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Daymé Arocena is ready to make waves with her new music. On Wednesday, the singer announced Al-Kemi, her first album in five years. The LP, produced by Eduardo Cabra, will be out Feb. 23. With the announcement, Arocena also released her single “American Boy,” a track she wrote a decade ago, but thought “was too much of a pop song” for her to release at the time. “In an indirect way, the music industry had shown me that I wasn’t welcome in that world,” she said of pop music. “There isn’t a Black woman like me…

Erick the Architect has moved 2,790 miles from New York City and landed in Los Angeles. As one third of legendary hip hop group Flatbush Zombies, Erick changed the soundscape of the genre as the trio’s rapper-producer — pushing the Zombies into bold new sounds and narratives that both confounded and inspired fans and cementing themselves as one of the most respected crews in hip hop.  While the tight-knit act has often been labeled as “psychedelic hip hop,” their music went beyond that narrative, and at times,…

His debut album, out Friday, follows the release of the rapper's collaborative EP with Bizarrap, En Dormir Sin Madrid Milo J is counting down the days until he drops his album 111. On Monday, the 16-year-old rap prodigy announced the track list for his upcoming LP, out Friday, which features the likes of Peso Pluma and Nicki Nicole. The Mexican corridos musician joins Milo on “Una Bala,” Nicole is featured on “Alumbre,” Yahritza y Su Esencia performs on “Te Fui a Seguir,” and Argentine singer…

When Jennifer Lopez first teased a new “musical experience,” it felt safe to assume her first studio album in nearly a decade was cause enough for the hype. Today, Lopez announced that her upcoming LP, This Is Me…Now, will be accompanied by a film inspired by the music. Both the film and album are set to be released on Feb. 16, 2024.  Directed by Dave Meyers, the film will see Lopez creating “a genre-redefining immersive cinematic experience,” according to a press release. The film is described as “an extravagant…

Carpenter name-drops the Grinch's Cindy Lou Who and asks, "Is It New Years Yet?" on the EP Sabrina Carpenter might still be opening for Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, but she’s personally entering her own holiday era. On Friday, the singer released her six-track EP Fruitcake, featuring five original Christmas songs — and a classic with a twist. “Just sayin I never seen Santa Claus and Sabrina Carpenter in the same room,” joked Carpenter on Instagram, sharing the news of her EP’s release.…

Allie X is still trying to figure out how to describe her upcoming album, Girl With No Face. With past records like Cape God and Sunset Season, she always “tried to tie a bow around” her music with a clear concept and message. For this new one, which she’s announcing via Rolling Stone, nothing quite fits: “It’s a little more mysterious,” she says. Out on Feb. 23, 2024, Girl With No Face is the Canadian avant-pop singer’s first album in more than four years. She describes it as “aggressive, indulgent and…

Bleachers will arrive on March 8 Jack Antonoff‘s New Jersey dreamworld is taking shape as Bleachers gears up for the release of their self-titled fourth studio album on March 8. The announcement of the album has been accompanied by the arrival of its second single, “Alma Mater,” a smoldering record featuring guest vocals from Lana Del Rey. The hyper-sensory song positions Antonoff at its center while its instrumentals circle around him. “Some dreams I wake up thinking, some dreams are meant to…

Calls for André 3000 to release a solo record, or another recording with Outkast, have followed the musician for nearly two decades. It’s been 17 years since the last Outkast album, and the expectations around his musical output have only grown in that time — meanwhile, he has been roaming around various cities puttering around with his flute. That meandering has brought André 3000 to New Blue Sun, his debut solo album, set for release on Friday, Nov. 17. Part of finally coming around to releasing a new body of…