New Music Friday Guide: ‘The Hunger Games’ Soundtrack, ATEEZ, U2 Featuring Dolly Parton and More

The soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, ATEEZ’s 15th mini-album and U2’s 16th album are among this week’s releases featured in Billboard’s Friday Music Guide. U2’s Carnaval de Luz features the late Dolly Parton.

Last week’s guide featured Lil Baby, JENNIE, Dove Cameron, XG and Boys Noize.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping – The Album

The film’s 29-song soundtrack runs one hour and 40 minutes. Noah Kahan’s lead single, “Draw You Out,” was followed by songs from Gigi Perez and The Smashing Pumpkins. The album also features Noah Cyrus, Bella Kay and Stevie Nicks. Current chart-topper Ella Langley sings the latest focus track, “Here Then We’re Gone,” a minimally produced acoustic song about life coming to an end. — LYNDSEY HAVENS

ATEEZ, Golden Hour: Part.6

South Korean boy band ATEEZ, who debuted in 2018, have released their 15th mini-album, Golden Hour: Part.6. The tense, energetic “UP” would fit a high-speed chase in an action film. — L.H.

U2 feat. Dolly Parton, “Torn” (Kent Wells Version)

“Torn” pairs U2 frontman Bono with Dolly Parton in what became her final recorded vocal before her death in August. This country version, from Parton’s producer Kent Wells, received its country radio world premiere earlier this week.

Parton, U2 and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid wrote the song, which brings Parton’s soprano together with Bono’s gritty vocal as they sing about fractured family bonds. Guitars, drums, pedal steel and keyboards back the performance. — JESSICA NICHOLSON

2Hollis, “Daisy”

2hollis released his album Piroutte midweek to quick praise. Mk.gee co-wrote and co-produced the glitchy “Human After All.” Album closer “Daisy” is a crunchy techno-pop track about a relationship causing sleeplessness and distress. — L.H.

Fall Out Boy, “ACES”

Fall Out Boy released the single “ACES” after announcing a 2027 global tour earlier this week to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary. The melodic, roaring song calls for perseverance through difficult times and decline. — L.H.

Snoh Aalegra, Legendary Love

Snoh Aalegra has released her fourth studio album, Legendary Love, five years after Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies. The three-time Grammy nominee draws on her love life for an exploration of love steeped in cinematic 1980s R&B. Contributors include Babyface, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Nile Rodgers and Daniel Caesar. — KYLE DENIS

Leon Thomas, “Trophy”

Leon Thomas has released “Trophy,” his first solo offering of 2026. The former Billboard cover star began the year with two Grammy wins and appeared on a run of R&B tracks. On the new single, he sings about intimacy as a reward for his hard work. — K.D.

Source: Billboard