{"id":3615,"date":"2025-09-05T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:47:06","slug":"sound-off-10-songs-you-need-to-hear-now-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/sound-off-10-songs-you-need-to-hear-now-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s impossible to be across all the new music<\/a> out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER<\/em> is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists \u2014 emerging and established \u2014 to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the music world. The only criteria: they all have to absolutely rip.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to our Sound Off Spotify playlist here<\/a> and check out this week’s tracks, below.<\/p>\n

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Song of the Week: “LOVE SONG”<\/h3>\n

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The Mk.Gee contribution to Justin Bieber\u2019s Swag II <\/em><\/em>is this lovely, earthy funk track \u2014 an expression of pure, easy devotion that\u2019s a nice foil to the slightly more nighttime-coded tracks on this album\u2019s predecessor. With a little touch of Sara Bareilles\u2019 easy listening radio hit \u201cLove Song\u201d in there too, no?<\/p>\n

Lady Gaga – “The Dead Dance”<\/h3>\n

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This new song, from Wednesday <\/em><\/em>season two, is a hybrid EDM-funk rager that fits nicely alongside the songs from Gaga\u2019s latest album Mayhem<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Partnextdoor, Drake, Cash Cobain – “Somebody Loves Me Pt 2”<\/h3>\n

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Cash Cobain\u2019s remix of \u201cSomebody Loves Me Pt 2\u201d is pure slizzy excellence \u2013 a little turned up, a little sexy, entirely catchy.<\/p>\n

Calvin Harris, Jessie Reyez – “Ocean”<\/h3>\n

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Shades of Calvin Harris\u2019s underrated tropical house hit \u201cHow Deep Is Your Love\u201d on \u201cOcean,\u201d which is pulsating and so easy to take down. <\/p>\n

Tame Impala – “Loser”<\/h3>\n

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Just in case you thought he had gone full dance mode forever, Kevin Parker returns with \u201cLoser\u201d, a slinky psych track that recalls his introverted, paranoid early career. <\/p>\n

james K – “On God”<\/h3>\n

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Gorgeous, sweeping shoegaze from James K\u2019s remarkable new album Friend<\/em><\/em>, a very welcome album to arrive as we enter into the cooler months.<\/p>\n

Latto, Ice Spice – “Gyatt”<\/h3>\n

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Latto and Ice Spice make a perfect combination on this winning tribute to Gyatt. (Basically does what it says on the tin.)<\/p>\n

Venna, Jorja Smith – “Myself”<\/h3>\n

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Gorgeous Spanish influences underpin this fantastic showcase for Jorja Smith\u2019s now-iconic voice. <\/p>\n

Saint Etienne, Confidence – “Brand New Me”<\/h3>\n

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What a fabulous, inspired combination \u2013 Balearic royalty Saint Etienne link with the Australian partystarters for a funky, shimmery daytime dance track.<\/p>\n

The Belair Lip Bombs – “Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)<\/h3>\n

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Another banger from the Aussie band\u2019s great second album. Power-pop excellence at its purest!<\/p>\n

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Photography: Renell Medrano<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists \u2014 emerging and established \u2014 to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3619,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions\/3619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}