There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our Best New Songs playlist). Below, check out our track roundup for Friday, February 27, 2026.
Angèle – ‘What You Want’ [feat. Justice]
Angèle has joined forces with Justice for a new song called ‘What You Want’. Speaking about the collaboration, the Belgian singer recalled: “I went to say hi in their dressing room after their show, which I’d loved. It was the first time we met, and we talked a lot about our careers and our creative visions. I spontaneously suggested they come to the studio. We spent an afternoon listening to the demos I’d been working on on my computer. I had this track, ‘What You Want,’ a slightly sultry, sensual, offbeat song I’d written. But since I wasn’t completely satisfied with it, I’d put it aside. I thought Justice could bring the electro-club expertise — and the tension — that were missing from that first version. After we met, I sent them the demo, and they came back with this version that I found absolutely brilliant. They understood everything! They brought a power to the track that the intention and balance had been missing. Bringing our worlds together without losing our identities — that’s the greatest success of this song!”
Justice added: “Spending a bit of time with Angèle confirmed the intuition we had about her: she’s an excellent musician and producer. Making ‘What You Want’ with her felt as easy as it was natural. Although her music is different from ours, the track called for something sensual and brutal that we instinctively connected with, without compromise.”
Fever Ray – ‘The Lake’ and ‘Wrong Flower’
Karin Dreijer is making their film debut in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein, titled The Bride!. Today, they’ve shared two new Fever Ray songs they contributed to the soundtrack, ‘The Lake’ and ‘Wrong Flower’, of which there are both cinematic and non-cinematic versions. “I’m very thankful for being invited to this project by Maggie Gyllenhaal!” they said. “I was a fan before, but when I read the manuscript for the first time, I was hooked. The language of The Bride! is poetic, fun and magical, exactly where I like to exist.”
Dylan Brady – ‘Needle Guy’
Have you ever wondered what 100 gecs’ ‘Frog on the Floor’ would sound like from a first-person POV? No? Well, that’s where my mind went to when I heard Dylan Brady’s first solo single in 8 years, ‘Needle Guy’, which (I think) is a compliment.
Perfume Genius – ‘Jamie’
Perfume Genius has released the expanded version of his latest album Glory, adding four new songs. The focus track and standout is ‘Jamie’, which is pitched somewhere between total serenity and mania. “I remember playing ‘Jamie’ for someone after I recorded it and they thought it was insane,” Mike Hadreas commented. “I think it’s really soothing. I thought it was cool that they heard it as kind of manic but I felt the complete opposite. You can hear my dog Wanda running around too. I did feel like I was channeling something when I made it that was a one time thing, like a visitor. All the recordings on this expanded version are generally built in one or two days. I’ve always written that way. I’ll spend weeks on the lyrics if they don’t come together right away and finish a lot of the words in the studio, but I write the music by recording at home and if I try to hold on to songs too hard they leave.”
she’s green – ‘Mettle’
Minneapolis band she’s green have unleashed a cathartic new single, ‘Mettle’. The track “channels the frustration and discomfort that stem from what often feels like constant bad news,” according to bandleader Zofia Smith, “while also being an anthem of resilience and the courage to take action and bring about positive change.”
RAYE – ‘Nightingale Lane’
RAYE has a new ballad out called ‘Nightingale Lane’. It’s taken from her sophomore album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE., which arrives March 27 via Human Re Sources.
talker – ‘Gold Rush’
talker, the project of Los Angeles-based songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Celeste Tauchar, has dropped a hypnotically vulnerable song called ‘Gold Rush’. Tauchar co-directed its accompanying video with her friend Andrea Martin in the Mojave Desert.
