New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, TWICE & More

August is upon us, and female artists reign supreme in the month's first batch of new music thanks to releases by Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, TWICE and more.

Reneé Rapp unveils her sophomore solo album, BITE ME, and Saweetie delivers her latest EP, Hella Pressure. Meanwhile, Maren Morris serves up even more DREAMSICLE with the deluxe edition of her latest album; Slayyyter struts through the season in a pair of "BEAT UP CHANEL$"; and Hayley Williams surprises fans by dropping not one, but 17 new songs.

Plus, Lauren Daigle brings the praise with "Let It Be A Hallelujah," MEOVV follow up MY EYES OPEN VVIDE with "ME ME ME," Gabby Barrett details “The Easy Part,” and Colbie Caillat taps Maddie & Tae for “Live Without.” Several male artists dropped new tunes too, including Sam Barber’s "Music for the Soul," Gucci Mane’s "I Need You" and Eddie Benjamin’s "DRIVING."

Below, press play on 10 exciting new releases, including singles by Ciara and Latto, Tim McGraw, That Mexican OT and Peso Peso and more.

Chappell Roan — "The Subway"

Stand clear of the closing doors, because Chappell Roan is turning public transit into a constant reminder of the one who got away. That's right, a full year after debuting the track live during her record-breaking Governors Ball set, the pop star has finally released "The Subway" as her second single of 2025.

The reigning Best New Artist GRAMMY winner tries her best to move on from heartbreak and avoid meltdowns both public and private as she sings, "It's never over/ 'Til I don't look for you on the staircase/ Or wish you thought that we were still soulmates/ But I'm still counting down all of the days/ 'Til you're just another girl on the subway."

In the whimsical music video, Chappell plays something of a cross between Rapunzel and a lovelorn Cousin It as she chases her faceless, green-haired former flame through basically every facet of New York City traffic before eventually declaring, "Well f— this city, I'm moving to Saskatchewan."

After a years-long pivot back to her punky pop roots, Demi Lovato returns to the dance floor with "Fast," the first taste of her forthcoming, as-yet-untitled ninth studio album.

"I wanna go fast," the pop star intones on the hook over a thumping, Zhone-produced beat. However, she seems to be in decidedly little hurry in the track's accompanying music video, gliding through a studio backlot as fire and uninhibited chaos erupt around her.

While the visual lays the foundation for a new musical era, it also calls back to her early days. At one point, she even passes a display of glitchy TV screens featuring the most viral moments from her past — Disney knees, mugs and Poot included.

It's only been three weeks since TWICE unveiled THIS IS FOR, their excellent fourth Korean-language album. But the K-pop idols are already back with "ENEMY," the first taste of their upcoming Japanese album of the same name, which arrives in full at the end of the month.

Taking plenty of cues from the crunchy guitars and booming drums of pop-punk, the emotive single shows off a new shades to the girl group's well-honed sound and aesthetic. And "ENEMY" isn't the only new offering from the nine-piece in this week's new music round-up, either: TWICE also joined forces with Saweetie for Y2k-leaning highlight "superstars" on the rapper's HELLA PRESSURE EP.

"I couldn't wait for this moment," Ciara declares at the top of her newest single, "This Right Here," and she has good reason. To mark Atlanta's second annual "Official Ciara Day" on July 28, the R&B icon teamed up with fellow Georgia peach Latto for the kind of swaggering, Jazze Pha-produced banger fans have been waiting all summer long to hear.

The feel-good track marks the latest single off the GRAMMY winner's long-awaited eighth album, CiCi, which will finally be released Aug. 22, six years after 2019's Beauty Marks. "THIS RIGHT HERE is just everything!" Ciara captioned a sweet video with Jazze Pha on social media upon dropping the song, adding in a separate press release, "'This Right Here' is the type of collaboration I always dreamt of! Being together with my hometown friends on this record means so much to me!"

Ominous blasts of horns heralds Rema's new single, "Kelebu," before the Nigerian artist launches into a breathless, incessant repetition of the song's title interspersed with chants of "Madam, madam."

Rema has also been spawning a viral dance challenge in the lead-up to the song's release, which arrives on the heels of fellow singles "Baby (Is It a Crime)" and "Bout U." Via social media, the "Calm Down" singer announced on July 28 that he would be offering "$10K for whoever come up with an EASY dance for KELEBU."

Metro Boomin kicks off the month of August by declaring A Futuristic Summa on his new solo mixtape, which arrives with its very own throwback, MySpace-inspired website.

With 24 tracks spread across two discs, the project features a cavalcade of guest appearances by the likes of Future, Quavo, 2 Chainz, Lil Baby, T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Young Thug, Gucci Mane, Travis Porter, Yung L.A., Rich Kidz, Roscoe Dash, JMoney, Young Dro and more — with the whole affair hosted by popular Atlanta producer DJ Spinz.

A proper collaboration between Tiwa Savage and Skepta has been a long time coming at this point, and the two artists deliver chemistry in spades with their single "On The Low."

Bookended by dual verses from the U.K. rapper, the song finds Savage asking for discretion in a relationship as she sings, "Say you wanna link on the low/ Lay between the sheets on the show/ So that no one could see us on the low." The duet is set to be included on the Queen of Afrobeats' upcoming album This One Is Personal (out Aug. 28), alongside recent Tamia-sampling single "You4Me."

LANY kick off the rollout for their newly announced sixth album Soft (out Oct. 10) with lead single "Know You Naked," an intimate love letter that leaves singer Paul Klein in awe as he pays tribute to "every inch and curve" of a lover's body.

"I know your shadow like I know your first name," he croons over layered production, later adding, "I know the shape that you take when you lay underneath me/ From memory, 'cause I'm the one that gets to know you naked/ I hope it's OK for me to say it."

That Mexican OT and Peso Peso are all about "Accessories" on their laidback new collaboration. The two rappers shout out everyone from Nelly and Big Moe to Soulja Boy and Baby Zay while listing off accoutrements from "grills and a throwaway" to Air Force 1s, cowboy hats, jewelry, and weapons.

"OT fallin' off? No, this is not the year," the Bay City, Texas rapper born Virgil René Gazca declares during one of his relentless stanzas before later adding during the chorus, "Me and Peso hittin' licks in the trench coat…Hrrt!"

At the end of May, Tim McGraw made an appearance at the first-ever Music City Rodeo in Nashville, headlining the three-day event along with Jelly Roll and Reba McEntire. "So we've been working on a new record," the country legend told the ecstatic crowd at the time, "and we thought that this song — if I can remember the words, I got 'em written down here — was appropriate for the night. I hope you like it."

Two months later, the live recording of "King Rodeo" is finally available to stream, with McGraw singing, "Hey King Rodeo, you're lookin' lonely/ Like you've lost your one and only" on the heartbroken ballad that's purportedly set to appear on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to his 2023 album, Standing Room Only.