor Swift Sends Ultimate Gift to Young Fan After Wholesome Paper Airplane Video Goes Viral

Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 15, 2024.

Kate Green/Getty Images

Taylor Swift Sends Ultimate Gift to Young Fan After Wholesome Paper Airplane Video Goes Viral

A wholesome moment between neighbors captured on video went viral and caught the attention of nearly 4 million viewers, including Taylor Swift.

Last month, an 8-year-old Swiftie named Madeline took notice of her next door neighbor Ethan Hayes, who spends his afternoons singing and playing his guitar. The moment was captured on video, which went viral on TikTok. Madeline’s mom, Natalie Hulec, told People that her daughter was too shy to ask Hayes directly for a special request, so instead devised a different way to reach him. With the help of her parents, she asked him to play a tune from Swift’s catalog via paper airplane, sent it over the fence, and got him to sing “Love Story.”

Keep ReadingShow less