What we’re listening to: Dangerous Bunny, The Weeknd, FKA twigs and extra

In What We’re Listening To, Engadget editors and writers focus on the brand new music we will’t get sufficient of.

Dangerous Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

You don’t want me to let you know to go hearken to Dangerous Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — if you happen to’re on the web sufficient, you’ve been told to accomplish that already. However I’ll add to the pile-on and say that that is Dangerous Bunny’s most private work but. It showcases how fashionable pop, rap and R&B could be seamlessly mixed with old-school, conventional sounds from completely different cultures (on this case, Puerto Rico) in a approach that celebrates each camps. Dangerous Bunny has at all times been deeply linked to his island dwelling and it’s come by in his music, however DTMF is on a complete different stage.

For me, there are not any skips on this album — however if you happen to’re going to hearken to only one track, make it the salsa hit “BAILE INoLVIDABLE.” Other than that, my favorites are “NUEVAYoL” (if you happen to reside within the 5 boroughs, be ready to listen to this all summer time lengthy), “KETU TeCRÉ,” “CAFé CON RON” and “EoO.” — Valentina Palladino, Deputy Editor, Shopping for Recommendation

The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow

The Weeknd is actually going out with a bang with Hurry Up Tomorrow. Supposedly the pop star’s final record beneath his present pseudonym, Hurry Up Tomorrow additionally completes the trilogy that began with 2020’s After Hours and continued with 2022’s Daybreak FM. It’s an enormous (actually, at 22 tracks), cinematic album that serves as The Weeknd’s magnus opus, and no doubt, his most private undertaking but. His attitudes towards fame, legacy, suicide, previous substance abuse, the worry of being alone and rather more are all laid naked for listeners to listen to, however in typical Weeknd trend, he disguises all of it in moody synths, thumping bass and top-tier vocals.

The primary issues I seen throughout my preliminary hear had been the transitions: they’re past easy on this album, and so they’re one of many explanation why the primary 5 tracks make up one of the vital energizing sequences I’ve heard begin an album lately. I’d personally prolong that to incorporate the following two tracks, the ultimate of which is “Open Hearts,” a track that’s lower from an identical fabric as “Blinding Lights” and can, little doubt, be a standout single from the report. My different prime tracks are “Wake Me Up,” “Cry for Me,” “São Paulo,” and “Niagara Falls.” — V.P.

FKA twigs – EUSEXUA

FKA twigs is really in a league of her personal. I’ve been mentally ready to be modified by the brand new album ever since she launched the genuinely jaw-dropping “Eusexua” music video again in September (which options two tracks, “Drums of Loss of life” and “Eusexua”), but it surely’s much more magnificent than I used to be prepared for. FKA twigs has described the state of “eusexua” as “pure presence. It is a second of nothingness. Or it is the second earlier than a very unbelievable concept… it is this ego-less presence which is simply full of this type of tingling readability.” Name me corny, however listening to this album is a non secular expertise each time.

Eusexua ebbs and flows over the course of its 11 tracks, beginning out nearly angelic with the title observe earlier than transporting you proper onto a throbbing, disorienting membership dance flooring with “Drums of Loss of life” and “Room of Fools,” then again right down to a softer, emotionally uncooked place with “Sticky.” “Childlike Issues” feels just like the onset of sudden pleasure, nearly misplaced in between “Hold It, Maintain It” and “Striptease” however in a approach that’s actually grown on me.

“Good Stranger,” towards the start, and the penultimate track “24hr Canine” nearly really feel like two sides of the identical coin, the latter hitting just like the susceptible comedown from the previous. I really like each track on this album, however I particularly can’t cease listening to “Lady Feels Good,” which sounds prefer it’s been transplanted into 2025 from the ‘90s and hits me in simply the best approach. Eusexua has type of taken over my character in the intervening time. — Cheyenne MacDonald, Weekend Editor

Honorable mentions: A bunch of singles have come out these days which have me so hyped for albums we’re going to see later this winter and spring. I’m apologizing prematurely for the individual I’ll turn into when Woman Gaga’s Mayhem drops, as a result of “Abracadabra” has reawakened one thing in me. On the alternative finish of the spectrum, I’ve been obsessively listening to Bria Salmena’s brooding indie observe, “Stretch the Battle,” forward of her debut album’s launch on the finish of March, together with “Sugar within the Tank” by Julien Baker and Torres, who’ve a country-leaning collaboration album popping out in April that I can’t await. The entire new SZA from SOS Deluxe: Lana (Deluxe?) has been an actual deal with too. — C.M.

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