This week’s releases feel like a full musical buffet, moving from Latin house, acid rave, Jersey Club, and 140 dubstep to bittersweet indie-pop, trip-hop heartache, warm alt-pop, and night-chill R&B. Across dancefloor fire, morning-rush hooks, and intimate late-night emotion, these tracks show just how wide this week’s sound can stretch.
#NMF Dance: Our Picks For The Week
NMF Dance brings new music from HUGEL, RYL0, borne, and more!
1. HUGEL – “Bad Bitch”
HUGEL keeps his global rise with “Bad Bitch,” a bold Latin house track featuring Sexyy Red and Gatano. Following the collaborative spirit of Twenty One, the track fuses HUGEL’s infectious club groove with Sexyy Red’s fearless rap attitude. Meanwhile, its playful production and infectious rhythm show HUGEL’s strength in pushing Latin house beyond the dancefloor and into a bigger global space.
2. BIIANCO – “where_the_drummer_at?”
BIIANCO kicks off with “where_the_drummer_at?”, a single made for a fast, physical release. Blending acid synths, frenetic break beats, and driving percussion, the single captures the clash between human emotion and machine-like production. At the same time, the perfect mix within this single introduces the project’s “Machine vs. Human” concept, arriving as BIIANCO begins an international run of shows in Berlin this Saturday.
3. Dani Ashley, Venessa Michaels – “Put Me on the List.”
Dani Ashley and Venessa Michaels turn LA nightlife chaos into a summer party anthem with “Put Me on the List.” Dani’s playful vocals and Venessa’s club-ready production perfectly combine queer culture, West Coast rave energy, and pure group-chat humor, making this track feel instantly fun, chaotic, and born for the summer-night dancefloor.
4. RYL0 – “Phoenix (Epilogue)”
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RYL0 returns with “Phoenix (Epilogue),” a futuristic electro-pop banger built on Jersey Club momentum. Opening with stuttered vocal chops and ambient synth pads, the track drops into thumping beats, trunk-rattling 808s, and garage-style drums beneath RYL0’s vivid delivery. More than a catchy pop release, “Phoenix (Epilogue)” captures obsession, prophecy, and self-rebirth, turning past wounds into the fire needed to rebuild.
5. borne – “Ignite” (ft.Tasha Baxter)
borne comes back to NIGHTMODE with “Ignite,” an explosive 140 dubstep single. It greatly balances satiny melody with raw, weaponized force. begin with heartbeat drums, glum piano, and Tasha Baxter’s entrancing falsetto, the track builds a tense calm before erupting into searing synths, roaring sub-bass, metallic textures, and fiery club pressure. Indeed, the release arrives ahead of Borne’s highly anticipated B2B with Nitepunk at the Niteharts closing party in San Diego.
Check out our full NMF DANCE playlist, now available on Spotify
#NewMusicFriday: Our Picks for the Week
New music from beabadoobee, GAYLE, Girlfriend, and more on New Music Friday.
1. beabadoobee – “Memories”
beabadoobee shares “Memories,” the latest preview of her forthcoming album Pylon. Though Bea calls it one of the album’s happiest songs, the track carries a bittersweet ache, capturing the feeling of romanticizing moments that once felt perfect but cannot be lived in forever. Raw, nostalgic, and quietly painful, “Memories” turns happiness into something fragile. In fact, it is arriving ahead of Bea’s North American power lines World Tour kickoff on October 1.
2. The Head and The Heart – “The Swimming Song”
Niko Rubio drops “kitty,” a raw, bass-laced trip-hop heartache song that opens her new era. Built from a sound she once thought was too strange to share, the track became the foundation for her new era. Overall, “kitty” is an admission of guilt, capturing Rubio’s inner voice as she faces the damage of loving the wrong people and knowing she has to stop.
3. GAYLE – “Bite the Bullet”
GAYLE keeps her Observing Chaos era moving with “Bite the Bullet,” a joyful, high-energy single that shows a different side from “junebug!” (Previously highlighted in NMF HERE). If “junebug!” opened this chapter with bright, nostalgic warmth. In contrast, “Bite the Bullet” pushes into a sharper morning-rush energy. The repeated “nanana” hooks work almost like an instrument, making the track feels perfect for a wake-up routine, teasing the wide range of sounds on GAYLE’s Observing Chaos.
4. Remi Wolf – “Bottle”
Remi Wolf releases “Bottle,” a warm new single from her upcoming album Mud. Filled with peak-summer glow, the track pairs a private sense of safety with Remi’s textured, powerful voice, making it feel both intimate and alive. As Remi describes Mud as emotional, messy, joyful, and full of love, “Bottle” carries that same spirit, turning vulnerability into something colorful and heartfelt.
5. Girlfriend – “All of the Above”
Girlfriend unveils “All of the Above,” a heartfelt R&B single wrapped in night-chill romance. Opening with an electric guitar before slipping into sleek contemporary production, the track follows the emotional limbo between full devotion and quiet doubt. Through candid lyrics and emotive vocals, Girlfriend captures the ache of loving someone deeply while wondering if that love is truly being returned.