New Music Friday March 20: BTS, Niall Horan, Luke Combs, Lizzo, Latto, Muse, Dying Cab For Cutie and Extra

Glad New Music Friday! The weekend is right here, which suggests extra streaming, new playlists and the very best that music has to supply — and ET has you coated for all the things in between.

The wait is over — BTS has launched their extremely anticipated fifth album, ARIRANG. After roughly three years and 9 months, the band is again with a brand new album and tour. Their new album displays the fruits of their journey so far and defines the group on their very own phrases. The album has 14 tracks and was pushed by every members’ sincere introspection. The lead single, “SWIM,” facilities on the resolve to maintain transferring ahead by means of life’s waves and Lili Reinhart stars within the music video that was filmed on an precise ship in Lisbon. BTS will kick off their world tour on April 25. The band sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and shared the way it felt pure to return again collectively as a gaggle and the way proud they’re of the place they got here from and supporting one another.

The primary performers for the 61st Academy of Nation Music Awards have been introduced. Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Riley Inexperienced will take the stage stay at MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas. The awards will stream on Could 17 on Prime Video.

iHeartMedia introduced that Taylor Swift can be making a particular look on the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. She is that this 12 months’s most nominated artist with 9 nominations. John Mellencamp will carry out and be honored with the 2026 iHeartRadio Icon Award. Kehlani will even carry out and there can be particular appearances by Alysa Liu, Ne-Yo, Nicole Scherzinger, Nikki Glaser, somber, Weezer and extra. The iHeartRadio Music Awards will air stay on March 26 on FOX.

The Nation Music Affiliation introduced Paul Overstreet, The Stanley Brothers and Tim McGraw because the 2026 inductees into the Nation Music Corridor of Fame. Overstreet can be inducted into the Songwriter class, The Stanley Brothers can be inducted into the Veterans Period Artist class and McGraw can be inducted into the Fashionable Period Artist class. Tim shared, “All the things good in my life has come from Nation Music. From my greatest recollections as a child, to assembly my spouse, to this music neighborhood, to the friendships I’ve made alongside the best way. To symbolize Nation Music on the highest degree is the best honor anybody might bestow on me.”

Florida Georgia Line reunited and took the stage final night time in Nashville to have a good time Jason Aldean and his profession milestone of 31 primary hits. Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard carried out “You Make It Simple” which they co-wrote and Jason took to the highest of the charts in 2018. Jason additionally took the stage together with Blake Shelton, Travis Tritt and Alabama.

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Dying Cab for Cutie introduced their eleventh studio album, I Constructed You A Tower can be out on June 5. The album was assembled in three weeks of classes, recorded at Animal Rites in Los Angeles, in addition to the band members’ houses in Seattle, Bellingham, Los Angeles and Portland. Ben Gibbard shared in a dialog with Yasi Salek final week that this new file is paying homage to earlier Dying Cab for Cutie music. He needed a file to point out what he cherished about writing and is thrilled at the place the band is at present and the way their music has meant a lot to folks. Look out for “Entice Door,” which he says is his favourite track on the album. Alongside the album announcement, the band launched the primary single “Riptides” which is in regards to the problem of coping with private struggles because the world experiences tragedy and loss.

Plus, new music from Niall Horan, Lizzo, Luke Combs, Foo Fighters, Muse, Latto, Ella Langley, Coco Jones, Nick Carter, Alessia Cara, Dionne Warwick, Maluma and extra.

ARIRANG – BTS