Phoebe Bridgers, KATSEYE, Troye Sivan, Ayra Starr & More: New Music Friday Guide

8/14/2026 Check out the must-hear releases of the week. By Phoebe Bridgers Frank Ockenfels Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Last week, we featured Karol G, Role Model, FLO, Stray Kids and more. This week, three is the magic number: indie-rocker Phoebe Bridgers releases her highly-anticipated third album, Lost Weekend; KATSEYE drops its third EP; and Ayra Starr shares her third album as well… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below: Phoebe Bridgers, Lost Weekend After Phoebe Bridgers performed a semi-impromptu, highly in-demand, phone-