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Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order.
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Chanel Beads, “Tyler Richardson”
Chanel Beads’s new album Your Day Will Come (not to be confused with the 2024 album of the same name) is filled with space, texture, and surprise. Standout track “Tyler Richard,” buoyed by anxious keyboard chords and guitar slaps is nervy and psychedelic, and feels like stumbling out of an all-night party into a technicolor sunrise. — Tobias Hess
twentythree, “IG MODEL”
Iranian-Canadian producer-rapper twentythree makes deliciously chintzy club bangers that would slot perfectly between “The Motto” and “2 On.” He first popped up on my radar as a lowkey member of the DMV’s Too Many Strikers Crew, but his solo music is more playful than that of Dragnutz or Jaeychino. Right now, I can’t get enough of how he deliriously stretches out the syllables in designer brand names on “IG MODEL,” the lead single from the just-released 6ix Pop. – Vivian Medithi
$quib, “Ephus roundshot & floater”
This single, as with much of the New Jersey-based indietronica’s latest album Erring, sounds like Nick Drake with his guitar swapped for a midi keyboard. His delicately murmured vocals pulse with heartache and pair perfectly with his meticulously glitchey production — Drew Neiman
Carly Rae Jepsen, “On Wires”
Carly Rae Jepsen’s lead single from her forthcoming double album Day and Night is among her catalogue’s most epicly spacious. That chorus — where Jepsen’s “I want you” yawns over a wall of guitars — is pure bliss and a balm for any weary heart. — TH
Navy Blue, “Sir Render”
When we talked about this song back in May, Navy Blue told me he’d written it years before the Gaza genocide. “Witnessing death and living is painful,” he said of the song. “Why do I get to live, and why does a child have to die?” The newly released music video unfurls at a placid pace, and keeps the focus firmly on Navy’s carefully considered words. – VM
Girlfriend, Wife, “Focus”
Girlfriend, Wife, the LA-based duo of Kacy Hill and Tessa DeNicola, just released their debut EP God Made Me A Star. It's filled with tracks that balance moody atmosphere with cutting clarity. My favorite song off it is “Focus” an early-aughts-style guitar driver that is as delicate as its sharp edged. — TH
prettifun, “Nobody”
“Don’t look up to nobody, I mean nobody, you can always be bigger,” prettifun advises on his latest single. Sprinting across a hyperactive, practically bass-free, self-produced beat, pretti brushes off hating competitors and any expectations placed on him by fans, execs, or anyone else. — VM>
Mykki Blanco, “Butt Sex”
Pride month may be over but the party keeps going. Mykki Blanco’s ferocious June single is part-punk yelper, part-club incarnation, but wholly hilarious. Who can complain about a chorus that simply goes: “Give me butt sex!” — TH
Liim, “Is Loving Really Bad?
Liim’s music reminds me of the rap blog era; his equal ability to croon and rap reminds me of Tyler, the Creator. On "Is Loving Really Bad?", the New York rapper sings about the roles of the heart, mind, soul, and spirit individually, all while telling himself to trust his heart. — VM