Things We Loved in Music This Week: October 25
The most notable music headlines of the week.
As the week comes to a close, we’re rounding up the most notable music-related headlines – new releases, live performances, tour announcements, merch drops, fashion campaigns, footwear collaborations, and more.
Doechii’s School of Superstardom at Madison Square Garden Theater
Doubling back on her debut mixtape – as a Grammy-winner, nonetheless – for a masterclass in storytelling.
Billie Eilish x Air Jordan 15
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Our Air Jordan queen. While the colorway seems to draw design influence from her most recent HIT ME HARD AND SOFT tour imagery – dominated by orange and blue shades – the latest Billie Eilish x Air Jordan 15 comes etched with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? on the upper. The bad news? It’s not dropping. Billie is keeping this one to herself. We probably would too.
Take Care Goes Diamond
Drake celebrated his birthday in the most Drake way ever – racking in 16 new RIAA certifications, including six diamond plaques. One of those was a long-overdue Diamond cert for Take Care.
Ghostface Killah x Raekwon for Kith x adidas x Clarks Wallabee
Kith
Say that five times fast. In a stacked new endeavor, Kith has tapped Wu-Tang Clan to front its exclusive new footwear drop.
Earl Sweatshirt Drops “static” Video
Using the original Bryanna Hightower (@brespeaks_) edit for the track’s official music video.
All of the New Mac Miller GO:OD AM Visuals
The duo behind the official 10th Anniversary GO:OD AM short film – animator Pencil TV and director Sam Balaban – lock back in big time for an entire new suite of visualizers in support of the album’s anniversary re-release. “Rush Hour” gets an all-new animated video, while every original track on the album features a new visualizer created from archival Mac footage.
Travis Scott Gives Tame Impala‘s Deadbeat Its Flowers
“This is the best album to come out in the last 2 years. Kev you went crazy. Like super crazy. Like bruh. Imma call u soon cause I Just need to know something bruhhhhhh. EVERYONE LISTEN, BUY, PLAY, AND LIVE TO THIS.” #mood
Ty Dolla $ign‘s COLORS Debut
What might just be the best song on the TYCOON album gets even better in the live new arrangement.
And These New Releases:
monte booker – noise (meaning)
Hard to believe that this is monte booker’s debut. Not hard to believe how damn good it is.
Daniel Caesar – Son of Spergy
Heavenly.
Dave – The Boy Who Played The Harp
Worth every minute of the four-year wait. The wordplay is next level. So is the Jim Legxacy feature.
Samara Cyn – “vitamins n minerals”
Similarly, this song will be part of our daily routine.
Bruiser Wolf x Harry Fraud – MADE BY DOPE
Signature street rap, but with a soulful spin.
BNYX – LOADING
Proving once again that no genre of production is out of the cards for him, the super-producer taps everyone from Yeat and Earl Sweatshirt to George Clanton and Clara La San on his new EP.
Mac Miller – GO:OD AM (10th Anniversary Edition)
Three “new” tracks, all new visuals.
JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown – Scaring the Hoes: Director’s Cut
For Peggy’s birthday, he gave us the gift of three more tracks.
Leon Thomas – PHOLKS
A short, sweet, and sleek new set of seven tracks from Thomas.
Cautious Clay – The Hours: Night
The epitome of its title, each track is stamped with an hour from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Tyla – “CHANEL”
Someone put this girl in Chanel, now.
Planet Giza – The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later, Vol. 3
Refreshing, contemporary hip hop.
Lelo – “Banksy”
An artful new release from New Detroit.
The Neighborhood – “Private”
Sounds like Fall.
Miguel – CAOS
Beautiful chaos.
Sampha – “Cumulus / Memory”
The two-part epitome of “ethereal.”
Hit-Boy x The Alchemist – GOLDFISH
Hip hop’s two big fish float to new heights on their new LP (and its accompanying film).
