Tove Lo’s Steamy Club Anthem & 8 Of The Best New Songs Out This Week

Tove Lo’s ability to craft addictive and euphoric pop songs that demand to be played on the dance floor needs to be studied. With the help of SG Lewis, she’s constructed yet another bop as sweaty and sticky as its namesake.

The thumping opener on Normani’s long-awaited debut album is a confident shoutout to the singer’s Southern roots. Over a funky bass line tailor-made for your get-ready playlist, she twists the song’s title into a lyrical nod at Big Boi, flaunts her platinum records, and prepares us for a hit of Dopamine.

Dripping in suburban fantasy, retro guitars, and vocals that drag like a cigarette, this summery slow burner makes a strong case for why “music to float in a pool to” should be its own genre.

Victoria Monét did not have to go this hard in a song for a Star Wars spinoff-series soundtrack, but its haunting lyrics and sinister sound will have you so glad she did.

Listening to Jensen McRae almost feels too personal, as if every candid lyric was not just a line in a song, but an unraveling of her innermost thoughts. That’s especially true on the new relationship-memorializing track “Massachusetts,” which name-drops Christian Bale, recalls stoned fathers, and romanticizes hours spent playing video games.

This isn’t your mom’s ’80s music, but it is an ’80s song. With theatrical synths and Cranberries-esque cries, “Perfume” turns the world into a John Hughes movie for three minutes and 41 seconds — albeit one where everyone has iPhones.

This smooth R&B slow jam feels like one of those still-air summer nights, when the sun falls at a glacial pace, parking lots glow, the season feels endless, and all you want to do is surrender to the impeccable vibes.

It’s been too long since Nashville gave us a beer-spilling, booty-shaking female country-pop crossover. Thankfully, Tanner Adell — who appeared on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter — is taking up the baton with a good-time bop featuring cheeky one-liners destined to caption every Insta pic you take on a boat this summer.

Following in the great tradition of breezy June and July love songs like LFO’s “Summer Girls,” this on-the-nose tune is guaranteed to have you nostalgic for a season that hasn’t even started yet.