Taylor Swift, Niall Horan, Tinashe & More: New Music Friday Guide
Categoria: Musica
Check out the must-hear releases of the week.
Por Billboard | 05/06/2026
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 Ariana Grande, Labrinth, aespa and more. This week: Taylor Swift’s much-teased Toy Story 5 song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” arrives ahead of the film; Niall Horan serves up the main course with his new album Dinner Party ; and Tinashe teases her next chapter with a new single… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below: Taylor Swift, “I Knew It, I Knew You” After dropping a basketful of easter eggs, Taylor Swift confirmed this week that fans “knew it” all along when her came to her musical involvement on Toy Story 5 . She wrote on Instagram, “I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie.” And on release night, she uploaded a video of her young self dressed much like Jessie, who inspired “I Knew It, I Knew You.” While the song was teased by Disney as a return to Swift’s country roots, the production does fittingly tap into the genre, though her vocals are distinctly modern-era — resulting in a track that “felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time,” as she wrote in the caption of her cowgirl clip. “Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once.” Role Model, “High Hopes 3000 “ This week, Role Model shared the first taste of new music post-“Sally” virality (“Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” became his first Billboard charting hit, eventually reaching No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay, thanks in part to a live show gimmick in which celebrity guests became each evening’s designated Sally). After announcing his forthcoming third album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass , the artist dropped lead single “High Hopes 3000” that explores the same country-inspired folk-pop landscape of his last album, Kansas Anymore . The new song tugs at a similar lyrical thread, too, with Role Model questioning his faith in finding love. “I need some high hopes, Lord knows I could use ’em…They say I’m unappealing when I shoot my shot/ Come here, honey, don’t know how to do it/ Does love come around or does one come around to it?” Tune in to find out. Niall Horan, “Tastes So Good” Niall Horan’s fourth solo album, Dinner Party , arrives today and delivers on its title — offering up a delectable soundtrack perfect for any intimate gathering over food and drink. “Tastes So Good” in particular plays into the title as well as the overarching theme of the album — being in love — by describing just how