The 21-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim plays like an old soul. On a new album, he puts his own stamp on lesser-known music by Tchaikovsky. Bonsook Koo hide caption STAR LINE comes six years after Chance The Rapper's studio debut The Big Day , which ended the hot streak he'd enjoyed on his 2010s mixtape run, but may have set him on a radical new path. Keeley Parenteau hide caption On Chappell Roan's new song "The Subway," she captures New York City's unique hardships with a broken heart. Ryan Lee Clemens hide caption British rapper and singer Jim Legxacy's latest project, black british music (2025) , slams together sounds from across and beyond the current U.K. rap scene. Igoris Tarran hide caption With a new album, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music, Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Marta Arteaga hide caption Morgan Wallen's fourth album, I'm the Problem , continues his run of commercial success following a string of controversies. Spidey Smith hide caption Soprano Barbara Hannigan takes the spotlight on Electric Fields , a new collaborative album inspired by the 12th-century abbess and composer Hildegard von Bingen. Marco Borggreve hide caption On his long-awaited new chapter, SABLE, fABLE , Bon Iver revels in fresh comforts in subtle, surprising ways, without sacrificing the ache that animated his early work. Asher Weisberg/Graham Tolbert hide caption Lucy Dacus frames her new album, Forever Is a Feeling , around a vision of love as a well-tended slow burn. hide caption Over just a few months, the four members of the K-pop group BLACKPINK (left to right: Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé) have all debuted new releases as solo artists. Photos by Jisoo/Mok Jung Wook/Wontae Go/Kenneth Cappello hide caption Playboi Carti onstage in February, performing with The Weeknd during the 67th Grammy Awards. The rapper's long-delayed third studio album is titled, simply, MUSIC . Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption

March 12, 2025 • Lady Gaga has kept busy as a singer and actor, but it's been five years since she's released a full-blown pop album. Now, she's back with Mayhem , which has already produced three hits — including the chart-topping Bruno Mars duet "Die With A Smile." It's got bangers, it's got ballads, it's Lady Gaga through and through.

Olly Alexander's Polari is an exploration of queer identity that includes songs like "Cupid's Bow." Richie Talboy/Interscope Records hide caption Panda Bear's eighth album, Sinister Grift , finds the now 46-year-old Noah Lennox facing shifting relationships and unfulfilled hopes. Chris Shonting hide caption $ome $exy $ongs 4 U , Drake's collaborative album with his OVO Sound signee PARTYNEXTDOOR, returns to the murky R&B sound that defined his breakout years. NORMAN WONG/Norman Wong hide caption Paul McCartney plays at the Bowery Ballroom, a small club in New York City. Last week, he surprised audiences by playing three shows at the club, which usually plays host to up-and-coming indie rock bands. Photographer: MJ Kim/© MPL Communications Ltd hide caption Hurry Up Tomorrow is Abel Tesfaye's sixth studio album as The Weekend — and, he's declared, his last under that identity. Holly McCandless Desmond hide caption On his new album, Dreamcatcher , James McVinnie offers a fresh take on the venerable, and often misunderstood, pipe organ. Graham Lacdao hide caption