Songs You Need In Your Life This Week
Tracks we love right now, in no particular order.
Songs You Need In Your Life This Week TisaKorean, Andrew Lyman

Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below.

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Black Fondu, “Another Domestic”

When we gave Black Fondu his first-ever profile back in May he’d only released one song. Now, he’s got two. In reality, the mysterious Londoner has at least a full album’s worth of tracks ready to go. “Another Domestic” is one of several songs that have been at the core of the notorious lives he’s been playing at renowned talent incubators like Windmill in Brixton and the George Tavern in East London since early last year. The new single is a cryptic statement on the importance of family, a theme that’s been the most consistent line through his (live) catalog. “Family ain’t shit if you ain’t on the map,” he raps near the end. Moments later, his sister arrives to sing the song’s surprising outro, which sounds unexpectedly breezy for a vocal track that’s been fractured and processed to the point of a broken mirror. —Raphael Helfand

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TisaKorean, “bEat uP dAt bOy"

Since dropping as if from thin air into the choppy seas of the SoundCloud era’s tail end (September 2017), TisaKorean has continued to cause ripples with a signature style that’s somehow unmistakable and constantly shifting at the same time. The only real constant throughout the Houston eccentric’s career has been his proud, persistent silliness. “bEat uP dAt bOy” certainly follows in this tradition, but it also demonstrates his surprising ability to be a rapper’s rapper. Even when he’s rasping like ODB with a bad cold, he’s still delivering blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em punchlines that hit harder than 99% of contemporary ~lyrical~ hip-hop. —RH

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RXM Reality, “No. 1 in the world”

Have you ever wanted to hear a nu metal vocal chopped savagely over a bed of Machine Girl-esque industrial breakbeats, then dropped into a digital deep fryer? Well, now you can. —RH

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Maria Somerville, "Projections"

Maria Somerville's Early Bird Show on NTS is a refuge for those who begrudgingly wake before dawn, gently easing listeners into the day with soft-edged music and brain-soothing tones. "Projections" would fit perfectly into one of her shows; it's a delicately strummed folk song with ambient edges and an echo that lasts long into the hours after you first hear it. —David Renshaw

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Pozer, "Puppies"

Pozer has released a tiny amount of material (this is just his fifth solo release) but has already blown up in his native U.K. that he can spend "Puppies" rapping about his success over an eye-wateringly expensive sample of Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place." Whether he's in the LV store sipping on champagne or stepping into the booth with his rap idols, Pozer makes it known that he's made it to the next level. There is an energy and confidence to his flow that makes this victory lap feel worthy of applause. —DR

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Angelina Petrosova, “Tntsuyushchiy Ostrov (Dancing Island)

Ostinato Records’ latest compilation, Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia, is every bit as culturally broad as its title suggests — but nowhere near as geographically diffuse. Everything on the record, including this standout from Russian singer Angelina Petrosova, was recorded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a creative hub on the boundary between East and West with a rich and complicated cultural history that’s brought to life in the album’s beautiful liner notes. The strangulated bassline and computerized syncopations on “Dancing Island” are fascinating even in a vacuum though. —Alex Robert Ross

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Rosalía, "Omega" ft. Ralphie Choo

Released to coincide with her recent birthday, Rosalía's new single is a collaboration with rising Spanish artist (and Gen F alum) Ralphie Choo. Together, the pair sing about the transformative effect of love, with Rosalía reminiscing about drinking, smoking, and being "the worst" before she met her partner. Delivered in her upper register, she brings a sense of high drama to the romantic duet, while Choo amusingly compares himself to Celine Dion and a hustler in his attempts to impress her. —DR

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RiTchie & Feardorian, “Binging”

Songs You Need regulars RiTchie and Feardorian’s new EP, Quiet Warp Express, is as loose and freeform as anything they’ve released together or apart, and “Binging” is practically narcoleptic. RiTchie croaks his uncertain lines like they’re the last thing he’ll say before passing out, all over a looping guitar sample from a truly obscure late-aughts screamo band. There are songs you might listen to more often on the EP, but none that’ll be so quietly disturbing. —ARR

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DJ Gigola, “Siente (el Ritmo)”

"I first discovered DJ Gigola, a Berlin-based techno DJ of the spiritual variety, through her transcendental 2023 album Fluid Meditations, a record that cleverly merged raving with wellness practices. Her latest single isn’t so mindfully heavy-handed, but it still packs some instructions as she urges you to siente el ritmo, or feel the rhythm, of the galloping, and kind of sensual, techno beat. You can’t help but comply." —Steffanee Wang

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Alice Longyu Gao & Danny Brown, “Bird W/O Nest”

"Those familiar with Alice Longyu Gao probably associate her with hyperpop, but “Bird W/O Nest” is decidedly not that. It’s a rock ballad about leaving your home to build a stronger nest someplace new, with a cool verse from rapper Danny Brown. It’s a surprising, and welcome, turn for both artists." —SW

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SIF, “Aegis”

Eleven minutes of colossally heavy riffs from New Orleans-based project SIF — doomy, sludgy, blackened metal that eschews vocals as it stares deeper and deeper into the abyss. Bleakly majestic. —ARR

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Kassie Krut, "Reckless"

Kassie Krut is the newest project from the ex-members of Palm, the beloved Philly-based math rock band that disbanded in 2023. Wonderfully, the music is nothing like their predecessor’s, all screechy synths and jagged, delirious electronic music. Their latest single “Reckless,” which features lead singer Eve Alpert spelling out their name, is a clear introduction from the band. I’m certainly intrigued. —SW

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Maya Hawke, “Kamikaze Comic”

It’s tempting to dismiss Maya Hawke — daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman — as a nepo baby. And, to Hawke’s credit, she seems cool with the tag. But she’s shown herself over the past year or so to be an interesting songwriter with a distinct voice. “Kamikaze Comic,” a charming, piano-led pop song with just the right amount of melodrama, was cut from Maya’s most recent full-length, Chaos Angel, but it demonstrates a genuinely exciting strength in depth. —ARR

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Songs You Need In Your Life This Week