Janelle Monae, Yeule, Jorja Smith, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.

This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Janelle Monáe, Yeule, Neggy Gemmy, Cusp, Ana Roxanne and DJ Python’s Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Pitchfork Selects: May 15, 2023

Janelle Monáe: “Lipstick Lover”
Overmono: “Good Lies”
Jorja Smith: “Little Things”
Yeule: “Sulky Baby”
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept: “Sword”
Tyla: “Girl Next Door” [ft. Ayra Starr]
Blue Lake: “Bloom”
Cusp: “Limited Edition”
Neggy Gemmy: “Black Ferrari”
Bandmanrill / Defiant Presents: “Mr. D.C.T.”