It’s often difficult to parse the good from the bad in popular music. Streaming services make it nearly impossible to sift through the thousands of songs released on any given day. That’s why, here at Charted, we round up some of the latest hottest tracks. You’ll likely recognize a few names here and there, and other times, you might stumble upon your next obsession. Don’t worry, we’ll only serve you the cream of the crop – pop and R&B earworms so good that you’ll completely upend your weekly listening habits.
Here are 3 fresh songs to add to your playlist:
“Sunny” – Bright Light Bright Light, Beth Hirsch, & Nerina Pallot
Over a delicate piano, Bright Light Bright Light pays tribute to his late cat, Sunny. The song, “Sunny,” is quite the stunner. It’ll rip your heart out, but also give you hope. It’s a calming, yet emotional, performance. It’s almost angelic in the way Bright Light sings about Sunny. “For the first time in a thousand nights, you’re not where you should be,” he mourns. “And I find myself out on a ledge, unsteady on my feet.”
On Instagram, the singer-songwriter shared a print photo with Sunny. “Sunny had already been in congestive heart failure once when we did the shoot, so I made sure to have my only professional photos with him taken while I had [the] chance and seeing them in print is just so amazing,” he writes.
Listen to “Sunny” below.
“Karaoke” – Vardaan Arora & Ruhani
Vardaan Arora thrives on the dance floor. With “Karaoke,” a team-up with Ruhani, he zips through the elastic neon lights and makes his way where the bodies sway. Glittery production falls like a gentle summer rain, leaving Arora to scatter his voice like a boomerang. “The world was our own,” he sings. “Used to shine brighter than the stars in the sky / There was a sense no matter what we’d be alright.”
“Having [Ruhani] join me on this song is a moment that perfectly ties this whole project together,” he shares. “It feels full circle to journey back to the days in our youth when we’d sing our hearts out and make the world our stage.”
Listen to “Karaoke” below.
“Recognise” – Shura
Shura goes low-key rhythmic with “Recognise,” a moody setpiece that tugs at your heartstrings like a hunter rosining his bow. “You said that it’s okay for me to cry, and I got so mad at you,” she sings, allowing all the pain and heartache to pour forth like a stream. Drums quake over a sterling piano that sparkles in the sun. As downcast as the melody is, it’s just as powerful if Shura would have gone for bombast.
She clawed her way from the bottom to get to rise out of suffocating hollowness. “Following a period a despair in January, I felt like I had to hide myself from the world,” she says in a statement. “’Recognise’ is about coming out of the other side of that feeling. Slowly understanding that everything is ok.”
Listen to “Recognise” below.
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