![]() In the programmed, crisply percussive track, shared with the male voice of Young Jonn, they sing about ecstasy enabled by permission: deeply carnal but ethical. Here’s a friendly challenge to men: “You gonna need more stamina,” the Nigerian songwriters Tiwa Savage and Ayra Starr declare. ZOLADZ Tiwa Savage, Ayra Starr and Young Jonn, ‘Stamina’ ![]() “Don’t know why, don’t know why, don’t know why we love this way,” she sings, before deciding the best course is not to ask too many questions but simply lose herself in the rapture of the groove. On May 12, Alison Goldfrapp - the longtime voice of the beloved electro-pop duo Goldfrapp - will release her first solo album, “The Love Invention.” Its debut single, “So Hard So Hot,” is a blissed-out dance floor reverie, as shimmery synths and Goldfrapp’s breathy vocals drift over a thumping beat. Leslie Feist makes boisterous, joyful noise on “Borrow Trouble,” the latest single from her upcoming album, “Multitudes.” Atop a bed of echoing, droning strings that recall, unexpectedly, the John Cale era of the Velvet Underground, the Canadian singer-songwriter bemoans the entrenched anxiety that follows from day to day: “Even before your eyes are open,” she sings, “the plot has thickened ’round your fear.” In the song’s final minute she finds potent catharsis, flinging her cares to the wind as she lets loose some primal screams: “Trouble!” LINDSAY ZOLADZ Alison Goldfrapp, ‘So Hard So Hot’ ![]() Its easy-rolling beat and doo-wop chord progression underline the eternal cycle of falling in and out of love before finding The One. “All the Girls You Loved Before” - no relation to a similarly titled Willie Nelson-Julio Iglesias hit - have just “made you the one I’ve fallen for.” The previously unreleased track from her “Lover” era is one of four songs, the rest re-recordings, Swift put out on Friday ahead of the start of her Eras Tour. “Every woman you know brought you here,” she reasons. Of course her guy has a past, and so does she, but she’s willing to consider that a learning experience. Here’s Taylor Swift at her most forgiving. Taylor Swift, ‘All of the Girls You Loved Before’ Like what you hear? Let us know at and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes). Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos.
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