LISA, Miley, Kacey Musgraves & John Mayer: New Music Friday Guide
Categoria: Musica
Check out the must-hear releases of the week.
Por Billboard | 23/10/2026
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. Last week , we featured Olivia Rodrigo feat. Chappell Roan, Tate McRae, Zach Bryan & Angèle. This week, LISA drops her new EP; Miley features two new songs on the Nobody Wants This season three soundtrack; Kacey Musgraves shares a taste of her just-announced Middle of Nowhere Vol. 2: Tex Mex Tapes ; and John Mayer is back with a new single and newly-launched label… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below: LISA, Press Play Led by the hard-hitting pop-rap single “SaWaDiKa,” released in September, LISA is now sharing her very first solo EP . Focus track “Tarantino” packs just as hard a punch , while “Cobra” is an attitude-packed dance-pop song and album closer “Sweat” is a sultry song that leaves its subject with a simple instruction — “don’t stress me out” — and its listener wanting more. Press Play follows the 2025 release of LISA’S debut solo full-length, Alter Ego , and arrives just in time for the Thai singer’s upcoming Vegas residency that kicks off in November. — LYNDSEY HAVENS Miley, “Cold Blooded” For longtime Miley fans, the release of “Cold Blooded” has been a long time coming. Written in the late 2010s ahead of her EP She Is Coming , the track never saw the light of day — until now. A demo version of the ballad, which showcases Miley’s undeniable vocal control and power over simple piano chords, is featured as a bonus track on the season three soundtrack for Nobody Wants This , out today. Its one of two Miley demos that made it on the album, as a stripped-down version of her Endless Summer Vacation track “You” also features on the soundtrack and in an episode. The soundtrack is out on Atlantic, while all 10 episodes of season three are now streaming on Netflix. — L . H. Kacey Musgraves, “Weekend In Texas” Kacey Musgraves is previewing her upcoming project Middle of Nowhere Vol. 2: Tex Mex Tapes (out Jan. 15 on Lost Highway Records) with the release of new music, including “Weekend In Texas.” “I’ve got the hat and the cattle to back it up / Everything will be great in my favorite state of mind,” she sings. Bright horns, an irresistible groove and Musgraves’ dulcet vocal tones blend luxuriously as she sings of longing for a soul-restoring few days of escape in the Lone Star State. This new release feels both classic and invigorating. — JESSICA NICHOLSON John Mayer, “Tom and Jerry” “I’m never gonna catch you,” sings Mayer over a soft rock opening riff that recalls Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire.” The lyric immediately sets the stage for his “Tom and Jerry” metaphor to unfold — likeni