Ten Songs You Need on Your Spring Playlist
Leave winter behind with these fresh tracks across a diversity of genres.
- Rosalía – SAKURA
Spanish singer Rosalía wraps up her third studio album, Motomami, with this flamenco live track, one that showcases vulnerability in her perception of her career– perhaps, like the titular cherry blossom, extraordinary but short-lived.
2. Kilo Kish ft. Jean Dawson – CHOICE COWBOY
Alternative artist Jean Dawson hops on Kilo Kish’s album, American Gurl, with “CHOICE COWBOY.” This song features beautiful melodies over stringed instrumentals, contrasted with eclectic hard-hitting beats.
3. Poppy – CUE
Industrial metal artist Poppy takes an aggressive angle on this heavy metal song featuring screaming vocals on the horrors and injustices of the world.
4. Yung Lean ft. FKA Twigs – Bliss
An unexpected collaboration between rapper Yung Lean and artist FKA Twigs, this fun track off Lean’s new mixtape Stardust amplifies both artists’ genre-bending abilities.
5. Orion Sun – intro
Up-and-coming alternative R&B artist Orion Sun starts off her recent EP with this song, highlighting themes of longing and letting go over beautiful harmonies and stringed instrumentals.
6. Denzel Curry ft. Karriem Riggins – Angelz
Off his latest album release, Melt My Eyes See My Future, “Angelz” showcases Denzel’s thoughts on his rise to fame and vices that come with it, alongside standout, angelic vocals from Karriem Riggins.
7. Charli XCX – Constant Repeat
This dance pop song, off of her most recent and already extremely successful album Crash features catchy melodies that will leave you playing this on constant repeat.
8. JPEGMAFIA – HAZARD DUTY PAY!
Experimental artist JPEGMAFIA raps over a R&B sample of Anita Baker’s “Ain’t No Need To Worry.”
9. The Garden ft. Khalif Jones – Lurkin’
A dark track “Lurkin”, featuring production by 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady, creates a dystopian hard-hitting sound that embodies the overall tone of The Garden’s album, Kiss my Superbowl Ring.
10. Alice Longyu Gao – Legend (Gassed Up Remix)
Electronic artist and producer Alice Gas hops on a remix of the track “Legend” by Alice Longyu Gao and Alice Glass, giving the song a ravelike, hyperpop flavor.