New Music Friday, May 29: Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Hilary Duff, Latto, Tim McGraw, Riley Green and More
New music releases, tour news, and major live-event announcements are highlighted this week as artists across pop, country, hip-hop, and K-pop roll out fresh projects for the summer. Riley Green is set to co-host CMA Fest presented by SoFi with Lara Spencer when the event kicks off June 4 in Nashville. The three-hour concert special will be filmed during the 53rd CMA Fest, air June 25 on ABC, and stream the next day on Hulu. Green also announced his fourth studio album, That’s Just Me, due September 18. His new single, “Think As You Drunk,” a tribute to Toby Keith, is available now.
Role Model also revealed new album plans, announcing his third studio album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass, arriving August 7. The rollout began with a mysterious campaign involving old-fashioned acquaintance cards sent to fans from the fictional “Chuck Timely.” The first single from the album, “High Hopes 3000,” will be released June 3.
On the touring side, Alex Warren launched his Finding Family on the Road Tour earlier this week at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. During the sold-out performance, Warren surprised fans by bringing out Luke Combs for a duet of his breakout hit “Ordinary.” Nashville also hosted the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Music City Rodeo, which opened May 28 at Bridgestone Arena with Miranda Lambert as headliner. Lambert performed her new single “Crisco,” and Little Big Town made a surprise appearance to join her for multiple songs. Charley Crockett and Jon Pardi are set to headline later this weekend.
A wide range of new music also dropped from major artists. Paul McCartney released “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Ariana Grande debuted “hate that i made you love me,” Hilary Duff returned with Mine, and Tim McGraw shared “Pawn Shop Guitar” and “Song for America.” Other new releases include “Mi Gran Amor” by Carlos Santana and Becky G, “Take Me Back (Leave Me There)” by Cody Johnson, “Big Mama” by Latto, “I Forgot” and “Out of My Head” by Cara Delevingne, and “Sad Girls” by Bebe Rexha and David Guetta. Additional releases came from Wyclef Jean featuring G Herbo, aespa with LEMONADE, Little Big Town with “Over and Over,” Labrinth with Cosmic Opera Act II, Lauren Alaina with “Better Off,” Young Miko with Do Not Disturb: Late Checkout, Tiësto with “Don’t Lose Your Head,” The Band Perry with “Kill It,” Kim Petras with Detour, Don Williams with Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes, Sơn Tùng M-TP and Tyga with “Come My Way,” Dasha with “Mad About It,” Alana Springsteen with I Hope This Helps, Violet Grohl with Be Sweet To Me, Justin Blau and Timbaland with “Can You Be Mine,” Jessica Lowndes with “Strange Little Game,” Faouzia with “BIRTHDAY,” 070 Shake with “Baby Driver,” Michael James Scott with “Brighter,” David Nail with “She Knows,” Shinedown with EI8HT, Zach John King with “Beneath The Pines,” and Quadeca with “dark magic.”
