New Music Friday: Beyonce, Billie Eilish & More of the Hottest Songs and Albums of the Week

Beyoncé gave fans a visually stunning celebration of Black history and identity with her new visual album,, Billie Eilish prepared to follow up her GRAMMYs sweep with a reflective new single, and Brandy returned to the music game with her first album in eight years.Plus, Dan + Shay dropped a poppy new single dedicated to avoiding that ex you're having second thoughts about, and Cousin Greg from rocked out on a social distancing anthem.Read on for some of our favorite recommendations for new songs and albums to listen to this week — plus, where you can stream them now!Beyoncé's new visual album was originally filmed as companion piece to her 2019 soundtrack, but as the performer shared in an Instagram message, «I could never have imagined

Billie Eilish‘s new song featured in the upcoming movie Barbie has been released!

Billie Eilish has previewed the arrival of brand new music with a teaser video shared to social media.The artist has been building anticipation for a new drop in recent days, including hinting at a possible new album by adding all her followers to her ‘Close Friends’ Story on Instagram.On that Story she shared an image of a single door half-open along with some mid-air droplets, which fans think could be new album cover art.It came after a series of billboards appeared to tease Eilish’s forthcoming new album in major cities across the world.Her latest clue arrives today (April 8) in a video clip featuring the singer sinking in a murky body of water, before a hand emerges from out of frame to pull her out.The clip features a heartbeat sound before the entrance of an electronic keyboard tune and vocalising from the singer.The clip is simply captioned: “READY?”Billie shares a teaser via her Instagram.— “READY?” pic.twitter.com/zmXGlNV2Kq— Billie Eilish Society (@BillieSociety) April 8, 2024A series of other teasers came on her ‘Close Friends’ Instagram Story.

Billie Eilish is revisiting her old looks — on a scale fit for a Barbie doll!

Billie Eilish? The 19-year-old artist won two GRAMMYs on Sunday night (adding to her record-breaking wins in 2020), including Record of the Year for «Everything I Wanted.» As usual Eilish made major fashion statements at the awards show in two custom Gucci ensembles. Both the red carpet and performance looks perfectly expressed the singer's edgy aesthetic.For her performance of «Everything I Wanted» she stunned in a dark green shirt, pant and gloves embroidered with diamond crystal sequins, topped off with a beautiful crystal headpiece.

Billie Eilish, Robert Smith, Stevie Wonder and Nicki Minaj are just a handful of artists who have signed an open letter warning against the “predatory” use of artificial intelligence (AI) in music.Yesterday (April 2), non-profit organization Artist Rights Alliance issued an open letter titled ‘Stop devaluing music’ about the rise of AI in music, signed by over 200 prominent names in the music industry. Read the full letter here.Through the letter, the artist-run nonprofit organization asks that developers, technology companies, and platforms and digital music services “pledge that they will not develop or deploy AI music-generation technology, content, or tools that undermine or replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists or deny us fair compensation for our work.”The letter states: “Make no mistake: we believe that, when used responsibly, AI has enormous potential to advance human creativity and in a manner that enables the development and growth of new and exciting experiences for music fans everywhere.”“Unfortunately, some platforms and developers are employing AI to sabotage creativity and undermine artists, songwriters, musicians and rightsholders.

Billie Eilish has revealed that she felt it was “weird” when people labelled her music “depressing” and “sad” as she first began to rise in popularity. Not because she disagrees, necessarily.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Lana Del Rey had a couple of heavily favored cameos during her Coachella performance, welcoming recent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Jon Batiste, both of whom will be fronting their own sets later in the weekend — but also one far less easily guessed guest, in the form of Billie Eilish, who turned up for a surprise pair of duets. Taking to a terrace overlooking the massive stage, the duo first joined forces on Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes,” then turned their voices to “Video Games.” Both songs represent the first real breakout hits in these artists’ respective careers.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music A series of billboards apparently teasing Billie Eilish’s new album have popped up in major cities across the world, as noted in multiple social media posts on Tuesday. The billboards do not feature the Grammy- and Oscar-winning artist’s name but do include her familiar “blohsh” symbol and what appear to be lyric snippets saying things like “Did I cross the line?,” “I try to live in black and white” and “She’s the headlights I’m the deer.” A rep for the artist did not immediately respond to Variety‘s requests for comment.

Billie Eilish is launching a new music show with her dad, Patrick O’Connell.

Billie Eilish is back with new music.

Jon Burlingame editor“Turning Red,” Pixar’s latest animated adventure, posed some pretty big musical challenges: it’s about a 13-year-old girl, obsessed with a boy band, whose Chinese ancestry literally looms large as she turns into a giant panda when her emotions spin out of control.It demanded a trio of world-class talents: Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for the songs and Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winner Ludwig Göransson to compose the score.That such high-profile talents were available and eager to contribute to “Turning Red” says a lot about the music-friendly reputation of Pixar, which has won five music Oscars (including last year’s “Soul”) and 11 more nominations for either song or score since the original “Toy Story” in 1995. Tom MacDougall, president of Walt Disney Music, conferred with director Domee Shi — whose personal coming-of-age, mother-daughter conflict story inspired “Turning Red” — and reached out to all of them in 2019, before production on the film began.MacDougall had been a fan since Eilish’s early hit “Ocean Eyes” and was impressed, he says, “by the breadth of the territory that their songwriting and performing covered” ever since.

The Visual Album That Everyone Will Be Talking About: Beyonce, Black Is KingThis weekend, Beyonce fans have been gifted a new “visual album,” Black Is King, that serves as a companion to last year’s The Lion King: The Gift and is streaming exclusively on Disney+. And while the project is not brimming with previously unheard music from Queen Bey -- just an extended version of “Black Parade” and a remix of “Find Your Way Back” -- the latter deserves late-breaking summer-jam status, repositioning the original song’s production into something more combustible.

Billie Eilish looks back on past relationships with the music video for “Male Fantasy”.

Billie Eilish has teased details around her forthcoming music video for ‘Male Fantasy’, which she has directed and edited herself.Taking to social media, Eilish shared a clip of the video which sees her sitting in a dark room while the ‘Happier Than Ever’ track’s opening notes play.Set for release at 9am PT time (5pm GMT time), the video for ‘Male Fantasy’ will be the sixth from ‘Happier Than Ever’ – all of which Eilish herself has directed. The other videos thus far include ‘Therefore I Am’, ‘Your Power’, ‘Lost Cause’, ‘NDA’ and the album’s title track.Watch the teaser for ‘Male Fantasy’ below:The official music video for “Male Fantasy”, directed and edited by Billie, is out tomorrow at 9am PT.

Billie Eilish released a new song and self-directed video for "Lost Cause," the latest single off her upcoming album "Happier Than Ever," out July 30. In the video, Eilish parades around the house with an entourage of friends, twerking, shooting water guns and snacking on potato chips.

Billie Eilish has unveiled her new single Lost Cause - the latest track from her upcoming album Happier Than Ever. 

William Earl Variety’s “On the Carpet” pre-show from its fifth annual Hitmakers event, presented by Peacock and “Girls5eva,” will be streamed exclusively on Variety.com and on Amazon Music’s Twitch page starting at 11:30 a.m. PT on Saturday.

"It was exactly what I needed to say when we wrote it"

Finneas introduced her to 'The New Abnormal'

Me & Dad Radio will see Eilish and her father discuss their favourite music