New tracks for the 2025 summer playlist courtesy of Lorde, SB19, VXON, and more.
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This heat is truly something else. But in the shine and humidity comes the fact that we at least have new music to soundtrack our summer adventures. From explosive bangers to introspective jams, check out the latest tracks that warrant a play and inclusion in the summer playlist.
WHAT WAS THAT – LORDE
The Lorde has risen indeed. We’re excited to hear more about what her new era has to offer.
DUNGKA!- SB19
Just like that, the trilogy is complete as SB19’s newest EP chronicles their artistic and personal transformation while signaling a bold, forward-looking direction. The EP explores the universal themes of closure and renewal, portraying the life of an artist as they navigate fame, pressure, and identity. One of the album’s highlights is the sonically surprising DUNGKA!, a maximalist pop banger with rave and hyper-pop elements.
A LITTLE BIT – EARL AGUSTIN
With his OPM crooner voice, Earl Agustin’s latest release has an old-school romance vibe to it, like a track you’d hear in the 90s.
NAHANAP KITA – AMIEL SOL
Imagine someone singing this to you. Oh, to be loved by a partner who will always find you no matter where you are.
BWYB – SHNTI AND ZAE
For the baddies and baddies only! It’s the beat that ties this track together.
ILYSMIH – KALI UCHIS
Forget ILY, it’s ILYSMIH now when you want to express a kind of love so intense that it induces pain.
WAIT ON ME – KAI
Kai may be done serving in the military, but he isn’t done serving bops.
PDKL – ARTHUR MIGUEL
One of those fun and wholesome comfort tracks we can get behind.
COUNTDOWN! – TWS
TWS’s latest comeback encapsulates the sextet’s journey of fearless adventure as they enter their twenties. Sonically, the six-track album reaffirms their self-defined genre, ‘Boyhood Pop,’ weaving uplifting melodies with the boys’ refreshing vocals and lively performances throughout. Their lead single, meanwhile, delivers a bold message, evoking a shared sense of empathy.
DOWN TO BE WRONG – HAIM
Maybe if more people followed HAIM’s lead of being open to being proven wrong, the world would be a better place.
ANO BA TALAGA TAYO? – THE JUANS
There’s just something so atmospheric about this track that captures the doubt and uncertainty of it all.
CALL IT OFF – EMOTIONAL ORANGES AND JAEHYUN
This blend of K-pop and R&B results in a dreamy, genre-blurring track that’s both globally resonant and uniquely intimate.
SH*T SOBRANG INIT – VXON
A whole mood fr, and also one that the P-pop boy group compares to the feeling of being with that special someone.
STATESIDE – PINKPANTHERESS
Her production always hits!
BUZZKILL – LYN LAPID
Manifesting for Lyn to finally get the Olivia Rodrigo/NIKI/Gracie Abrams hype.
POPPOP – NCT WISH
This might be our favorite NCT Wish song yet. It’s catchy af.
HEADPHONES ON – ADDISON RAE
Say what you want about Addison, but she is finding her space in pop, and it’s a conversation some of you aren’t ready to have yet.
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