Even amid all of this, unannounced drops and extended rollouts continue apace.
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Collective experience was hard to come by in 2020, except when it came to music.
Surely we deserve them at this point.
As in 2020, expectthis music-industry turning pointto keep on spinning.
1 debut witha new album on less than eight days notice.
That answer could prevent many artists from dropping new albums until safe tours and festivals seem viable.
In the meantime, unannounced drops and extended rollouts continue apace.
Here are the ones some locked in, some not we cant wait to hear this year.
His eventualSNLperformances of 7 Summers and Still Goin Down were both infectiously chill and full of heart.
Ashnikko,demidevil(January 15)
Other pop stars would kill forthe success Ashnikko has had.
No, the rising hyperpop rapper doesnt rack up No.
Just listen to the way she laughs!
New Wave offerings underlined by his deep, heady vocals.
Its giving New Order meets LCD Soundsystem meets the National.
So what does Drake have left to do in 2021?
A bit more moody rap would be nice too, though.
Other Anticipated Albums
Barry Gibb,Greenfield: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol.
No wonder everyones working with him.
Just not who I used to be.
Now, on her forthcoming third album,Little Oblivions, shes turning up the volume.
Fittingly enough, lead single Faith Healer is one of Bakers most reserved songs, even in its fullness.
Shes still searching for the same revelations, just maturing along the way.
She popped up in every discourse possible (and never in a good way), fromracialjusticetothe pandemictopolitics.
Plusthat foray into spoken-word poetryon top of it all!
It shouldnt be long before Aly & AJ go in for the kill with their third album.
Its an exciting harbinger for that next album, which Antonoff comes to afteryears of refining his production skills.
Cardi spent the last months of 2020 hinting at a second album with more love songs and big collaborations.
She even redirected the renewed attention to her hot-and-cold marriage with rapper Offset toward the record.
Oh, we will.
But that hasnt stopped her before.
If 2021 does bring a new album, her dedicated fans will surely embrace it.
Kimbras sound has transformed with each of her albums, beginning withVowsin 2011.
Maybe she will prove once again that shes not just somebodys sound we used to know.
With its original release date of 2019, then 2020, 2021 may finally be the year.
Come on, Rih, the kids are starving.
IIIis due to release his second solo album in 2021.
Unfold You also makes a solid argument for music needing way more dreamy saxophone in 2021.
The group was on track to potentially release it in 2020, butCOVID-19 halted the recording effortsin March.
St. Vincent
St. Vincent recentlyannounced on Twitterthat her sixth studio album is locked and loaded.
Youve got us on the edge of our seats, Annie.
The small differences jumped out: this vocal inflection, that fiddle moment.
Given the record speed with which Swift recorded 2020sfolkloreandevermore, expect more such moments this year.
For the record, werestill not fully countingwoodvaleout yet, either.
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