New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Twenty One Pilots, j-hope & GloRilla, ATEEZ And More

Plenty of musical magic is in the air as Twenty One Pilots, j-hope and GloRilla, Gunna and more release buzzy new singles just in time for Friday the 13th.

Elsewhere, India Shawn hits the "Kill Switch," Chris Brown puts on a "Holy Blindfold" in the wake of his GRAMMY win for Best R&B Album, and David Byrne delivers a relatable message for all kinds on "Everybody Laughs." Plus, Tanner Adell sheds her "Snakeskin," Tyla adds her part to the Smurfs soundtrack with "Everything Goes With Blue," G Flip drops a "Big Ol' Hammer," Will Smith follows up Based on a True Story with "Pretty Girls," and Zach Top gets ready for a summer filled with "Good Times & Tan Lines."

As far as new albums go, Calum Hood branches outside his work with 5 Seconds of Summer with his debut solo LP ORDER chaos ORDER, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard take a trip to Phantom Island, and Lil Tecca gives fans a major hit of DOPAMINE. What's more, The Cure offers a remix collection, Mixes of a Lost World, to benefit the nonprofit War Child UK; Brandon Lake praises the King of Hearts with his latest God-fearing set; Dierks Bentley celebrates his Nashville community on Broken Branches; CKay follows up 2024's Emotions with a six-song EP, CKay the Second; and Van Morrison unveils the 47th studio set of his legendary career in the form of Remembering Now.

There's a drove of exciting K-pop releases to enjoy as well, with ITZY and ATEEZ each dropping a new mini-album apiece and LE SSERAFIM serving up an English version and video game-themed visualizer for their latest single "Different."

Below, press play on 10 new releases, including summer-ready singles from Kane Brown, Mark Ronson and RAYE, Kehlani and others.

While their last album, 2024's Clancy, was originally meant to be the conclusion of the high-concept story Twenty One Pilots has been telling since their Blurryface days, the band will dive once more into the Breach on their upcoming eighth full-length.

Lead single "The Contract" picks up right at the cliffhanger that ended Clancy's "Paladin Strait," with Blurryface's hands around protagonist Clancy's throat. From there, frontman Tyler Joseph suddenly finds himself and bandmate Josh Dun surrounded by sinister, red-eyed apparitions as he sings "I don't sleep much, that's crazy, how'd you know that?/ Keep myself up, that's maybe how you know that/ Promises and contracts I used to keep."

While the visual ends with Dun handing Joseph the red-and-black uniform seen on the cover of Breach, fans will have to wait until the album drops this fall to find out how Clancy's epic five-album saga ends.

Watch: Twenty One Pilots Drop Their Pants After Winning A GRAMMY In 2017 | GRAMMY Rewind

"You are now tuned in to the one and the only…j-hope!" Continuing his red-hot string of solo singles, Hobi joins forces with GloRilla on "Killin' It Girl."

Built over a minimalist hip-hop beat, the new song gives the lovestruck BTS member plenty of space to hype up a new paramour he's fallen for at first sight. "Runway ready, gotta get some confetti/ 'Cause we gotta celebrate like it's your birthday/ Looking like a twenty from Korea to Miami/ Oh, I wanna get with you in the worst way," he sings before GloRilla takes over with a verse that keeps her stiletto firmly on the track's proverbial neck.

"Killin' It Girl" also receives the music video treatment with a choreography-filled visual filmed on location by the K-pop idol in Thailand.

A mere eight months after releasing Gold in October 2024, ITZY is back with their tenth EP, Girls Will Be Girls, a five-track mini-album the K-pop girl group unveiled at the start of the week on June 9.

The quintet kicked off the release with the music video for the lead single "Girls Will Be Girls." The visual is both dark and glamorous as Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna fight off an angry swarm of dive-bombing black creatures with giant wings — and even bigger eyeballs — in between dance breaks, action sequences and the repetitive refrain of the track's irresistible chorus.

Kane Brown is ready for all kinds of fancy footwork on his new single "2 Pair," a boot-scootin' boogie that has the country singer jonesing for a night out dressed in "two pairs of Luccheses, all-white shirt and some bootcut jeans" while shouting out Nelly.

Perfect for summer, the line dance loosey marks Brown's first one-off since dropping his fourth album, The High Road, earlier this year — which featured singles "I Can Feel It," the Marshmello-assisted "Miles on It," "Backseat Driver" and the sultry "Body Talk" with his wife Katelyn Brown.

ATEEZ add to their ongoing series of GOLDEN HOUR EPs with the five-track GOLDEN HOUR: Part.3 — the K-pop boy band's first release as a group in 2025 following member Hongjoong's recent guest feature on Odetari's "SMB" from earlier this year.

The EP comes complete with a sweat-soaked music video for lead single "Lemon Drop," which had already racked up more than four million views within hours of its premiere. "You're the kind of muse I admire/ You inspire, yeah," Yunho croons on the track before bandmate Mingi grabs the mic for a tongue-twisting, bilingual verse that has him urgently rapping, "Emergency, emergency, you put me in an emergency" before switching to his native Korean without a hitch.

In a sweep of orchestral strings, Kehlani launches into the groove of their new single "Folded," a conflicted slow jam that delves into the reality of an off-and-on relationship the R&B star just can't seem to walk away from for good.

"I don't need no more empty promises, promise me that you got it/ I don't need roses just need some flowers from my garden," the five-time GRAMMY nominee sings before desperately imploring, "Can't you go back to how you loved on me when you started?/ I'll be here begging for ya, you should be giving me love/ All damn day til the day is done."

Good luck getting in Gunna's way on "Won't Stop," his first solo single of 2025 after recent collaborations with the likes of Werenoi ("Gulfstream"), Wiz Khalifa ("5 Star") and Turbo ("Classy Girl").

The rapper's ultra-smooth flow is front and center on the Turbo-produced track as he effortlessly spits, "I thought I told you time and time again, this s— won't stop/ I backend show by show, I'm tryna triple and double the pot/ Booked for at least six figures a show or more, put him on now."

With the infectious cheerleader chant of lead single "Pretty Ugly" still echoing in fans' ears, Zara Larsson unfurls the title track to her fifth studio set, Midnight Sun.

Over plinking, jangly production from producers Margo XS and MNEK, the Swedish pop singer lays out the LP's sunshiney centerpiece as she sings, "Summer isn't over yet/ Skinny-dipping with your heart out, it's my favorite part now/ We ain't gotta tell no one/ A never-ending midnight sun/ A never-ending midnight sun." Eventually, the beat drops with such hypnotic force that the track's climax feels like staring directly into, well, a midnight sun.

Rising country singer Kashus Culpepper enlists recent four-time GRAMMY winner Sierra Ferrell for "Broken Winged Bird," his fifth single of 2025 following the likes of "Jenni," "Talk With Me," "Southern Man" featuring Marcus King, and "Man Of His Word."

The two stars' voices harmonize gorgeously on the mostly acoustic yarn, as they ruminate over nursing a broken flame back to health and love lost on the southern wind. "Broken wing bird/ Hanging off of my windowsill/ Gonna love you until/ You fly away," the Alabama native — and Big Loud Records signee — warbles over strumming guitar before Ferrell completes the verse by comparing the titular sparrow to a girl she knew who came crashing down to earth.

Mark Ronson and RAYE are a match made in musical heaven on "Suzanne," an enchanting throwback jam the duo recorded for APxMusic to celebrate the 150th anniversary of luxury Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet.

Given RAYE's retro-tinged vocals and the song's femininely named title, comparisons to Ronson's work with Amy Winehouse on "Valerie" are practically inevitable, but "Suzanne" delivers a much dreamier, more laid-back vibe than that 2007 hit's swinging, horn-blasted groove. "We wanted to make a song that sounds like a perfect summer day with your first crush.. so good maybe it was a dream after all?" the 9-time GRAMMY-winning producer revealed ahead of the song's release on social media. Good thing "Suzanne" isn't a dream after all, because mission accomplished.