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New Music Friday

New Music Friday - USA

This Week's Charge

Reading for 2026-08-14.

The week's new releases land at the bottom edge of Decent, a hair short of the Degraded line. What pulls them down is a run of songs that put a body or a bank balance where a person should be, and only two readings hold steady above the middle.

  1. 1 I Can’t Wait Phoebe Bridgers Decent -6
  2. 2 Hootie Frutti KATSEYE Degraded -32
  3. 3 CHULA Becky G Decent +8
  4. 4 Trance (Walk It Down) Quavo Corrupted -82
  5. 5 She’s the Best Troye Sivan Decent +14
  6. 6 Heaven Baby (feat. ZAYN) Ayra Starr, ZAYN Decent +4
  7. 7 Mess Jordan Davis Degraded -48
  8. 8 Ay Bendito (with Mora & Ovy On The Drums) benny blanco, Mora, Ovy On The Drums Degraded -53
  9. 9 500 Horses Nipsey Hussle, Bino Rideaux Corrupted -79
  10. 10 Sunshine Jungle Decent -1
  11. 11 Witch Doctor Erykah Badu, The Alchemist Elevated +28
  12. 12 MYSTERY OF RAW Michael Bibi, KETTAMA, Wu-Tang Clan Degraded -67
  13. 13 Too Bo$$y Flo Milli Degraded -66
  14. 14 Hurt Icona Pop Elevated +33
  15. 15 I Lied, You Lied Jorja Smith Decent -5
  16. 16 Mirage MPH, Skrillex Degraded -33
  17. 17 dance around it Ashley Cooke Degraded -38
  18. 18 Ten Over Ten Royal Blood Decent +5
  19. 19 Take Me Out To The Disco Gus Dapperton Decent -11
  20. 20 DIFFERENCE [Feat. Yebba] Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats, Yebba Degraded -68