Kae Tempest, Jorja Smith and NewDad lead our Hot New Songs playlist
Check out new music from Kae Tempest, Jorja Smith, NewDad and more
New music is great, but it’s increasingly hard to find your latest obsession when approximately 840,000 songs land on streaming services every week. So that’s where we come in. Every Friday, the team at Rolling Stone UK will update our Hot New Songs playlist with the stuff that we think you should be getting your ears around this week from the UK and Ireland. Simple.
This week, we’ve highlighted the lead song from Kae Tempest‘s latest album, a new cracker from Jorja Smith and the latest from our current Play Next stars Brógeal.
Listen to the playlist below and follow us on Spotify here.
Rolling Stone UK’s picks for May 2, 2025
Kae Tempest – ‘Know Yourself’
Jorja Smith – ‘The Way I Love You’
NewDad – ‘Entertainer’
Brógeal – ‘Friday On My Mind’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Old Phone’
Skunk Anansie – ‘Animal’
Sebastian Schub – ‘Scared of Screaming’
Humour – ‘Plagiarist’
Most Things – ‘Lucky’
The Itch – ‘THE INFLUENCER’