SEVENTEEN, Tinashe, Griff, and More: Best New Music Friday

This week's Best New Music features fresh releases from SEVENTEEN members Wonwoo and Mingyu, Griff, Tinashe, NIKI, and more.

Wonwoo x Mingyu feat. LeeHi, “Bittersweet”

SEVENTEEN members Wonwoo and Mingyu have teamed up with singer LeeHi for a lovely bossa nova-infused single about hiding a love that doesn't seem possible just yet, and reckoning with shifting friendship dynamics. LeeHi's beautiful voice compliments the duo well, painting a portrait of pining and expectations. The music video — directed by Jong-Kwan Kim of Josée and Persona — is part of SEVENTEEN's “Power of Love” project, and feels like a mini coming-of-age drama about three people reevaluating their friendship in light of ~feelings~.

Cheat Codes feat. Tinashe," Lean On Me"

It's always a good week when Tinashe releases new music. She teamed up with Cheat Codes for the fun “Lean On Me,” an inspirational-pop summer anthem that soaks up the sun in skateparks and romantic diners. More Tinashe all the time, please.

Rich Brian, NIKI, and Warren Hue, “California”

Rich Brian, NIKI, and Warren Hue joined forces for the second single from 88Rising's next collaborative project, Head In The Clouds III. All three artists are Indonesian transplants who have found themselves making it work in Los Angeles and following their dreams, and their new song “California” unpacks that dynamic. It's part love letter, part complicated relationship, with visuals that celebrate the state's beauty alongside the challenges they've faced. “I don't want to be the one that's left behind,” they reiterate atop a trap beat. NIKI sings with a sigh, “Celebrate it or berate it, it's been fated, California.”

Griff, “One Foot In Front Of The Other”

Rising singer and songwriter Griff produced her forthcoming mixtape One Foot In Front of the Other almost entirely from her bedroom, and her newly-released single of the same name has an authenticity to match. The catchy hit recognizes her own power and healing processes, with a very relatable refrain: “Things just take longer to heal these days.”

KINGS, “ur a good bye”

KINGS' new electro-pop bop is an infectious ode to someone who maybe wasn't the one who got away, but close. A pop art lyric video illustrates the point: “Let your ghost haunt me for so long,” the Nashville by way of North Carolina singer acknowledges. But isn't it freeing to say goodbye?

Alycia Bella, “God, Drugs, and You”

Alycia Bella, a critically-acclaimed Bay Area singer-songwriter, returns this week with a new single from her album Muse, which is “rooted in self-love,” per a press statement. “God, Drugs, and You,” is a woozy existential crisis hidden in a romantic gaze — "The dreams you try to sell me/I can't afford 'em/The stars mean more when/I can explore them," Alycia muses. As she notes astutely, sometimes all you want is someone to feel close to you as the world burns.

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