Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus return with a song about a loyal love, one where someone else knows you better than you know yourself.

Sometimes, just hearing the reassurance of Alvvays' Molly Rankin singing, "I hear it happens all the time / It's alright" is enough.

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Faye Webster has come to terms with her gift for guffaws.

girl in red's "Did You Come?" is sexual without being sexy, full of hurt yet upbeat enough that you can still thrash around a bit.

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From the DMV, the pop star and her band take on new arrangements of songs from her debut album, SOUR.

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The additional instrumentation on the new version of Dacus' track from earlier this year complements its intense story.

"The Only Heartbreaker" enlists an '80s sound in classic "Take On Me"-style that emphasizes the histrionics of intentionally sabotaging something or someone.

With a video inspired by But I'm a Cheerleader, MUNA pairs a sapphic, satirical whimsicality with warm, tender lyrics and supporting vocals from Phoebe Bridgers.

With its first new music in 39 years, ABBA promises a return to wedding dance floors and karaoke joints... and hopefully starts a new life on TikTok.

Pressure Machine plays like an expository essay, complete with introduction and all, with title track — the album's penultimate song — repeating its thesis in the conclusion.

Produced by Dan Nigro, who also produced Olivia Rodrigo's hit album SOUR, Gray's single "People Watching" is the summer pop track for the perpetually single.

One of the first releases from the new collaboration between Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine, "Reach Out" is loosely based on a 1987 German film about angels.

The final question of this demo version feels even more homesick than in the original version.

As a child, tween or teen, you want to feel like you belong. Lucy Dacus' "VBS" explores this feeling in a particular place —Vacation Bible School, a brand of Christian church camp for kids.