Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear and ...

Lil Nas X is back with his first new song of the year. “World’s Greatest” follows the 2025 EP Days Before Dreamboy, and marks the latest step in a return to music following his 2025 arrest and ...

Taylor Swift has another new song out, and naturally, she isn't making it easy for Swifties to simply listen and move on. “Patient Zero” arrives Sept. 25 (Friday), just days after Swift dropped a ...

The singer premiered the music video exclusively at the 2026 onstage after accepting the inaugural artist director honors. By Nicole Fell Associate Editor Swift premiered the video after accepting the ...

It's become a bit of a tradition for Taylor Swift fans, aka Swifties, to film blind reactions to her new music. On September 25, 2026, Swift dropped four new songs with the release "The Life of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Swift's new songs from The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore have divided critics. (Matt Winkelmeyer via Getty Images) Taylor ...

Taylor Swift is opening up about exactly what inspired her to write her new song “Patient Zero.” “The story behind me writing the song ‘Patient Zero’ is that I was hanging out with a bunch of friends, ...

Taylor Swift has returned to many of the same themes in her songwriting throughout her 20-year career, from enduring love to brutal breakups to the toxicity of fame. And even as she has ascended to ...

Check out the must-hear releases of the week. 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 ...

CLEVELAND!, Ohio - Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift wrote an homage to her husband Travis Kelce in her new song, “Cleveland!” It’s one of four new song released Friday in “The Encore” version of her ...

U2 are back with their new song “Silencio,” and we’re taking a closer look at the lyrics! The legendary Irish rock band released the new track on Thursday (September 24), alongside the announcement of ...

“Patient zero” has long been associated with virus outbreaks and fictional health investigations. It was coined in the 1980s, by accident. By Emmett Lindner Sept. 25: This article was updated to ...