"Let’s hope the sun will show us the path," entreats Lorde in 'Solar Power' album opener, 'The Path', tipping her hat to the main theme of her new iridescent body of work.

In an email newsletter to fans back in June, Lorde said: "The album is a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalising the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors. In times of heartache, grief, deep love, or confusion, I look to the natural world for answers. I’ve learnt to breathe out, and tune in. This is what came through."

In the lead-up to the release of her new album 'Solar Power' (out this Friday), Lorde has today shared a new song, 'Mood Ring', which arrives accompanied by an on-point music video.

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According to the website of Butley Priory, the former gatehouse to an Augustinian monastery founded in 1171 in Suffolk, between June and July the Arctic Monkeys were recording a new album.

"We’ve had a band staying with us for the last month recording an album," begun the post on the historical house's website.

Olivia Rodrigo covers the latest issue of Clash magazine, as photographed by Lindsay Ellary, and styled by Tess Herbert and Jade Forrest Marks.

About her songwriting, Rodrigo says: "I really love women who are not afraid to speak their mind and tell their perspective... Lots of my songs are literally about crying, which is very Pisces, but I'm a little angsty, too. I'm never the type of person who's like, ‘Oh, it's the girl's fault that this guy did something wrong to me. It's never made sense logically in my head, and I don't subscribe to that mindset."

"If you wanna be a rockstar then learn to play the guitar," bites back Keni in new song, 'Big Enough', a.k.a. one of this year's best musical dressing-downs - on par with 'Happier Than Ever', the title-track of Billie Eilish's new album, and Olivia Rodrigo's 'good 4 u'.

Following the announcement of her four-part ‘Journey To The Center Of Myself’ project, the first volume of which was released in July, Elohim today introduces Volume 2 (out August 27th) with a new song, 'Treat You Better'.
 

Continuing Jack Antonoff's rooftop Electric Lady Studios performance videos series, Bleachers return to the roof to perform two new 'Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night' album songs, 'What’d I Do With All This Faith?' (with some help from St. Vincent) and 'Big Life'.

Watch both performances below...

"Screaming out songs like there's nobody there, we're 17 and idiots who play truth or dare," sings Claire Rosinkranz on the opening track of her sophomore EP, '6 Of A Billion'. Rosinkranz makes it her mission to take the listener through a journey of growing up and finding yourself in Los Angeles with all the complications, creativity, and courage that comes with that. She's creating a world that's exciting, vibrant, and encouraging you to have fun and enjoy yourself - just like she is. 

Luke Hemmings' solo album 'When Facing The Things We Turn Away From' just dropped today, which was a result of prolonged stillness and quiet for Hemmings due to the pandemic. With tour plans postponed and the band he is frontman for, 5 Seconds Of Summer, all separated, Hemmings took to songwriting as an outlet where he alternated between his guitar and piano for months, 'til the album we have today was created.