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Plus: Robin Leach! 12:17 p.m.Keith Urbans adorable Aussie accent is filling the arena as I arrive. Ive been asked not to reveal the gimmick, which is fine by me. Credit: Francis Specker/CBS/Landov I like to be part of the solution. Then I just have to figure out whos gonna take it when I walk up to my mic. As he brainstorms with staffers, Keith is wonderfully cheerful and good-natured. 12:18 p....

The five best songs we heard this week. Every Friday, EW’s music team runs down the five best songs of the week. “Same Devil” Brandy Clark feat. Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty Images; Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images; Brad Barket/Getty Images; Scott Dudelson/WireImage Bradi Carlile A summit of titans can instill fear: Will it live up to expectations? Fans have long fantasized about a collaboration between these like-named singer-songwriters, two of the best of their generation....

Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. Nobodys listening to me.Alex Suskind Kinky Kesha feat. With Get Your Wish, the lead single off his upcoming effortNurture, hes done it again. Credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images; John Shearer/Getty Images; Ramona Rosales; Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images Hes not doing it for himself anymore hes now creating music to help others.Sydney Bucksbaum Related content:

Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. “Gaslighter” The Dixie Chicks Youre sorry, but wheres my apology? But the beauty of the Gaslighter is every listener can easily sub in their own personal bullseye. Credit: Don Arnold/WireImage; Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage; Erika Goldring/FilmMagic; Ming Yeung/Getty Images; Nikki Short/Newspix/Getty Images Welcome back, ladies. With P2 the Philly native revitalizes the turn-of-the-millennium song sequel trend that gave us such classics as Confession Pt....

Here are the five best songs of the week. Every Friday, EW’s music team runs down the five best songs of the week. Ocean then poses a question “Dear April, are you watchin' him dance?” Credit: Erika Goldring/FilmMagic; Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Scott Dudelson/Getty Images; Anna Webber/FilmMagic as the song ends abruptly, leaving us to experience a few seconds of silence by ourselves. Timely indeed.Alex Suskind “Summertime” Orville Peck Country music needed a win....

The five best songs we heard this week. Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. Cold French Montana (feat. Credit: Gladys Vega/Getty Images; Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images; Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images Even Lamars biggest single HUMBLE'' can’t get a party going the way Pop That can. Is he singing about power structures that shape our everyday lives? The hourly Amazon employees currently toiling away at a warehouse?...

Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. Her interim project, writing music forA Star Is Born, was more ballad-focused. You may even be quick to pin this genre mashup from RMR as the new Old Town Road. Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post via Getty Images; RMR/YouTube; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Marcus Jones ringtone (remix) 100 gecs feat....

The five best things we heard this week. Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. Sour Candy Lady Gaga feat. Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Lady Gaga/Twitter; Larry Marano/Getty Images; Vivien Killilea/Getty Images; Frank Hoensch/Redferns ButLady Gagaknows exactly what she is getting with Blackpink onChromaticacut Sour Candy. The song also showcases Blackpinks impressive talent for selling lyrics no matter the meaning. Marcus Jones “Frank Lucas” Freddie Gibbs feat....

The five best songs we heard this week. Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. “Inside Friend” Leon Bridges feat. Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Jamie Hewlett; Matthew Baker/Getty Images; Create Music Group; Dave Simpson/WireImage “In this feeling so right/Don’t think about leaving anytime tonight.” Though timely, the track was actually recorded in 2019 during a jam session between Bridges and Mayer. His vocals, and Mayer’s solo, hit both marks....

The five best songs we heard this week. Every Friday, EW’s music team runs down the five best songs of the week. A better description for Lil Baby’s new song would be accessible. Credit: Josh Brasted/WireImage; Prince Williams/Wireimage; Scott Dudelson/Getty Images; Erika Goldring/Getty Images; Big Yellow Dog Music Unsurprisingly, it deftly combines the melancholic elegance of Bacharach’s halcyon hits with Tashian’s contemporary elan. The song presages an album that will combine new original tunes and and classics from the Latin American songbook....

Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. “Got The Guap” Lil Uzi Vert feat. Young Thug For a minute there, it seemed like Lil Uzi VertsEternal Atakewould never come out. Credit: Jason Koerner/Getty Images; Lil Yachty/YouTube; Christopher Polk/Getty Images; Theo Wargo/Getty Images; Rich Fury/Getty Images Uzi seemed perfectly content to leak songs to YouTube, all but guaranteeing a future of disorganized archiving. But last weekEternal Atake quite possibly 2020s first cosmic rap record was released....

Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. Hard to Forget Sam Hunt Sam Huntis back on his bulls in the best way possible. Christine & The Queens a.k.a. Credit: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images; Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images; Steven Ferdman/Getty Images; Kieran Frost/Redferns; Ollie Millington/Redferns performer and producer Heloise Letissier toured 2018 albumChriseven while grieving her mothers death. Shes the nucleus holding her theatrical operation together, not to mention an enabler for fans escapism....

Every Friday, EWs music team runs down the five best songs of the week. But the sultry, melodic Feel Me represents a tiny step backwards in her road to relationship closure. Thats because its actually a song that dates back to 2016, when she performed it live during herRevivaltour. Credit: Burak Cingi/Redferns; Emma McIntyre/AMA2019/Getty Images; Josh Brasted/WireImage; Timothy Norris/Getty Images; Gina Wetzler/Redferns Its now being released as aRarebonus track. The dance single feels like quite a jolt compared to her current material....