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MUNA. Foreground: Josette Maskin; center-right: Katie Gavins. Back: Naomi McPherson. Isaac Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
MUNA's new album features growth and an 'astral projection anthem'
MUNA self-titled album tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on June 24. Isaac Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
New Music Friday: The best releases out June 24
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Roséwave is light and breezy, but not necessarily unsophisticated — the sound of an experience kissed by sweet summer heat. Vanessa Leroy/NPR hide caption
The rapper Logic, whose latest album, Vinyl Days, was released June 17. Justin Fleischer/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Four days after announcing the release date of her seventh solo studio album, the eagerly anticipated act i: RENAISSANCE (out July 29), Beyoncé dropped the project's lead single, "BREAK MY SOUL." A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images hide caption
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"When you don't have the creative restriction of others, you're out there in the wilderness of your own brain and abilities," says Katie Alice Greer, whose debut solo album Barbarism is out June 24. Kathryn Vetter Miller hide caption
Korean group BTS appears at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
Is there anyone more deserving of a chart-altering music sync than Kate Bush? TV Times/TV Times via Getty Images hide caption
In the '90s, Julee Cruise filled in for The B-52s member Cindy Wilson on tour. The singer is best known for her work with David Lynch on Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet. Ted Town/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption
FKA twigs performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. FKA twigs hide caption
Jacob Collier (Feat. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer), 'Never Gonna Be Alone' Mogli Maureal hide caption
Demi Lovato Brandon Bowen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Arooj Aftab on World Cafe
NPR Music's best music of May includes (from top left, clockwise) Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Julia Reidy, Ravyn Lenae and Ethel Cain. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Young Thug and Dua Lipa in the video for Calvin Harris' "Potion." YouTube hide caption
Heaven and hell are places on Earth in Ethel Cain's discography. Helen Kirbo hide caption
Lucius performs live at public radio's NON-COMM 2022 Rachel Barrish /WXPN hide caption