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Arirang marks an auspicious return for BTS, the Korean boy band whose chart-topping run was paused in 2022 for mandatory military service. Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC hide caption
Adam Gopnik, author and staff writer for The New Yorker, joins pianist Lara Downes to explore the story of American music and its immigrant roots. Lara Downes hide caption
Jean is the second album by Yebba, named for the singer's grandmother. Charles Myers hide caption
The sounds of traditional country music "are baked into what feels like home to me," Musgraves says. Her sixth album, Middle of Nowhere, will be released on May 1, 2026. Kelly Christine Sutton hide caption
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DEADLINE is the Korean girl group Blackpink's first studio project together since 2022. Courtesy of YG Entertainment hide caption
Mitski has described Nothing's About to Happen to Me as a concept album about a woman who hides away from society in unkempt solitude. Lexie Alley hide caption
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Ca$ino is Baby Keem's second studio album, and his first body of work to seriously reckon with the hard lessons of his upbringing in Las Vegas. Courtesy of pgLang hide caption
On his new album, Ukrainian-born, New York-based pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi explores the horror and hope he's felt since Russia's incursion.
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Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto (right) invited Sam Amidon to sing a set of folk tunes on his new album, Willows, which also includes a reimagined version of The Lark Ascending. Bård Gunderson hide caption
Jill Scott's To Whom This May Concern is is the neo-soul veteran's first studio album in a decade. Kennedi Carter hide caption
Charli xcx's original soundtrack serves as a kind of secondary narrator for Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights. The film arrives in a landscape where the fan cultures of pop music and romance literature have already been intertwining in striking ways. Paul Kooiker hide caption
From left, Emily Green, Dominic Digesu, Max Bassin and Cameron Winter of the Brooklyn band Geese. Mark Sommerfield hide caption
People cheer during the Super Bowl LX Halftime performance by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny at El Gandul in Santurce, San Juan, P.R., on Sunday, Feb. 8. Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR hide caption
Bad Bunny's set at the halftime show of Super Bowl LX was filled with references to Puerto Rican culture. He performed at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption
Don Toliver's fifth album, Octane, is the first to be executive produced by the artist himself. Ryan Schude hide caption
Yasmin Williams, seen here performing during the 2022 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tenn., had a confrontation last year with the interim president of the Kennedy Center, where she had been scheduled to perform, over the institution's rollback of DEI initiatives. Williams did not cancel her performance. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption