As anybody nonetheless carrying their Cowboy Carter or Brat hat is aware of, the last word aim of pop music is to outline a complete yr. For some artists, meaning getting began early—and so it’s that, on the daybreak of 2025, we are able to examine the previous few months’ sprinklings of clues, teasers, and (frankly) press releases to map out a prospectus for the approaching yr in music. There are the festival-season floor-fillers, the bombshell comebacks, the boom-or-busts, the will-they-even-release-its (taking a look at you, Lana, Lorde, and LCD Soundsystem), and, after all, probably the most long-awaited, long-debated, and long-delayed of lengthy gamers. We’ll begin you off with one of many latter; learn on for updates on Rosalía, Clipse, DJ Koze, the Weeknd, and lots of extra.
A$AP Rocky: Don’t Be Dumb
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A$AP Rocky had deliberate to launch Don’t Be Dumb on August 30, however his Testing follow-up has been indefinitely delayed. As we watch for the Harlem rapper’s first mission since 2018, he has launched the songs “Highjack” (that includes Jessica Pratt!) and “Ruby Rosary.”
–Matthew Strauss
Baths: Intestine
February 21
Will Wiesenfeld hasn’t put out a correct album as Baths since 2017’s Romaplasm, however that’s to not say he hasn’t been protecting busy. Removed from it: Within the final eight years, Wisenfeld launched the Baths compilation Pop Music / False B-Sides II, labored on the soundtrack for the Netflix cartoon Bee and PuppyCat, and put out a number of information underneath the Geotic moniker. Intestine, although, will likely be Romaplasm’s follow-up, and options the one “Sea of Males,” which got here out final month.
–Walden Inexperienced
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: The Purple Fowl
January 31
Bonnie “Prince” Billy gave followers a style of his follow-up to Preserving Secrets and techniques Will Destroy You with “Our Dwelling,” a country waltz pairing Will Oldham with mandolinist Tim O’Brien. Oldham lower The Purple Fowl in Nashville with producer David “Ferg” Ferguson, who additionally co-wrote seven of its songs. In a press launch, Oldham referred to Ferugson as “a large of a person, an epic musical drive, an expensive pal.” He added: “Our work collectively on this file was the results of years of sharing exhausting instances and nice joys, songs and tales, of creating music collectively and aside.”
–Madison Bloom
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Clipse: Let God Kind Em Out
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In 2020, 11 years after fourth album Til the Casket Drops and their subsequent hiatus, Pusha T and No Malice reformed as Clipse at their longtime co-producer Pharrell Williams’ One thing within the Water pageant. Now, after a smattering of exhibits and murmurs of new music, the influential rap duo is ready to return with a full album. Reportedly titled Let God Kind Em Out—per a since-deleted Pusha T Instagram submit—that album is completed, completely Williams-produced, and set for launch on Def Jam.
