La Roux, Jordan Rakei and Jorja Smith lead our Hot New Songs playlist
Check out new music from La Roux, Jordan Rakei and Jorja Smith.
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 latest song from La Roux, Jordan Rakei‘s brilliant new track and Jorja Smith‘s newest album track among others.
Listen to the playlist below and follow us on Spotify here.
Rolling Stone UK’s picks for August 14 2026.
La Roux – ‘Lose Myself’
Jorja Smith – ‘I Lied, You Lied’
Jordan Rakei – ‘Promise’
Katie Gregson-MacLeod – ‘Nothing Really Changes’
Bawo – ‘Shelloff’ (ft. Scorcher & JME)
Ugly – ‘Marina’
Daytime TV – ‘Creatures’
Mulaa Joans – ‘That Ain’t You’
Why Horses? – ‘Yr Big Day’
Humble The Great – ‘Left You’