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Harry Styles, Arctic Monkeys, Wizkid and Asake, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

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Harry Styles, Arctic Monkeys, Wizkid and Asake, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
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Rolling Stone
By Rolling StoneJan 23, 2026
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Harry Styles makes a glittering pivot to the discotheque, Arctic Monkeys return with a swaying charity single, and Wizkid and Asake unite for a sleek highlight from their collaborative EP. Plus, new music from Snail Mail, Lucinda Williams, Jessie Ware, Dermot Kennedy, The New Pornographers, Holly Humberstone, and Underscores.

Harry Styles, “Aperture” (YouTube)

Arctic Monkeys, “Opening Night” (YouTube)

Wizkid, Asake, “Turbulence” (YouTube)

Snail Mail, “Dead End” (YouTube)

Lucinda Williams, “Low Life” (YouTube)

Courtney Barnett feat. Waxahatchee, “Site Unseen” (YouTube)

A$AP Rocky feat. Tokischa, “Flackito Jodye” (YouTube)

Jessie Ware, “I Could Get Used to This” (YouTube)

Fred Again.. feat. Young Thug, “Scared” (YouTube)

The New Pornographers, “Votive” (YouTube)

Holly Humberstone, “To Love Somebody” (YouTube)

James Blake, “Death of Love” (YouTube)

Juanes, “Hagamos Que” (YouTube)

Ari Lennox, “Horoscope” (YouTube)

IDK feat. Black Thought, “P.O” (YouTube)

Dermot Kennedy, “Funeral” (YouTube)

Underscores feat. Yves, “Do It (Remix)” (YouTube)

Savages, “Paranoid” (YouTube)

Chet Faker, “Over You” (YouTube)

The Scythe feat. Denzel Curry, Bktherula, and Lazer Dim 700, “Lit Effect” (YouTube)

XG, “HYPNOTIZE” (YouTube)

SPELLLING feat. Brendan Yates, “Portrait of My Heart” (YouTube)

Cat Power, “Nothing Compares 2 U” (YouTube)

Katie Tupper, “Disappear” (YouTube)

Arima Ederra, “You’re My” (YouTube)

PawPaw Rod, “The Get Back” (YouTube)

Lindsey Troy, Deap Vally, “Love Is Deeper” (YouTube)


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