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Tyla, Tierra Whack, Kelela, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

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Tyla, Tierra Whack, Kelela, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

Tyla attends the 2026 Billboard Women in Music at Hollywood Palladium.

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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, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album. Plus, new songs from Jensen McRae, Yseult, YG, Julia Jacklin, and FKA twigs.

Tyla, “Is It Love” (YouTube)


Tierra Whack, “Totem” (YouTube)

Kelela feat. A.K. Paul, “Outta Time” (YouTube)

Yseult, JT, “Freak” (YouTube)

FKA twigs, Lil Yachty, “On Your Mind” (YouTube)

Jensen McRae, “Just Like You” (YouTube)

YG, “We Know The Truth” (YouTube)

Chlöe & Timbaland, “Talking Dirty” (YouTube)

Cam’Ron, “All of Us” (YouTube)

Julia Jacklin, “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” (YouTube)

Suki Waterhouse, “When I Get Drunk (I Want You Boy)” (YouTube)

Allison Russell feat. Brittney Spencer, “Black Lavender” (YouTube)

Beverly Glenn-Copeland, “Light of the Heavens” (YouTube)

Dale Crover, “Harvest Moon/The Bit” (YouTube)

Daine, “PQC” (YouTube)

Rvssian, Sech, and Lojay, “Tattuu” (YouTube)

The War and Treaty, “High Heels” (YouTube)

Slow Fiction, “satellite” (YouTube)

Syd, “2 Many Days” (YouTube)

Eric Bellinger, “Fatherhood” (YouTube)

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