this past week’s presidential debate or the pop-history-making MTV Video Music Awards, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by pop culture at the moment—but don’t worry, this week in new music has has all the bops you need to balance out the madness. Here, the only debates are about which bop hits hardest, and these tracks might just inspire a performance of your own—whether it’s in the car, the shower, or the club.Let’s jump right into this week’s Bop After Bop...Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Tate McRae is still being greedy when it comes to pop music—and we’re not OK.
After channeling Britney at the VMAs, she’s continuing that homage with her latest single, “It’s ok I’m ok.” McRae pounces back into the pop game, delivering punch after punch with a track that has it all: a catchy chorus, a fierce choreography-heavy music video and a bitchy cadence you can’t help but live for. Playful, raunchy, and scandalous, McRae is proving she’s pop’s next champion, with her finger on the pulse of what the gays—and everyone else—has craved in a pop star.Brat summer isn’t over as long as Charli XCX and Troye Sivan have something to “Talk Talk” about.
The duo is back with a electrifying remix of the standout track from Brat, now part of Charli’s remix album Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat, out October 11. Featuring a cameo from Dua Lipa effortlessly slipping into French and Spanish, this remix is gonna make you sweat, and with the Sweat tour kicking off tomorrow, it’s clear Charli and Troye are about to take brat summer into speed drive.
FKA Twigs beckons us into her world with her latest release, “Eusexua,” a preview of her upcoming project, set to drop on January 25, 2025. Inspired by her time living in Prague, the track is a minimalist techno offering that aims to capture the essence of ‘eusexua’—a word Twigs coined to describe a euphoric transcendence.
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