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New Music Friday: Carly Rae Jepsen at the top, no total disasters at the bottom, various collaborations in between

Song of the week:
Carly Rae Jepsen — 'Cut To The Feeling'
What you need to under­stand here is that this song was almost on Carly's b‑sides col­lec­tion. Which means it was also almost on 'E•MO•TION'. Which means this song has been passed up on twice, before finally finding its home on the soundtrack for a crap film. This beautiful, mag­ni­fi­cent song. This song that could and will prompt a thousand summer dance­floor stampedes. This song whose chorus could raise the Titanic from the sea bed. This song bursting with a natural lumin­es­cence so intense that it would shine bright in a Vantablack pop dungeon. THIS SONG was cast aside on multiple occasions. We don't know what Carly Rae So-Called 'Jepsen' thinks she's playing at but if we ever find out there are other songs like this in the  'E•MO•TION' scrapheap we will go abso­lutely ballistic.

Wrong of the week:
The Little Mix artwork
No total disasters on this week's playlist, and Little Mix's worst single for a while is improved by Stormzy turning up, but unspecial mention must go to the 'Power' artwork which commits a number of crimes not least of which is the fact that IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE AN ILLUSTRATION FOR YOUR SINGLE ARTWORK THERE'S NO EXCUSE AT ALL FOR NOT INCLUDING THE FEATURED ARTIST, JESUS CHRIST.

Additional notes:

  • This week's new releases include various artists — including Dagny, Grace Mitchell and Allie X — who at one point looked like they might save the world, and given a couple of lucky breaks still might.
  • The debut release from Robinson, whose new video we showed you yesterday, is very exciting.
  • Noah Cyrus' new one feels like her best release to date. Since the release of 'Malibu' it also feels, and we presume this was precisely the opposite of The Big Plan, like it could be a Miley Cyrus song.
  • Halsey and Lauren Fifth Harmony's big bisexual love song is 'quite a moment'.
  • The Nick Jonas, Anne-Marie and Mike Posner song is a release best described as 'unne­ces­sary'.
  • Rita Ora's new single is pretty good in a Little Mix album track kind of way.
  • The Troye Sivan and Martin Garrix release would be better with a bit more Troye and a bit less Martin but we're sure Garro is a lovely man with a fine moral compass who's kind to his friends and wouldn't think twice about stepping in to rescue an injured bird.

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