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As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.This week’s lineup is led by Usher, Don Toliver and Megan Thee Stallion, who released the singles "Ruin," "Bandit" and the "Chopped & Screwed" version of "HISS." Also joining this selection are offerings from BADBADNOTGOOD with reggie, The Alchemist with Hit-Boy, Zacari, Jamila Woods and Cash Cobain.Usher - "Ruin"Usher has a busy month ahead of him; as he prepares for his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance on February 11 and the release of his ninth studio album Coming Home on February 9, he released his newest single "Ruin." The track features production and a guest appearance from Pheelz, and hears inspiration from Afrobeats and Amapiano.Listen: Spotify | ...

It’s not hard to believe that Oliver Tree would rather make movies than music, even if “Miss You,” a cut from his latest LP Alone In a Crowd, boasts half a billion streams on Spotify. “I wanted to be a filmmaker so my music videos are perhaps a different way of satisfying those dreams,” Tree says. A decade, and a rebrand or two later after inking his first record deal at only 20 years old, the Santa Cruz-born artist calls in from New York amid a US tour, which he refers to as “somewhere between a Broadway musical and a high school play.”For all his streaming success, the quirky, experimental artist still finds himself in the director’s chair. With each album, Tree introduces a new alter ego, who then stars in the accompanying videos, typically montages featuring brazen sketches and stunts....

YUNGBLUD entered the punk rock scene in 2017, quickly making a modern impact on the genre. His music draws inspiration from a range of topics from politics to his upbringing in Doncaster, England, and touches on serious themes such as mental health. Throughout his discography, he has collaborated with artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon, Denzel Curry, and more. His most recent collaboration brings together alternative and hip-hop influences alongside Atlanta's Lil Yachty.With the release of his first single of 2024, YUNGBLUD sits down with Hypebeast to break down the creative process behind "When We Die (Can We Still Get High?)", working with Lil Yachty, potential plans for 2024 as well as how his fans actively influence his day-to-day life. Hypebeast: A ...

It’s a rainy January day in Brooklyn, and Takuya Kuroda has been afforded a brief respite from his packed schedule. With space to think, he gets to reminiscing. “It’s funny: I’ll still get DMs saying ‘I love your song! It’s so fresh!’” the trumpeter says, referring to the version of Roy Ayers Ubiquity track “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that he reimagined alongside vocalist Jose James. “I’m like ‘It’s not my song! … It’s amazing that my arrangement of that song can open so many doors for people.”Kuroda is far from nostalgic. Miles Davis, one of his significant trumpet influences alongside Clifford Brown and Freddie Hubbard, once said, “If anyone wants to keep creating, they have to be about change.” That mindset has also been at the forefront of Kuroda's creative output over his nearly tw...

Cole Bennett might be the most connected guy in the hip-hop industry – and probably the only guy to get Kid Cudi and Lil Durk on a song and music video together in matching three-piece suits. The man behind Lyrical Lemonade even gathered 34 artists for the multimedia collective’s long-awaited debut album, All Is Yellow. From OG Lyrical Lemonade homies like Lil Tecca, Lil Skies and Ski Mask The Slump God to some of Bennett’s most revered “musical pioneers” – Lil B, Cudi and Juicy J – All Is Yellow is an immersive audiovisual experience, one that makes stops at genres beyond Lyrical Lemonade’s standard scope and pairs musicians whom you’d never find on a track together anywhere else.After a year of coordinating worldwide shoots (bringing Jack Harlow to London to shoot with Dave) filled with ...