New Music Releases

Sorry the post is a bit later this week, I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :)

 

It's now December and less than a month is left of the year, so here are some new music releases for the end of 2024!  You can read my previous New Music Releases post (written in October) here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/10/new-music-releases.html

Today I'm sharing new music from a variety of genres. :)

Tyla- PUSH 2 START

First up is PUSH 2 START by South African singer Tyla. She has had a very successful year, with achievements that include continuing to top the charts with her single Water and songs from her debut album, and receiving nominations and winning awards at several international award shows, such as the GRAMMYs, the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards.

She is rounding off her year by appearing as one of the guests on the Netflix holiday specialA Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (hosted by American singer Sabrina Carpenter). 

PUSH 2 START was released on 11th October, along with the deluxe edition of her debut studio album TYLA. (The original album came out in March.) The deluxe edition is called TYLA+ and has 3 extra tracks- Shake Ahh featuring South African record producer  and DJ Tony Durado, singer/songwriter/performer Optimist Music ZA and vocalist Ez Maestro, PUSH 2 START and BACK to YOU. Her latest single is Tears (see below).

PUSH 2 START is an Afropop and amapiano song with reggae influences. It's about both partners making an effort in a relationship.

 

Tyla- Tears | Coke Studio

And here is Tears, Tyla's latest single. It's a non-album single released in collaboration with Coca Cola's Coke Studio. It's an acoustic ballad, described as "intimate and inspiring" by Coke Studio and is about  love and taking on your loved one's suffering.

Tears was released on 20th November.

 

Also check out the music video for SHAKE AH (released on 2nd December): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQCTR11MSlc

For more on TYLA+ and to stream it, visit this Billboard post: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tyla-debut-album-deluxe-stream-it-now-1235797883/

 

WayV-FREQUENCY (Korean Ver.)

Next up, some K-pop and C-pop! WayV (the Chinese sub-unit of Korean boyband NCT, released their 6th mini album FREQUENCY on 25th November. The first single from it was High Five, which came out on 19th November. The group is currently promoting as a 5-piece, since member WinWin is still on hiatus.

The title track from FREQUENCY was released on the same day as the mini album. There are two versions, Korean and Mandarin.

This is the Korean version. (It also has some English lyrics.) The music video was uploaded on 25th November. Click "Subtitles/closed captions" on YouTube for English subtitles! :)

 

 

WayV- FREQUENCY

And here is the Chinese (Mandarin) version of FREQUENCY.  The music video was uploaded on 2nd December. English subtitles available! :)

 

 

Listen to/download FREQUENCY here: https://wayv.lnk.to/FREQUENCY

TWICE- Strategy feat. Megan Thee Stallion

Now for some brand-new music! Korean girl group TWICE have just released their 14th EP STRATEGY. The lead single is also called Strategy and was released on Friday (6th December), along with the EP.

2024 has also been a good year for the group, who got their first No. 1 on the American Billboard 200 chart with their previous mini album With YOU-th (released in February).

Strategy is TWICE's 4th original English language single (following on from The Feels, MOONLIGHT SUNRISE and I Got You) and features American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. (There's also a version without Megan's rap on the mini album.) This marks the 2nd time that the group have teamed up with Megan, having recently featured on the remix for her single Mamushi (released in October).

Strategy has been described as a hip hop based song by member Nayeon. The music video stars the TWICE girls and Megan, who co-wrote the song.

 

 

Update 10/12/24: A music video for the TWICE only version has now been uploaded. This is the TWICE-TRATEGY version:

 

 

To buy/listen to the STRATEGY mini album, visit this link: https://twice.lnk.to/STRATEGY

 

For more TWICE, check out my Dance/Performance Videos post which features the dance performance for their single ONE SPARK from With YOU-th (both released in February; scroll down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/02/danceperformance-videos.html

 

Khalid, Ayra Starr- Make It Up

Finally, here is a new Western/African song. American singer Khalid (full name Khalid Robinson) released the deluxe version of his 3rd studio album Sincere this month. The original version came out in August.

Sincere (Deluxe) was released on Friday (6th December) and features 6 new tracks, including collaborations with American solo singer and former Fifth Harmony member Normani (with whom Khalid previously teamed up with for the 2018 single Love Lies), Nigerian singer Ayra Starr and Chlöe (American solo singer and one half of music duo Chloe x Halle , along with her sister Halle Bailey).

Make It Up is Khalid's collab with Ayra. It's a smooth R'n'B and Afrobeats song, with lyrics that are a mixture of English, Nigerian Pidgin and Yoruba (I think). Even a bit of Spanish! lol. This is the official visualiser/visualizer.

 

Also check out the visualiser for Personal with Normani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenuRGcloyU

 

And stream/buy Sincere (Deluxe) here: https://khalid.lnk.to/SincereDeluxe

 

Hope you enjoyed the post! :) What songs have you been listening to lately?