Throughout the week, we're updating our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, whether it's a single that preceded an album release or a newly unveiled deep dive. And every Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best-of-new-music roundup.
This week's lineup includes DIIV's latest single, the brilliant “Everyone Out”; “Mary Boone,” the fourth single from Vampire Weekend’s new album; Blondshell and Bully's sinister and infectious collaboration “Docket”; Jessica Pratt's delicate and profound World on a String; “Would You Do Me a Kind” by Merce Lemon, a song that is warm and intimate but bursting with emotion; Crumb's enchanting new single, “AMAMA”; Ekko Astral's unsettling and explosive “devorah,” the lead single from her debut LP; Ellis' vulnerable new single “It'll Be Alright”; The nostalgic laugh of the chastity belt; And “YA YA”, an exciting and stunning song from Cowboy Carter.
Top New Songs: April 1, 2023
DIIV, “all out”
Vampire Weekend, Mary Boone
Blond feat. Bully, “agenda”
Jessica Pratt, “The World on a String”
Song of the week: Merce Lemon, “Will You Do Me Kindly?”
Kasra “Amama”
Stellar Echo, “Devorah”
Ellis: It's going to be okay.
chastity belt, “laugh”
Beyoncé “Now Now”
