Vote: Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week, From Olivia Rodrigo to Alex Warren & JENNIE?

As August draws to an exhilarating close, the music landscape is surging with a stellar array of high-profile debuts, genre-bending anthems, and long-awaited studio efforts.

Leading this week’s offerings, three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo delivered her provocative standalone track, “Serena Joy.” Drawing inspiration from the complex antagonist in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the fiery record takes aim at moral complacency and systemic injustice. The release arrives just ahead of Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine, California—a landmark all-female benefit concert raising funds for global women’s organizations, featuring a monumental lineup that includes Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan, Mitski, Karen O, Doechii, and Sarah McLachlan.

Meanwhile, Alex Warren capitalizes on the runaway success of You’ll Be Alright, Kid with his follow-up full-length project, WILDCHILD. On the global stage, BLACKPINK standout JENNIE embarks on a captivating solo journey with her latest EP, Fallen Angel, arriving right on the heels of solo project teasers from her bandmates JISOO and LISA.

The weekend’s release slate is stacked across all genres. Notable new full-length albums include:

• Rod Wave – Don’t Look Down
• Billy Strings – So Much for Goodbyes
• Alabama Shakes – I Must Be Dreaming
• Natanael Cano – Natanael Cano
• Erykah Badu & The Alchemist – Before The World Blows
• Carly Pearce – Honest Woman
• Ladrones – Arriba La L
• Ky-Mani Marley – Love and Energy

On the singles front, dynamic collaborations and standalone tracks have arrived from flowerovlove and Willow (“girls will be girls”), Belgian pop icon Angèle (“Une seule vie”), and UK electronic powerhouse Chase & Status featuring Debbie (“Gone Too Far”).

Vote: What Is Your Favorite Music Release This Week?

From blistering rock anthems to introspective rap and soulful ballads, which project is dominating your playlist? Cast your vote in the poll below.

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