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5 days ago | pitchfork.com | Mano Sundaresan

You can draw a line from Pi’erre Bourne’s spacey, pixelated beats on Playboi Carti’s self-titled mixtape to countless production choices of the last half-decade. To name two: flansie and Skimayne’s synth storm on Yeat’s “Gët Busy” and OK’s bruising bassline on OsamaSon’s “Fool.” For a couple years in the late 2010s, Pi’erre was one of the most innovative producers in hip-hop, concocting pure ear candy by layering sugary electronic melodies and silly soundbites over locomotive 808s.

6 days ago | pitchfork.com | Matthew Strauss

The National’s Matt Berninger has released another single from his second solo album. The new song, “Breaking Into Acting,” is a collaboration with Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy. The track’s music video, directed by Hopper Mills, is a sort of video within a video, as it features people using various devices to watch Berninger and Duffy act in front of a yellow screen. Find the clip below. Berninger’s new album, Get Sunk, is out May 30.

6 days ago | pitchfork.com | Jazz Monroe

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Tunde Adebimpe; Julien Baker & Torres; Hieroglyphic Being; Juana Rozas; Davido; Mozzy; Superheaven; and Lucy Railton. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week.

6 days ago | pitchfork.com | Matthew Strauss

The ascent of Addison Rae continues apace. The burgeoning pop star has released the new song “Headphones On,” which arrives with a music video that was filmed in Reykjavík, Iceland, and directed by Mitch Ryan. In the visual, Rae sports neon pink hair and a pair of wired earbuds, rides a white horse, and pouts around various Scandinavian landscapes. Watch the new “Headphones On” video below. Rae co-wrote “Headphones On” with the song’s producers, Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd.

6 days ago | pitchfork.com | Matthew Strauss

Jadakiss, Swizz Beatz, and Pusha T have come together for a new song. The hip-hop stalwarts made “Danger Danger” for the soundtrack to the fourth season of MGM+’s Godfather of Harlem. Find the new track’s music video below. Swizz Beatz is the executive music producer of the new Godfather of Harlem soundtrack.