With so much good music released all the time, it can be difficult to decide what to listen to first. Each week, Pitchfork provides an overview of major new releases available on streaming services. This week’s stack features new albums and projects from Billie Eilish, Prince, Torres, King Woman, Horsey, John Glacier, and Cookiee Kawaii. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All of the publications featured here are independently selected by our editors. However, if you buy something through our affiliate links, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Billie Eilish: Happier than ever [Darkroom/Interscope]
Billie Eilish is back with her highly anticipated second album, Happier Than Ever. As with her chart-topping debut “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” Eilish wrote the new LP together with her brother Finneas, who also produced the album. Happier Than Ever contains the previously shared tracks “My Future”, “Therefore I Am”, “Your Power”, “Lost Cause” and “NDA”, many of which came with self-directed visuals.
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prince: Welcome 2 America [NPG/Legacy]
Following the relaunch of Sign o ‘the Times last fall, the Prince Estate prepared Welcome 2 America, a record from the vault of the late icon that he recorded in 2010. It is Prince’s first full, unheard studio album since his death in 2016. A deluxe edition of the album also includes a concert film recorded in 2011 in Inglewood, California.
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