The spirit of collaboration seems to be in the air this spring, as the third New Music Friday of April is jam-packed with duets of all kinds — ranging from pop to country to reggaeton and beyond.
Among them, Carín León teams up with flamenco icon Diego “El Cigala” and production team Chanela Clicka for “Te Quiero y Me Miento,” Xavi and Netón Vega link for “Hija de Papi,” and Dom Dolla recruits Kid Cudi for “Forever.” Plus, Morgan Wallen and Post Malone follow up their GRAMMY-nominated hit “I Had Some Help” with “I Ain’t Comin’ Back.”
There’s also several new albums released this week, as JP Saxe makes Articulate Excuses with his new eight-track EP, Too $hort gets down and dirty on SIR TOO $HORT, VOL. 1 (FREAKY TALES), Beirut crafts a commission for Swedish circus Kompani Giraff with the sweeping A Study of Losses and Keri Hilson makes a bold comeback with her third album, WE NEED TO TALK: LOVE.
Offering more tastes of their respective next albums, Maren Morris further teases DREAMSICLE with “bed no breakfast,” and Parker McCollum shares the optimistic “Hope That I’m Enough” from his upcoming self-titled LP. Other new singles include Lukas Graham‘s feel-good sing-along “You You You,” JoJo and Chloe Flower‘s resplendent cover of “The Very Thought Of You,” and Addison Rae’s addictive anthem “Headphones On.”
Below, press play on 10 more exciting new releases, including Lana Del Rey‘s second bonafide country single, Wiz Khalifa‘s long-awaited sequel to a beloved project from the mid-2010s and more collaborations between Ryan Castro and Peso Pluma, JVKE and Tori Kelly and more.
Just one week after dropping the Americana-tinged “Henry, come on,” Lana Del Rey continues the rollout of her as-yet-untitled next album with second single “Bluebird.”
The 11-time GRAMMY nominee may have delayed the LP from its previously announced release date of May 21, but her vision for her country-tinged project is clear on the new single — a gorgeously subdued lullaby set against a backdrop of twangy guitar, lush strings and harmonica.
“Little bird, bluebird/ Fly away for both of us/ For you have wings and I’ve no means to fly/ Little bird, bluebird/ Find some strength inside my hand/ Anything to let you sing goodbye,” Del Rey intones on the heartrending ballad, which fans can likely expect to be included in Del Rey’s upcoming set at Stagecoach 2025, where she’s slated to headline the Palmino Stage next Friday, April 25.
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Wiz Khalifa — ‘Kush & Orange Juice 2’
A full 15 years after releasing the original Kush & Orange Juice mixtape, Wiz Khalifa is ready to wake and bake one more time with the project’s long-awaited sequel, the aptly titled Kush & Orange Juice 2.
For the occasion, the 10-time GRAMMY nominee packed the sprawling 23-song studio set with a wide array of collaborators, from Don Toliver and Smoke DZA on respective singles “Hide It” and “Bring Your Lungs” to Gunna (“5 Star”), O.T. Genesis (“How We Act”), Juicy J (“My Influence”) and Ty Dolla $ign and JasonMartin (“Top Down”).
Morgan Wallen & Post Malone — “I Ain’t Comin’ Back”
Morgan Wallen and Post Malone are pulling the ripcord on their new single, “I Ain’t Comin’ Back.” Opening the song, Wallen embraces his reputation as country music’s resident wild child, calling himself a “redneck” and a “lost cause” before declaring “Girl, half of this town has got a name for me/ And I can’t say I don’t agree.”
Posty adds his own perspective to the song’s central metaphor to the resurrection of Jesus on the second verse, growling, “Ain’t no need to wait three days/ I might be a lot of things/ But I ain’t your saving grace.”
The unapologetic track, which is set to be included on Wallen’s forthcoming album I’m the Problem (due May 16), marks the pair’s second collaboration following their No. 1 hit “I Had Some Help,” which reigned atop the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks last summer and earned two nominations at the 2025 GRAMMYs.
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Ryan Castro, Peso Pluma & SOG — “UN TRÍO”
Third time’s the charm for Ryan Castro and Peso Pluma on their new track, “UN TRÍO,” which also features an assist from the former’s longtime producer SOG.
Not only does the reggaeton banger mark Castro’s third collab with Pluma in less than two years (following 2023’s “Quema” and 2024’s “Mala”), the Spanish-language single serves as the Colombian star’s first taste of his forthcoming sophomore album and follow-up to last year’s El Cantante Del Ghetto.
The track’s fierce, black-and-white music video finds Castro and Pluma reveling in marijuana, money and women of all shapes and sizes — all backed by the writhing, seductive shadows of dancing video girls as they perform over SOG’s hip-shaking beat.
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Two years after dropping the ampiano-focused Timeless, Davido is back with his fifth full-length album, naturally titled 5ive.
The Nigerian Afrobeats star’s new studio set was preceded by singles like the YG Marley-assisted “Awuke,” “Funds” featuring ODUMODUBLVCK and Chike and “Be There Still,” and also features a reunion with “Sensational” collaborator Chris Brown (“Titanium”) as well as team-ups with Victoria Monét (“Offa Me”), and Becky G (“Tek”).
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Hailee Steinfeld — “Dangerous”
Hailee Steinfeld gets downright “Dangerous” with her contribution to the soundtrack of Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners.
The multi-hyphenate stars opposite Michael B. Jordan in the supernatural period piece — which is in theaters nationwide now — and her new song makes the threat of vampires in the Jim Crow-era South visceral as she questions, “Why am I so dangerous to you?/ You know I wanna let you in/ I know what you want to do.”
Featuring a score by Ludwig Göransson, the Sinners soundtrack also includes original music by the likes of James Blake (“Séance”), Jerry Cantrell (“In Moonlight”), Rod Wave (“Sinners”), Brittany Howard (“Pale, Pale Moon”) and more.
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Ángela Aguilar — “Nadie Se Va Cómo Llegó”
Àngela Aguilar had a surprise in store for fans on Thursday, April 17: her fourth album, Nadie Se Va Cómo Llegó, will be arriving May 22. And to celebrate, the Mexican-American singer dropped the title track as the LP’s first single.
The studio set will pay homage to the five-time Latin GRAMMY nominee’s Mexican heritage and deep love of Mariachi music, as evidenced by the swaying Mariachi accompaniment found on “Nadie Se Va Cómo Llegó” and its Manuel Gayosso-directed music video.
“With this new album, my heart is set on bringing a fresh light to Mexican music — honoring where I come from while daring to explore where I can go,” Aguilar said in a statement about her forthcoming full-length before promising, “My roots are deep, and they will always be the soul of my sound. But growth means letting tradition dance with evolution.”
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JVKE & Tori Kelly — “this is what floating feels like”
It’s safe to say JVKE and Tori Kelly are on something like cloud nine on their new collaborative single “this is what floating feels like.”
Opening with a cascading piano line reminiscent of JVKE’s 2022 breakout hit “golden hour,” the atmospheric track shows off Kelly’s gossamer vocals (“Baby, I wanna feel something/ Air on my feet like Jordan/ You got me levitating/ I’m livin’ so high, ’bout to touch the sky,” the three-time GRAMMY winner coos) before making way for JVKE to deliver a rap verse filled with confident affirmations.
The duet is the latest in a string of one-off singles from JVKE, including “this is what forever feels like” featuring Nick Jonas, “pretty” and “her.” Meanwhile, Kelly recently marked the one-year anniversary of her self-titled fifth album, TORI., just two months after taking home her latest GRAMMY for her sublime a capella cover of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” with Jacob Collier and John Legend.
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Julien Baker & TORRES — ‘Send a Prayer My Way’
Julien Baker and TORRES’ collaborative album, Send a Prayer My Way, has been years in the making. The two singers first came up with the idea to make a country album together after playing their first show together back in January 2016.
Fast forward nearly a decade and the LP has finally arrived, with the two indie rockers proudly diving into their Southern roots on highlights like lead single “Sugar in the Tank,” romantic closer “Goodbye Baby” and latest focus track “Bottom of a Bottle.”
James Bay — ‘Changes All The Time (Deluxe)’
James Bay only included one collaboration on his 2024 album, Changes All The Time, in the form of foot-stomping opener “Up All Night” with The Lumineers and Noah Kahan. But for the LP’s deluxe re-release, the English singer-songwriter enlisted the likes of Jon Batiste and Sheryl Crow for a slew of new bonus tracks.
On the previously released “Sunshine in the Room,” Batiste and Bay are positively radiating over a new romance, while Crow shines on the equally sunny “You and Me Time” as she sings, “It’s hard living not giving you and me a little real time/ Pinky promise, you know how to make me levitate.”
Meanwhile, rising country upstart Maggie Antone provides an assist on the contemplative “The Elephant” and Bay unfurls a tale of loneliness and hope on the deluxe edition’s lone solo addition, “Latchkey Kid.”
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