Lily Allen Releasing First New Album in Seven Years, West End Girl, This Week
Lily Allen has announced her first album in seven years: West End Girl is out this Friday, October 24, via BMG. Its 14 songs were mostly written by Allen and her musical director, Blue May, and the pair executive-produced the LP alongside Seb Chew and Kito. Below, check out Spanish artist Nieves González’s cover art.
In a press release, Allen said, “I’m nervous. The record is vulnerable in a way that my music perhaps hasn’t been before—certainly not over the course of a whole album. I’ve tried to document my life in a new city and the events that led me to where I am in my life now. At the same time, I’ve used shared experiences as the basis for songs which try to delve into why we humans behave as we do, so the record is a mixture of fact and fiction which I hope serves as a reminder of how stoic yet also how frail we humans can be. In that respect I think it’s very much an album about the complexities of relationships and how we all navigate them. It’s a story…”
Since her last album, 2018’s No Shame, Allen has appeared in various West End London theater productions and co-founded the podcast Miss Me.

A cult pop classic, Carly Rae Jepsen’s third studio album, Emotion, turns 10. Originally released in 2015 Emotion was a pivotal album in Jepsen’s career and re-launched her as an indie pop darling. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Emotion with 4 unreleased vault tracks, plus 2 brand-new remixes!

Fresh off the worldwide success of Natural Brown Prom Queen, Sudan Archives levelled up, evolving from a hands-on DIY artist to executive producer of her third album – her most ambitious record to date. Recorded in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit, THE BPM is this innovative artist’s most club-forward music yet, with Sudan Archives taking a dancefloor-ready approach to her unique brand of violin-infused music.

Kelela Mizanekristos is an American singer. She made her debut in the music industry with the release of her 2013 mixtape Cut 4 Me.

早在 2024 年 7 月 JADE 携出道单曲《Angel of My Dreams》惊艳乐坛时，她尚未命名的首张专辑便已制作完成。这首单曲由 Mike Sabath 操刀，将抒情摇滚的戏剧张力、强劲的电子低音律动以及甜美却暗含讽刺的旋律拼接在一起，犹如一首“弗兰肯斯坦”式的怪诞之作，而它大胆的实验性也赢得了歌迷与评论界的一致好评，让人们对这位前 Little Mix 成员的未来作品充满期待。正如 JADE 在单曲发行后告诉 Apple Music：“这张专辑里有很多歌延续了这种实验氛围。当然也有几首更直白的流行歌曲，但其中依然夹杂着我脑海里那些混乱的念头。”

这一点，在专辑《THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!》正式发行后得到了印证。专辑前半部分由多首先行单曲打头阵：《Fantasy》自在游走于闪耀的 Disco 风情中，与 RAYE 合作的《Midnight Cowboy》投身舞池俱乐部氛围，而《FUFN (Fuck You For Now)》）又彻底释放了电子流行的能量。专辑后半部分则更全面地整合了她身上广泛的音乐影响，在不牺牲原创性和先锋气质的前提下，塑造了她独特的音乐个性。“我认为（《Angel of My Dreams》的好评）让我更自信地去做自己。我可以去冒险，可以尝试更大胆的东西……”

这种自信也延伸到专辑的歌词主题上，正如《Plastic Box》中上演了一段令人愉悦却疯狂的爱情，JADE 直面了自己在聚光灯下生活、陷入爱情并引发激烈反响的复杂心境，从各个角度剖析了她与自己内心作战的体验。她在《Self Saboteur》中坦承自己已筑起情感的高墙，随后又在情绪跳跃的中板歌曲《Glitch》中敞开心扉，吐露“你对我说谎 一副理所当然的样子”（telling me lies, telling me how it is）、“左右我一切决定”（hijacking all my decisions）的复杂心声。《Unconditional》在跃动的合成器流行节拍上，轻盈地向一个不爱自己的人许下承诺，献上她毫无保留的爱意；而《Natural at Disaster》则将“感伤恋歌”的概念具像化，伴着温暖的钢琴，以戏剧性的唱腔点燃了一段不和谐关系的回忆。“如果我写的是与我个人相关、稍显阴暗的主题，我总会加一点幽默。”JADE 在专辑发行时告诉 Apple Music，“作为词曲作者，我终于可以探索这些更私密的话题，并让大家看到真正的我，这很有趣。”

身为英国人气女子组合的前成员，JADE 在团十年间深度参与创作，因而专辑《THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!》也多少延续了 Little Mix 后期作品的风格，并继续与 Sabath、MNEK 和 Lostboy 等制作人合作。许多组合成员在单飞后都会选择彻底重塑自我，以展示他们被集体压抑的艺术个性，JADE 却并未急于摆脱过去，而是大胆地将自己独特的创作冲动与熟悉的声响融合。正因如此，《THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY!》听来更为真诚，让她在开辟未来音乐道路的同时，也重新拥抱并掌握了自己的过去。

“If you understood who I was back then, then you’d understand there was already no box for me,” Rochelle Jordan says of her musical journey in a behind-the-scenes mini-documentary for her album <i>Through the Wall</i>. Since her 2011 debut, the Los Angeles-based British Canadian artist has been carving out her own lane, a vintage yet futuristic fusion of ’90s R&B and pop, hip-hop, soul, and electronic music. Jordan’s fascination with the latter stems back to her childhood, when her older brother blasted jungle, drum ’n’ bass, UK garage, house—all shades of dance—in his bedroom, the rhythms seeping through her walls.

The album’s title nods to those formative experiences, but it also carries spiritual meaning. Among the obstacles Jordan faced in her career, one of the most challenging was internal: impostor syndrome. As she learned to dismantle those mental barriers and step fully into her power, <i>Through the Wall</i> found its roots. Produced mainly by longtime collaborator KLSH (and additionally Byron the Aquarius, Terry Hunter, and DāM FunK), <i>Through the Wall</i> bumps like a night in the club, with luxe house grooves that could take dance floors from midnight to sunrise.

That sparkling feeling of freedom lives in songs like “Sweet Sensation” and “Close 2 Me,” which radiate the exuberance of living in the moment, whether out with friends or wrapped up with a lover. Slipping into a sing-rap flow, Jordan makes room to flex on “Ladida” and “Around,” her earned braggadocio strutting like it’s dripped head-to-toe in the Versace she name-drops. Even after breakups (“Sum,” “Get It Off”), she’s still thriving, looking fly, and living in her exes’ heads rent-free.

<i>Through the Wall</i> also pauses to reflect. On “Eyes Shut,” Jordan observes the struggles of those around her, questioning connection in a digital world and seeking purpose. “Got dopamine and can’t feel my soul/I just feel like there’s something more,” she muses. But the title track (“TTW”) asserts her resilience: “When you really wanna push through, okay/Let them say what they want to/Bussin’ through the wall.”

Olivia Dean 于 2025 年推出的专辑《The Art of Loving》一反她 2023 年专辑《Messy》的风格：从适合电台播放、轻快振奋的《Nice to Each Other》，到充满 60 年代末 Dionne Warwick 式灵魂乐风格的《So Easy (To Fall In Love)》，Dean 在《The Art of Loving》中自如地游走于 R&B 和流行乐之间，散发出笃定与从容。“你可以随心所欲地创作，没有任何规则，这是感觉非常自由。”她告诉 Apple Music。

正如 Dean 所形容的那样，《The Art of Loving》中的创作“真实、新鲜又坦诚”，听起来简单纯粹。专辑的核心主题“多重形态的爱”也顺其自然地浮现：“我很快就定下了专辑标题。我一直对爱很着迷。每个人在生活中都会追寻爱，无论是友情、亲情还是爱情。但其实我们从未被教导如何去爱，学校里没有关于爱的课程，这很神奇，似乎我们天生就应该知道如何去爱。所以我想更仔细地审视它，思考它对我的意义以及爱的艺术，也就是如何真正地去爱一个人。”

专辑以热门单曲《Nice to Each Other》开场，这首歌是 Dean 的不二之选：“完成它的那一刻，我就知道它会是开场曲。它带有 Fleetwood Mac 式的吉他氛围，俏皮又暧昧。”专辑中或许也有心碎和伤感的瞬间，但 Dean 留给听众的始终是她快乐的心境。“我怎么可能不快乐呢？”她说。“我最近在思考巡演的事，包括我要在现场唱什么，我希望它是轻松愉快的。所以我一直在朝着快乐的方向前进。”

承接“时代”巡演的光辉余韵，为台前幕后的双轨生活抽丝剥茧。

Mariah Carey is Here For It All. The pop icon announced the title and release date of her 16th album on Monday morning (July 21), revealing that the LP fans have been calling “MC16” will drop on Sept. 26. The news came in a brief Instagram video in which MC flipped her hair back and walked slowly in shiny black leather high-heeled boots and black cat suit in front of a giant mural of herself, with the album title spelled out over and over in black and white behind her.
“Featuring the singles "Type Dangerous," and "Sugar Sweet," the album marks Mariah's first studio album in 7 years. The project is a rich, genre-blending body of work that pays tribute to every era of Mariah that fans know and love, while introducing new collaborators and modern influences that allow the music to seamlessly span generations.”

“我相信怪人才能生存”（I believe the weirdest ones survive），Doja Cat 在《Stranger》中唱道。这句话既概括了她难以捉摸的音乐轨迹，也为那些在爱情中格格不入的人注入了一支强心剂。凭借 2021 年风靡全球的第三张专辑《Planet Her》，Doja Cat 完成了从怪咖网红到流行说唱明星的华丽进化。某种程度上，这位本名为 Amala Dlamini 的音乐人一向喜欢逆风而行：她在 2023 年初宣布将告别流行音乐，几个月后的第四张专辑《Scarlet》带来了锋利硬朗的作品，展示了她强大的说唱功底，也摆脱了她曾取得主流成功的既定模式。然而，2024 年她开始构思第五张专辑时，又转变了思路。“我发现我喜欢谈论爱。”Doja 告诉 Apple Music，“而且我也认为，音乐是表达各种形式的爱的绝佳方式。”

在这张《Vie》（法语意为“生活”，也谐音罗马数字“五”）中，Doja 驾着 DeLorean 汽车带来了全新的声音和风格。她巧妙地投身于 80 年代的颓废美学，用跳跃的鼓机、强劲的贝斯线条和萨克斯独奏片段，为讲述爱意与迷恋的歌曲添彩。她在《AAAHH MEN!》中向 Queen 致敬，歌颂男人所带来的令人疯狂、沮丧又难以抗拒的快感；主打单曲《Jealous Type》则将新杰克摇摆曲风带入 2020 年代。此外，她所说的“80 年代俗气浪漫旋律”也促成了她与流行乐坛复古制作大师 Jack Antonoff 的首次合作。“这张专辑既探讨了私人话题，又创造了新事物，还让我认识了新朋友。这一切都水到渠成。”

与前作相比，《Vie》更加俏皮，沉浸在夸张有趣的氛围与辛辣的主题中。歌曲《Silly! Fun!》回归迷离晕眩的 R&B 氛围，谈论对浪漫的想象，而歌词写道“我知道生个孩子会很开心/我们太傻了 在拉斯维加斯结婚”（I know it could be a blast to just pop out a baby/We’re so very silly, getting married in Vegas），蜜月几乎在开始时就结束了。不过，这并不意味着这张专辑缺乏深度。“其实它的灵感源于我每周两次的心理治疗，我了解了人类的各种生存体验，以及大脑如何无意识、有意识地运作。”与此同时，她也精进了歌唱技术，《Jealous Type》结尾的处理便证明了这一点。“我觉得自己可以做到许多以前做不到的事情。无论我最初是从什么起步的，这张专辑展现了我如今更进化、更成熟的状态。”

除了光鲜亮丽的浪漫，爱还以其他方式呈现。“我认为创造力本身就是爱。”Doja 说道，“为爱你会承担很多风险。当音乐人热爱自己的工作时，有时会经历不适甚至恐惧。但没关系，因为你的热爱胜过一切。”

Man's Best Friend is the latest album from multi-hyphenate global popstar Sabrina Carpenter. Coming off her GRAMMY winning project Short n' Sweet & numerous multi-platinum singles added to her resume.