Billboard’s Friday Music Guide highlights the week’s most essential new releases, spotlighting the tracks and projects that will dominate playlists throughout the weekend. This week brings fresh music from Lil Baby, Luke Combs, GloRilla and a range of other standout artists.
LIL BABY – THE LEAKS
The Leaks offers more than a simple compilation of outtakes: alongside long-circulating tracks, the project includes more polished versions and new material. Let’s Do It, featuring Playboi Carti and Skooly, stands out as a potential hit, while the opening run of solo tracks reaffirms Lil Baby’s status as one of hip-hop’s most vital voices.
LUKE COMBS – GIVING HER AWAY
Giving Her Away is a heartfelt reflection in which Luke Combs addresses his soon-to-be father-in-law on his wedding day. Blending warm storytelling with his signature Nashville charm, Combs captures overlapping memories, vulnerability and gratitude, delivering a father-of-the-bride country moment filled with emotional resonance.
GLORILLA – MARCH
After a year packed with high-profile features for Travis Scott, J-Hope and Summer Walker, GloRilla seizes the spotlight with March, a fierce, end-of-year anthem. Packed with razor-sharp lines and blazing energy, the track barrels confidently into the new year on Glo’s rallying cry to keep marching forward.
ALEX WARREN & GIGI PEREZ – ETERNITY
Eternity opens Alex Warren’s album You’ll Be Alright, Kid with a tender meditation on grief and healing. Gigi Perez deepens the emotional pull by mirroring the second verse and lifting Warren’s voice through the song’s stirring final section, creating a strikingly intimate duet.
ZAC BROWN BAND – LOVE & FEAR
Ahead of their limited Las Vegas Sphere engagement, Zac Brown Band share their eighth studio album, Love & Fear. The record showcases their arena-ready presence through tracks like Give It Away, while also pushing their sonic boundaries with moments like the Snoop Dogg collaboration Let It Run and the graceful ballad Passenger.
DISCLOSURE FEAT. LEON THOMAS – DEEPER
Disclosure return with Deeper, featuring a smooth vocal performance from Leon Thomas. The MUTT star glides over the duo’s skittering garage production, his infatuated croons weaving effortlessly into the energetic synths and shuffling rhythm crafted by Guy and Howard Lawrence.
OZUNA & BEÉLE – STENDHAL
Ozuna closes out the year with Stendhal, a joint album with rising Colombian artist Beéle. The project highlights both artists’ strengths while charting new creative terrain, from the Afrobeats-leaning Pikito to the breathy, rhythmic El Volcán, offering a fresh cross-cultural blend.
EDITOR’S PICK: DOVE ELLIS – BLIZZARD
Fresh off a tour supporting Geese, Irish singer-songwriter Dove Ellis unveils Blizzard, a debut album that is both jarring and hypnotic. Rooted in folk tradition yet boldly forward-thinking, the project signals a potential breakout moment and solidifies Ellis as one of the genre’s most exciting emerging voices.
This week’s releases span rap, country, electronic, Latin and indie folk, offering listeners a diverse mix of essential new music for the weekend and beyond.
