Moments in Timelessness

Go Back To The Future Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 NCT DREAM Ever since  Back to the Future  was first released in 1985, the phrase “Back to the Future” has evoked a sense of boundary-breaking adventure. The Hollywood blockbuster works surprisingly well as inspiration for K-pop boy group NCT DREAM’s fifth studio album. As part of the sci-coded SM Entertainment project Neo Culture Technology (aka NCT), the septet has experience taking on a high-concept theme. But more than that, NCT DREAM is a group that started with one concept—an ever-rotating lineup of teen idols—before settling into a fixed, seven-member lineup. The fates of members MARK, RENJUN, JENO, HAECHAN, JAEMIN, CHENLE, and JISUNG could have been much different, and NCT DREAM uses the movie, about a teen boy who travels back in time to when his parents first fell in love only to inadvertently erase his own existence, to inspire a look back at their own group origins. “BTTF” (short for “Back to the Future”) fully embraces its...

Angel Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 HAON

chan rahn - EP Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 Sunwoojunga

THIS IS FOR (DELUXE) Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 TWICE In their first decade as a nine-member K-pop girl group, TWICE became masters at exploring new facets of their concept without ever losing the unwavering cheerfulness that defines it. For  THIS IS FOR , TWICE’s fourth full-length album since their 2015 debut, the third-generation squad slides into a comparatively subdued cool-girl persona to explore overlapping themes of female empowerment and romantic frustration, artfully navigating the space between K-pop’s “girl crush” and “bubblegum pop” false binary. The cool-girl persona is especially on display in  THIS IS FOR ’s title track, a high-energy song that starts with a chuckle and a shout-out: “This is for all my ladies who don’t get hyped enough/If you’ve been done wrong, then this your song, so turn it up.” TWICE makes room for feelings of otherness on “THIS IS FOR” before using the synth-pop bop “MARS” to expand on the theme: “Do you ever feel like/You don’t belong in the wo...

Spanish Leather Album ∙ Pop Latino ∙ 2025 Guitarricadelafuente

Kareem Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Samra

5202 Album ∙ Latin ∙ 2025 Duki A booming set shows why he’s among Argentina’s top traperos.

JACKBOYS 2 Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 JACKBOYS  &  Travis Scott Strength in numbers: Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack collective rides again.

Loner Album ∙ Electronic ∙ 2025 Barry Can't Swim “I found myself in a new world of touring and chaos so quickly that I built a separation between myself as Josh and Barry on stage to deal with it,” Josh Mainnie tells Apple Music. “But when it came to writing this album, I knew it had to be for me as Josh. I wanted to bring those two parts back together.” As DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim, Mainnie has had a meteoric rise since the release of his 2021 debut EP  Amor Fati  and 2023 album  When Will We Land? . Blending emotive melody with thumping electronic percussion and expertly chopped vocal samples, Mainnie’s signature has become a feel-good dance-floor communion. For his second album,  Loner , Mainnie turns inwards to explore his rise to fame, moving from the spoken-word soul-searching of “The Person You’d Like to Be” to the trance synths of “About to Begin” and soulful horn fanfares of “Childhood,” all while keeping his introspection anchored in the joy that has...

Lo-files Album ∙ Instrumental ∙ 2025 Bring Me The Horizon Following up their seventh studio album,  POST HUMAN: NeX GEn , UK metalcore superstars Bring Me The Horizon return with a collection of lo-fi instrumental versions of fan favorites. The 23-track release sees BMTH collaborating with some of their favorite lo-fi producers, who reimagine the band’s 2013 superhit “Can You Feel My Heart” (Casiio and No Spirit), 2020’s “Parasite Eve” (Mondo Loops), 2024 “YOUtopia” (lophiile), and many others. Belgian producer Drxnk takes on five tracks, including “Doomed,” “Kool-Aid,” and BMTH’s standalone 2023 single, “LosT.” Stripped of singer Oli Sykes’ vocals, the songs leave room for reflection—and maximum space for fans to hum along.

Is This What You've Been Waiting For? Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Amy Macdonald Bouncy indie and big hooks from the Scottish singer-songwriter’s sixth LP.

Ministry of Sound: Ibiza Sunset Sessions (DJ Mix) Album ∙ Dance ∙ 2025 NewEra Whether you’re actually on the White Isle getting prepped for a big night out, or just elsewhere yearning for some Ibizan vibes to brighten your day, Irish DJ duo NewEra have the soundtrack you crave. “We were gassed to put this together for Apple Music,” says the duo’s Ben Williams of this July 2025 mix. “We really wanted to showcase some of our own tunes, including our new single ‘Body,’ as well as some of our favorite dance tracks we think would be perfect for Ibiza. We hope you guys enjoy it!” Press play on a selection of dance-floor fire from the likes of MK, Jazzy, and Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas.

SWAG Album ∙ Pop ∙ 2025 Justin Bieber The day before the surprise release of Justin Bieber’s seventh album, a series of billboards popped up from Atlanta to Reykjavik—earnest black-and-white photos of the shirtless superstar posing with his wife, Hailey Bieber, and their infant son, Jack Blues, taken by the same photographer who shot the cover art for Kendrick Lamar’s  Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers . In the months before, the 31-year-old was unusually candid, sharing esoteric demos and posting frankly about his struggles with mental health and fame: “Don’t you think if I could have fixed myself I would have already?” he wrote on Instagram in June. Beside the photos was a single word: SWAG. A lot has changed in the four years since the pop icon’s last record, 2021’s  Justice —from a split with longtime manager Scooter Braun to the birth of his first child in August 2024. Meanwhile, it was rumored (correctly, it would turn out) that he’d been quietly working with producers l...

Let God Sort Em Out Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Clipse ,  Push a T   &   Malice

BELOVED Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2025 GIVĒON GIVĒON has been working on his craft these past few years, and the fruits of his labor are resplendent on  BELOVED , a love letter to R&B that has the timeless feel of ’70s soul sides while possessing a distinctly 21st-century sensibility. “There’s that element where I’m doing this because it’s in my DNA,” GIVĒON tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I didn’t choose music. I tell people all the time, ‘I didn’t choose it. It chose me.’ But I care about rhythm and blues. It means a lot to me.” BELOVED  starts off in a big way: Surging strings create a high-drama atmosphere that sets the mood for “MUD,” a poison-pen letter to an ex that’s given a cushion by GIVĒON's supple croon and the sonic splendor surrounding it. Not only does the song send a message to the person who did GIVĒON wrong, it lets listeners know that the singer-songwriter has leveled up in the years since his last album, 2022’s  Give or Take . “I think I grew as an ar...