It’s a busy day in music as industry sources like Official Charts and Uproxx highlight a surge of new releases across genres. Lady Gaga headlines New Music Friday with her synth-driven single The Dead Dance, which is already stirring chatter as a major anthem from the Netflix series Wednesday. RAYE makes a notable splash too with What A Difference A Day Makes, created for the limited series Black Rabbit. Perrie gears up for her solo debut with the energetic Cute Aggression, while Jennifer Lopez unveils Kiss of the Spider Woman, tying her music return to an upcoming film. Calvin Harris joins forces with Jessie Reyez for Ocean, a collaboration aiming for chart supremacy and marking Jessie’s potential first UK Top 10.

Major album drops this week span rock, pop, and indie. Suede releases their tenth studio album Antidepressants, following up their near chart-topping previous effort. The K-pop world buzzes with aespa’s latest mini-album Rich Man, while SG Lewis releases his third studio LP Anemoia. Tom Odell’s seventh album A Wonderful Life is out now and chasing Top 10 status. Shame returns with Cutthroat, their fourth full-length, and Japanese pop star Fujii Kaze is back with Prema. British icons Saint Etienne close their run with a farewell album, International, a sentimental moment for longtime fans. Listeners also get live nostalgia with Oasis releasing a new version of Wonderwall recorded in Dublin.

Today marks the arrival of new albums from indie standouts Big Thief with Double Infinity, David Byrne’s genre-bending and philosophically playful Who Is the Sky?, and Hot Chip’s Joy In Repetition. Cut Copy, Ivy, El Michels Affair, and Curtis Harding’s Departures & Arrivals add to the genre diversity, with more on deck like Elmiene’s Heat The Streets and grandson’s INTERTIA. In the heavier realm, IAN debuts with their post-rock single Fennel, and Melbourne’s Post Heaven earns attention with Exit Wound, blending metalcore and shoegaze.

Beyond new music, Radio Milwaukee and A Journal of Musical Things point to shifts in the industry, such as Walmart launching a free streaming service in a direct challenge to Amazon and Spotify, signaling fierce competition for listener attention as Gen-Z shows less interest in streaming subscriptions.

Country music celebrates milestones today as industry retrospectives mark RIAA platinum certifications for Zac Brown Band and Luke Bryan, while historical concert moments are recalled involving Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, and others. The enduring legacy of iconic performances, like Ariana Grande’s memorable BBC 1 Live Lounge set in 2018, also resurfaces in music news.

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