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Every Friday, EW s music team runs down the five best songs of the week. In today s edition, Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars leave us feeling smooth as silk, Lil Baby furthers his artistic vision, Rostam dreams of road trips, Japanese Breakfast wants you to be sweet, and St. Vincent just wants to be loved. Leave the Door Open Silk Sonic
A smooth-as-butter debut from the fittingly named Silk Sonic, a super duo consisting of pop star revivalist Bruno Mars and multi-hyphenate funkster Anderson .Paak. Leave the Door Open is all come-ons ( I won t bite, unless you like/If you smoke, I got the haze/And if you re hungry, girl, I got filets ) and pitch-perfect harmonies. It s a 21st-century take on the Delfonics with the style and substance to match.
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Every Friday, EW s music team runs down the five best songs of the week. In today s edition, Taylor Swift joins Haim s hook-up anthem, more positions from Ariana Grande, Iceage go on a vendetta, Kelly Rowland tells you what to expect from your partner, and Carly Pearce can spot a lie from a mile away. Gasoline Haim feat. Taylor Swift Cancel the DNA test I m the 4th HAIM sister, Taylor Swift tweeted on Thursday. It s hard not to agree after listening to her contribution to the group s new version of Gasoline, off their deluxe version of
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Every Friday, EW s music team runs down the five best songs of the week. In today s edition, FKA Twigs expands on 2020 s Headie One/Fred Again interlude, JoJo adds a little Springsteen to her sound, Porter Robinson overcomes writer s block, Squid makes cacophonous bliss, and Madlib is back to his mysterious ways. Don t Judge Me FKA Twigs feat. Headie One & Fred Again
One of FKA Twigs greatest strengths is her ability to seamlessly blend her falsetto into a song s production, giving each work an exquisite, otherworldly tone rarely heard among her contemporaries. She employs it again on Don t Judge Me, an expanded version of an interlude from Headie One and Fred Again s 2020 mixtape
, but only one rivals the Jeopardy! spoofs as the all-time funniest: the 2019 skit What s That Name? featuring Bill Hader as host Vince Blight, with John Mulaney and Cecily Strong as contestants. The conceit is simple. We show you a person, says Vince, and you tell us their name.
But then Vince annihilates Mulaney s unsuspecting character, Doug, who loses out on huge cash prizes because he can t remember the name of his close friend s girlfriend or his wife s bridesmaids. His self-absorption and oblivious misogyny give the setup an extra bite. What kind of horrible game show is this? asks Doug. Replies Vince: It s What s That Name?