From a surprise Justin Bieber album to BLACKPINK‘s first single in years, this week brought some of the most highly anticipated new music releases of the year to date. The Canadian singer returned after a four-year album drought with Swag,

Perry Eaton, a familiar face in the Boston music scene, is onto something new: solo music as Ivy Boy. He launched the endeavor earlier this year and his latest single is “Honeybee,” a bright folky number that should soundtrack every sunny afternoon this summer.

Welcome to New Music Friday, your one place to discover the biggest new song, album and DVD releases. Let's start with this week's key album releases. Isle of Wight duo Wet Leg release Moisturizer, the follow-up to 2022's chart-topping self-titled debut.

This week, Billboard’s New Music Latin roundup and playlist — curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — features fresh new music, including Pepe Aguilar’s timely cover of “Corrido de Juanito” to Meme del Real’s reimagined bolero “Incomprensible” and Paloma Mami’s first album in four years, CÓDiGOS DE MUÑEKA.

Gunna, Latto, Roddy Ricch, Tyler Childers, Raye, and Lil Tecca all made some of the best new music of the week.

Ahead of his new tour and new album, New Orleans native Jon Batiste gifts his fans with the single “BIG MONEY.” After years of shaping the sound of well-known artists, Jane Handcock steps fully into her own with the release of her new album, It’s Me, Not You, out today via Death Row/gamma. Listen to it HERE.

This week in dance music: Dance-punk darlings The Rapture announced their first headlining tour in 15 years will start in September, including a previously announced performance at Portola in San Francisco.

As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the most notable music-related headlines – new releases, live performances, merch drops, fashion collaborations, and more.

The NPR Music team rounds up the best new music this week, including Laurie Anderson and the Florida rapper Doechii.

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what’s out and also what’s hot, so XXL decided to make things much easier for you.