Indigo Child II: Love & Frequency
Indigo Child II: Love & Frequency Album ∙ Afro House ∙ 2025 Da Capo The boundary-pushing star gets personal and reflects on growth.
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F2D:The Mixtape(Hosted By Doctor Plug)
F2D:The Mixtape(Hosted By Doctor Plug) Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 K1llbrady
Dirty Work (Apple Music Edition) - EP
Dirty Work (Apple Music Edition) - EP Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 aespa Hear the remix with Flo Milli and watch a dance performance Shot on iPhone.
MAI ME
MAI ME Album ∙ Pop/Rock ∙ 2025 Mirrr The duo’s second LP packs pop-R&B moods of melancholy and hope.
THE ART OF BEING A MESS
THE ART OF BEING A MESS Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Lauren Spencer Smith Lauren Spencer Smith’s sophomore album THE ART OF BEING A MESS is unapologetically unvarnished. The opening piano chords of “What a beautiful day” are so intimately recorded, the hammer hitting the strings and the frog-like croak of the pedals come across clearly. Lyrically, Spencer Smith is equally vulnerable, like on the aforementioned opener, where she rummages through her feelings to help explain why she feels so particularly shitty on such a gorgeous day. Her makeup is applied perfectly; not a hair is out of place. And yet? Sadness prevails. Spencer Smith spends the album finding ways to be okay while not being okay, like on the indie pop cut “bridesmaid.” Here, she reckons with the deterioration of a friendship, cleverly contextualizing such heartbreak by wishing her ex-bestie could be standing by her side on her wedding day, now that she’s “finally found the man that I adore.” On THE ART OF BEING A ...
Tracks II: The Lost Albums
Tracks II: The Lost Albums Album ∙ Rock ∙ 2025 Bruce Springsteen History gets harder and harder to make, but never in the long, weird history of popular music has there been an analogue for this. Doorstop box sets with troves of fan-coveted rarities are de rigueur for any legacy artist, very much including Bruce Springsteen, whose 1998 compilation Tracks dutifully assembled 66 of these—four and a half hours of alternate history to one of rock’s most vaunted narratives. Twenty-seven years later, its nominal sequel is composed of seven full and distinct stand-alone albums recorded between 1983 and 2018, largely unknown to even the most devout Springsteen cryptographers. That something so auspicious and audacious bears the modest title Tracks II is the slyest joke of his career. Individually, these albums demonstrate both logical extensions of his classic songwriting that manage to meet that impossible standard, as well as tantalizing, disciplined, and fully realize...
Prince of the Street
Prince of the Street Album ∙ Afrobeats ∙ 2025 Ayo Maff “I grew up in the street of Somolu, Bariga,” emerging Afrobeats star Ayo Maff tells Apple Music. “That’s where I came from. And it’s just more to let the people know I am from them. Regardless of where people see me, I’m from the street, so that’s why they call me ‘Prince of the Street.’” On his debut album, the artist born Ayorinde Mafoluku Ayodele shares personal stories of his upbringing and how it shaped him. “It took me more than a year to record,” he explains, “so it’s very personal to me, because each song is talking about a different phase of my life. Growing up in Bariga allowed me to sing [about] the reality of where I’m from, and the genuine lifestyle. All the things I do sing about, people are also facing, so it’s all a reality check.” Sonically, the album pays homage to Maff’s roots, with nods to Olamide singles he grew up with (“Baddo’s Song”) and takes on modern fusions of Afrobeats and amapiano (“Igbalode”)—while st...
Summertime Sounds 2025 (DJ Mix)
Summertime Sounds 2025 (DJ Mix) Album ∙ Dance ∙ 2025 Barry Can't Swim Producer and DJ Barry Can’t Swim is gearing up for a jam-packed summer with the release of his album Loner , spinning hits at Glastonbury, and headlining All Points East festival in London. For his Summertime Sounds mix, Barry Can’t Swim delivers a mix filled with tracks he likes to play in his DJ sets. “It’s a mix of filter and French house, some disco, and tougher acidy bits,” he tells Apple Music. “I love that sound from the late ’90s and early 2000s. So many hidden gems and amazing producers from that era, like Kid Creme and Tim Deluxe.”
Parker McCollum
Parker McCollum Album ∙ Country ∙ 2025 Parker McCollum A mid-career self-titled album is often an intentional statement, if not an outright reset. For Parker McCollum, attaching his name to his fifth studio album is something of a reintroduction, an hour-long tour of the Texas-born singer-songwriter’s expansive talents and a glimpse into his still immense potential. Co-produced by Music Row veteran Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack), the collection finds McCollum pushing his artistry to new places, a feat aided by stepping back from longtime collaborator Jon Randall and jetting up to New York City to record the album’s 14 tracks. “This record that we made in New York is the record I always wondered if I was good enough to make,” McCollum tells Apple Music. “I always thought about a record like this, and I finally just feel like maybe I might’ve gotten close to something that could be that.” The LP opens with “My Blue,” a rootsy, near-folk song following a character named J...