New Music Friday: Kelly Clarkson's new ballad, Barbra and Hozier duet
(L-R) Katseye; Destin Conrad
Another Friday ushers in another batch of fresh tunes from our favorite LGBTQ+ (and adjacent) musicians!
Destin Conrad's stellar debut album is stacked with pop/R&B bangers that belong on your playlists, and global girl group Katseye's controversial new track is the chaotic good the world needs right now. Doechii hops on a remix of a Westside Gunn track, Megan Thee Stallion delivers a fresh banger, and Tiana Major9 showcases her one-of-a-kind voice on a stunning new R&B track.
Meanwhile, Hozier and Barbra Streisand have teamed up for a moving ballad, Green Day releases "Ballyhoo," and Kelly Clarkson takes a break from slaying covers on her talk show to bless us with her new track, "Where Have You Been."
Scroll through to listen to this week's best new bops, and follow this writer's on Spotify.
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Destin Conrad's debut album LOVE ON DIGITAL has instantly become one of the best releases of the year.
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Everything's "Gnarly" in KATSEYE's new hyperpop banger, especially their girl group's gobsmacking choreography and stage presence.
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This unlikely duo has made magic in this moving rendition of a folk classic.
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New pop girl? Zara Larson has brought the beat, catchy chorus, and choreography to her latest pop hit.
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Kali Uchis misses a brown-eyed lover on "ILYSMIH."
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"It's whatever bitch!" Megan Thee Stallion's latest single is primed for the fiesty girls.
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Kwn cements herself as R&B's newest sapphic superstar with this sensual track.
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Rock legends Green Day latest track "Ballyhoo" has us "feeling like a lunatic."
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Tiana Major9's heavenly new R&B ballad finds beauty in the material things.
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Doechii hops on the remix alongside Westside Gunn on hip-hop track "Egypt."
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Thomas Orlina is here for a good time, not a long time, in his new dance track.
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The talk show host's brand new ballad aches for the time lost without a lover, and boasts a funky guitar solo.
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