The 20 Best Songs We Heard In January
Vampire Weekend, Lizzo and Lana Del Rey released some of our favorites songs of the month. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Vampire Weekend, Lizzo and Lana Del Rey released some of our favorites songs of the month.
Courtesy of the artistsWelcome to the first in our new series of roundups highlighting the best new songs of each month. January is often a slow time for releases, as labels and artists come off the holidays and start to tease bigger projects on the horizon. But the first month of this year still delivered plenty of memorable and surprising tracks. Singer Lana Del Rey, known for her lush, layered arrangements, released a devastatingly spare track about holding on to hope in times of darkness; Australian singer Stella Donnelly's "Old Man" gives a wink and a smile while eviscerating lecherous men; rapper J. Cole's "Middle Child" takes on the glorification of drug use, a capricious music industry and all the haters who doubted him.
Stream our 20 songs from January below or on Spotify, and be sure to check out the best albums we heard in January over here.
The 20 Best Songs We Heard In January
Andrew Bird, "Sisyphus"
- from My Finest Work Yet
James Blake, "Where's The Catch?" (feat. André 3000)
- from Assume Form
Better Oblivion Community Center, "Dylan Thomas"
- from Better Oblivion Community Center
J. Cole, "MIDDLE CHILD"
- from MIDDLE CHILD
Lana Del Rey, "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it"
- from hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it
Stella Donnelly, "Old Man"
- from Beware Of The Dogs
Billie Eilish, "WHEN I WAS OLDER"
- from Music Inspired By the Film Roma
Frank García y su Son Samario, "Pequeñas Poesías"
- from Pequeñas Poesías
Girlpool, "What Chaos Is Imaginary"
- from What Chaos Is Imaginary
Injury Réserve, "Jawbreaker" (feat. Rico Nasty & Pro Teens)
- from Jawbreaker
Little Simz, "Selfish" (feat. Cleo Sol)
- from Selfish
Lizzo, "Juice"
- from Juice
Garrick Ohlsson, Intermezzo Op 117: No 2 in B flat minor
- from Brahms: Late Piano Works
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Pedro The Lion, "Quietest Friend"
- from Phoenix
Priests, "The Seduction Of Kansas"
- from The Seduction of Kansas
Caroline Spence, "Mint Condition"
- from Long Haul / Mint Condition
Toro y Moi, "Fading"
- from Outer Peace
Vampire Weekend, "Harmony Hall"
- from Harmony Hall / 2021
Joy Williams, "Front Porch"
- from Front Porch
Nilüfer Yanya, "In Your Head"
- from In Your Head