Cardi B’s “Bodega Baddie” and the best new songs right now

Tracks we love right now, in no particular order.

Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below.

Cardi B, “Bodega Baddie”

This wild merengue standout from Am I The Drama? sounds like chugging a Four Loko and five Bodega coffees, then shaking your ass all the way to a block party in the Bronx. —Steffanee Wang

RAYE, “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!”

“WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” captures a feeling a lot of women can relate to in 2025: desperately calling out for a future partner. A dramatic drumroll kicks off RAYE singing soulfully in search of her husband, but her calls won’t be answered until she finds herself. It’s not just about love for someone else, it’s about knowing your worth and owning it. —Kylah Williams

Lola Young, “Walk All Over You”

The breeziest Laurel Canyon-ish sound paired with the most relatable, scathing lyrics — “Can you please leave the house, or at least pick your shit up?/ I’m not gonna love you like a dog when you can’t fix up/ Go get a life, go get a job” — makes this a supreme banger. —SW

Nine Inch Nails, “Who Wants To Live Forever?”

I’ll fully cop to being skeptical of a Nine Inch Nails album written for a Disney movie, but seeing what Trent Reznor and co. accomplished for the phenomenal Peel It Back tour has managed to do something unprecedented: pique my interest for music written for a film starring Jared Leto. “Who Wants To Live Forever?” is a gentle and glitchy ballad that sees Reznor, as he’s spent much of his catalog, ruminating on oblivion. “Who Wants To Live Forever?” imagines a world where the end never comes, a scenario that Reznor and Atticus Ross (with an assist from Spanish singer Judeline) draw power from. After all, what could be more bleak than infinity? —Jordan Darville

Oxis, “Fry”

Los Angeles-based Oxis dubs her music “marine electronica,” apt for the twinkly songs she titles after the vast array of fishes found in the ocean. “Fry,” her latest, is a miniature epic that pushes romantic turmoil to dramatic extremes, capturing an adolescent sense of chaos in the process. “I’m alive til’ I’m not” she sings over hand claps and guitars that flicker like Super 8 footage. Catch her on tour opening for Magdalena Bay this fall. —David Renshaw

UFOs, “UFO”

“UFO” is everything you could want from a collaboration between French house duo Braxe + Falcon and the vastly underrated Phoenix. Deeply melancholic yet sleek, it has the feel of an HD take on the “in the bathroom at a party” trend. “I don’t believe in miracles but I do believe in UFOs,” Thomas Mars sings. The truth, it suggests, isn’t just out there, it’s very close indeed. —DR

Sassy 009, “Butterflies”

Sunniva Lindgård, a.k.a Oslo-based producer Sassy 009, is caught between heaven and hell on “Butterflies.” The dark side might be tempting but Lindgård veers away with the help of her friends on the self-produced song, built around cavernous breakbeats and gauzy vocals. —DR

Yasmin Hamdan, “Vows”

A pioneer of Lebanon’s rich electronic music scene, Yasmin Hamdan returned last Friday with I Remember I Forget, her first album in eight years. “Vows” is a masterful reimagination of trip-hop with winding, sinuous Dabke melodies, an intoxicating mood for Hamdan’s sermon of endurance: “Seven flairs and scorched luck / We’re here to stay / We love life / We try to make it work.” —JD

Griff Spex, “FREEDOM SLEEP”

FREEDOM SLEEP by Griff Spex

Griff Spex’s latest track opens with a warped vocal sample that would be supremely difficult for an average MC to rap over. But Spex is not an average MC; he makes his own pockets. “Freedom can’t fall asleep / Is freedom lazy?” he raps early on. It’s a track that forces us to question our complacency in the face of global chaos and societal decay. —Raphael Helfand

Melvin Gibbs, “Gullah Jack Style”

Iconic bassist Melvin Gibbs’ new album sees him leaning into ’70s fusion, and “Gullah Jack Style” is a prime example. Knotty polyrhythms and some slinky electric keyboard form the foundation for a shredded four-minute guitar solo from the legendary Pete Cosey. The entire arrangement breaks the sound barrier and hurtles headlong into open space. —RH

Luhh Dyl, “Hanging Tree”

Luhh Dyl keeps Detroit rap interesting with his experimental flows and surprisingly mature perspective. On “Hanging Tree,” the 21-year-old gets real about the meaning of life beyond fame, rapping over a melancholy beat and soft acoustic touches: “If you out here with no purpose, then this life sh*t worthless / You won’t fail if you don’t try, but if you try keep working.” It’s a reflective track that hints at what’s next after his January project, Intrude. —KW