Best New Tracks: Jon Batiste, Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and More
Dive into the weekend with these 10 music projects.
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As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.
This week’s lineup is led by Jon Batiste with NewJeans, J.I.D, Camilo and Cat Burns, who are kicking off the new season of COKE STUDIO with the collab “Be Who You Are (Real Magic),” as well Metro Boomin and The Weeknd with Playboi Carti and Madonna, who each released the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack album and the single “Popular,” respectively. Also joining this week’s selection are offerings from Kid Cudi, Mura Masa with Daniela Lalita, Saba and No ID, John Carroll Kirby, Valley, JELEEL! and Chow Lee and Yussef Dayes with Tom Misch.
Jon Batiste x NewJeans x J.I.D x Camilo x Cat Burns – “Be Who You Are (Real Magic)”
GRAMMY winner Jon Batiste joins forces with NewJeans, J.I.D, Camilo and Cat Burns, for the all-star collab “Be Who You Are (Real Magic),” which kicks off the electrifying new season of COKE STUDIO. The global music platform returns to highlight the most exciting upcoming and breakthrough artists from all over the world to create “Real Magic,” with more music set to debut this summer.
All COKE STUDIO music and content can be found on the official COKE STUDIO website and all music streaming platforms.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Metro Boomin – Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse Soundtrack
Metro Boomin is assembling his own team of musical superheroes for the official Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack. Featuring guest appearances from the likes of Nas, A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz, Wiz Kid, Offset, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Offset, Ei8ht, Beam, Lil Uzi Vert, Toian, Swae Lee, JID, Coi Leray, Nav, Future, James Blake and Don Toliver, the high-energy effort is an ideal sonic companion to the high-adrenaline superhero film.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
The Weeknd x Playboi Carti x Madonna – “Popular”
The Weeknd preps for the premiere of his forthcoming HBO series The Idol with the release of “Popular,” a cut from the show’s soundtrack album featuring Playboi Carti and Madonna. Produced by Metro Boomin, Mike Dean and The Weeknd himself, the track harkens back to the pop/R&B music of the noughties and sets the stage for the upcoming show.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Kid Cudi – “PORSCHE TOPLESS”
Kid Cudi kicks off his new phase with the latest single “PORSCHE TOPLESS,” produced by BNYX, Jean Baptiste and the artist himself. The fun summer anthem is expected to appear on Cudder’s forthcoming album.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Mura Masa x Daniela Lalita – “Drugs”
Mura Masa enlists the help of emerging Peruvian artist Daniela Lalita for his latest single, “Drugs.” The cut is released via his own Pond Recordings and follows “Whenever I Want,” and arriving after the producer’s DJing sets at Coachella and one-off shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Saba x No ID – “hue_man nature”
Chicago shines in Saba and No ID’s new collaborative single, “hue_man nature.” The groovy track is the first release of their first joint mixtape, which is set to drop this summer, and follows “Back in Office” from April. “To be able to have a real career, you have to reinvent your thought process, reinvent your perspective,” No ID says in a statement. “And you can’t do it sitting on the mountaintop, yelling about what you did. You think you know—and then everything changes.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
John Caroll Kirby – “Sun Go Down”
John Carroll Kirby prepares to drop his upcoming album Blowout with his new single “Sun Go Down.” Inspired by Hermeto Pascoal’s famous performance of “Música Da Lagoa” as a major influence, the artist shares, “I love the concept of saudade,” adding that for every moment of elation, “there’s a certain sadness embedded in the feeling because we know it will have to come to an end.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Yussef Dayes x Tom Misch – “Rust”
What Kinda Music collaborators Yussef Dayes and Tom Misch reunite for the former’s newest offering “Rust,” which serves as the second single from his forthcoming debut solo album Black Classical Music. “What is jazz? Where did the word derive from? Birthed in New Orleans, born in the belly of the Mississippi River, rooted in the gumbo pot of the Caribbean, South American culture & African rituals. Continuing a lineage of Miles Davis, Rahssan Roland kirk, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong ~ music that is forever evolving & limitless in its potential,” Dayes said of the album in a statement. “The groove, it’s feeling, the compositions, the spontaneity, with a love for family, the discipline & dedication in maintaining the very high bar set by the pantheon of Black Classical Musicians. Chasing the rhythm of drums that imitated one’s heartbeat, the melodies for the mind and spirit, the bass for the core. A Regal sound for this body of music.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Valley – “Have A Good Summer (Without Me)”
Valley inches closer to the release of their upcoming album Lost In Translation with their latest single, “Have A Good Summer (Without Me).” The cut contradicts the traditional summer anthem of fun and replaces it with heartbreak, with Karah James stating, “[T]he summer in our minds is a romanticized version of life. Love and its adventures are heightened with the heat and the water and the sunshine. The blow of losing someone before those precious few months of the year is devastating to say the least. ‘Have A Good Summer (Without Me)’ is loving them so much, you will let them go.”
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
JELEEL! x Chow Lee – “CONFETTI!”
JELEEL! drops the accompanying music video for his Chow Lee-assisted single, “CONFETTI!” The cut is featured on the former’s debut studio album REAL RAW!, while its visual arrives as JELEEL! kicks off his 10-day North American tour that’s followed by international dates in Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and more.
Watch: YouTube
