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What we’re listening to: Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, FKA twigs and more

In What We’re Listening To, Engadget editors and writers focus on the brand new music we are able to’t get sufficient of.

You don’t want me to let you know to go hearken to Unhealthy Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — for those who’re on the web sufficient, you’ve been told to achieve this already. However I’ll add to the pile-on and say that that is Unhealthy Bunny’s most private work but. It showcases how trendy pop, rap and R&B could be seamlessly mixed with old-school, conventional sounds from completely different cultures (on this case, Puerto Rico) in a manner that celebrates each camps. Unhealthy Bunny has at all times been deeply linked to his island dwelling and it’s come by way of in his music, however DTMF is on an entire different stage. 

For me, there aren’t any skips on this album — however for those who’re going to hearken to only one tune, make it the salsa hit “BAILE INoLVIDABLE.” Apart from that, my favorites are “NUEVAYoL” (for those who reside within the 5 boroughs, be ready to listen to this all summer season lengthy), “KETU TeCRÉ,” “CAFé CON RON” and “EoO.” — Valentina Palladino, Deputy Editor, Shopping for Recommendation

The Weeknd is definitely going out with a bang with Hurry Up Tomorrow. Supposedly the pop star’s final record underneath his present pseudonym, Hurry Up Tomorrow additionally completes the trilogy that began with 2020’s After Hours and continued with 2022’s Daybreak FM. It’s an enormous (actually, at 22 tracks), cinematic album that serves as The Weeknd’s magnus opus, and unquestionably, his most private undertaking but. His attitudes towards fame, legacy, suicide, previous substance abuse, the concern of being alone and way more are all laid naked for listeners to listen to, however in typical Weeknd vogue, he disguises all of it in moody synths, thumping bass and top-tier vocals.

The primary issues I seen throughout my preliminary hear have been the transitions: they’re past clean on this album, they usually’re one of many the explanation why the primary 5 tracks make up probably the most energizing sequences I’ve heard begin an album just lately. I’d personally prolong that to incorporate the subsequent two tracks, the ultimate of which is “Open Hearts,” a tune that’s reduce from the same material as “Blinding Lights” and can, little doubt, be a standout single from the file. My different prime tracks are “Wake Me Up,” “Cry for Me,” “São Paulo,” and “Niagara Falls.” — V.P.

FKA twigs is really in a league of her personal. I’ve been mentally ready to be modified by the brand new album ever since she launched the genuinely jaw-dropping “Eusexua” music video again in September (which options two tracks, “Drums of Loss of life” and “Eusexua”), however it’s much more magnificent than I used to be prepared for. FKA twigs has described the state of “eusexua” as “pure presence. It is a second of nothingness. Or it is the second earlier than a extremely unimaginable thought… it is this ego-less presence which is simply full of this sort of tingling readability.” Name me corny, however listening to this album is a non secular expertise each time.

Eusexua ebbs and flows over the course of its 11 tracks, beginning out virtually angelic with the title observe earlier than transporting you proper onto a throbbing, disorienting membership dance ground with “Drums of Loss of life” and “Room of Fools,” then again right down to a softer, emotionally uncooked place with “Sticky.” “Childlike Issues” feels just like the onset of surprising pleasure, virtually misplaced in between “Hold It, Maintain It” and “Striptease” however in a manner that’s actually grown on me. 

“Excellent Stranger,” towards the start, and the penultimate tune “24hr Canine” virtually really feel like two sides of the identical coin, the latter hitting just like the susceptible comedown from the previous. I like each tune on this album, however I particularly can’t cease listening to “Lady Feels Good,” which sounds prefer it’s been transplanted into 2025 from the ‘90s and hits me in simply the precise manner. Eusexua has form of taken over my character in the interim. — Cheyenne MacDonald, Weekend Editor

Honorable mentions: A bunch of singles have come out these days which have me so hyped for albums we’re going to see later this winter and spring. I’m apologizing prematurely for the particular person I’ll turn out to be when Woman Gaga’s Mayhem drops, as a result of “Abracadabra” has reawakened one thing in me. On the alternative finish of the spectrum, I’ve been obsessively listening to Bria Salmena’s brooding indie observe, “Stretch the Battle,” forward of her debut album’s launch on the finish of March, together with “Sugar within the Tank” by Julien Baker and Torres, who’ve a country-leaning collaboration album popping out in April that I can not look ahead to. All the new SZA from SOS Deluxe: Lana (Deluxe?) has been an actual deal with too. — C.M.

This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/leisure/music/what-were-listening-to-bad-bunny-the-weeknd-fka-twigs-and-more-170429948.html?src=rss

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