Sweep away the Monday blues, with the amazing music collection this week. Tune in to some newly released music and wait for some coming this week. WhatsOn editor Tama, has come up with new hit tracks list for the week. Add these songs to your playlist and get grooving!
NO THANK YOU by Little Simz
In a song titled “Accolades are damned,” a UK star criticizes the music industry for draining her and joins a chorus of Black British musicians who are challenging the current quo.
Little Simz followed all the necessary instructions. She put in a lot of effort, kept to herself, and amassed a following through a series of critically praised albums. When the moment was right, she focused and produced a daring, thematic record with a distinct arc, making her a lock for the prized Mercury Prize, which she won in October.
All 10 tracks are directed by Inflo, a childhood friend and lifelong partner. He had a brush with fame when he was chosen to work on Adele’s 30, and his deft touches were woven throughout 2019’s GREY Area and Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, but he’s generated the most intrigue for his work at the center of the melodic—and enigmatic—musical collective SAULT, who have captivated an increasingly cult-like audience with their run of rangy R&B albums and apparent willingness to disregard industry playbooks (dropping five free, password-protected LPs with no more fanfare than a tweet being just the latest example).
SOS by SZA
SZA’s lengthy, ambitious, and opulent new album enhances her standing as a generational genius and a creator of unforgettable moments.
SZA has mastered the technique of the inner monologue, turning her private views into glittering songs that simultaneously feel close-knit, sympathetic, and untouchable. On her remarkable debut album, CTRL, she narrated these contradictions through warbled melodies that disregarded contemporary R&B and pop song structure, letting her voice weave in, over, and through the beats in a manner that was reminiscent of Joni Mitchell’s jazzy structure and Minnie Riperton’s technical prowess.
She sings in a rap cadence and breath-control flex about how she’s simply over the “fuckshit” as the album opens with a Morse code distress call and a sample of the Gabriel Hardeman Delegation’s 1976 gospel anthem “Until I Found the Lord (My Soul Couldn’t Rest).” This album’s opening title track establishes a sort of thesis: that despite self-doubt, she is gloved up and fighting for the title in the ring.
INDIGO by RM
The packaging for “Indigo,” the lead singer of BTS RM’s debut solo album, reads. “Use it: while taking a walk, showering, driving.” Each new point adds more daily moments that the music can soundtrack. These guidelines on how, where, and when to listen to the record continue. It’s a suitable guide, not only because “Indigo” will rapidly become a part of listeners’ daily lives. But also because this record has the impression of reflecting life itself.
It opens with “Yun,” a reflective homage to boom-bap from the 1990s that poses queries about identity, art, and purpose. Uncertainty abounds despite RM’s declaration that “I want to be a human / ‘Fore I do some art / . But there’s gon’ be my part.” The rapper seeks Korean painter Yun Hyong-keun. After whom the song is titled, to guide him along “the path to finding out.” At the record’s conclusion, Korean singer parkjiyoon tenderly counsels him, “Dear, don’t look back anymore […] All you did was just to do your best,” on the cozy “No. 2,” adding, “All you did was just to do your best.”
