With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new projects from Kali Uchis; 21 Savage; Kid Cudi; Marika Hackman; Nicholas Craven & Boldy James; Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau & Carlos Niño; Nailah Hunter; @; and Bruiser Wolf. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)
Kali Uchis: Orquídeas [Geffen]
Kali Uchis has said her fourth album “is inspired by the timeless, eerie, mystic, striking, graceful and sensual allure of the orchid,” as referenced by the Spanish-language LP’s title, Orquídeas. Karol G, Peso Pluma, and Rauw Alejandro feature on the record, along with El Alfa and City Girls’ JT on the single “Muñekita.” Read the feature “Welcome to Kali Uchis’ High-Femme Fantasy,” written around the Orquídeas predecessor, Red Moon in Venus.
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21 Savage: American Dream [Slaughter Gang/Epic]
