Simply the best new dance tracks of the week.
John Summit
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This week in dance music: Anyma was forced to cancel his weekend one Coachella performance after strong withs prevented the stage build; the artist will be back at Coachella tonight (April 17) to debut this new show on the festival’s mainstage. Meanwhile, earlier this week Rezz announced that she was cancelling her weekend two Coachella performance in order to look after her health. Moby also spread the news that he’s donating all of the profits from his two Coachella 2026 performances to four animal rights organizations.
Madonna teased her forthcoming Confessions On a Dancefloor 2, wiping her Instagram and posting a lyrical snippet from the 2005 original’s classic “Hung Up.” She later announced that the new album will be released on July 3.
We spoke with Honey Dijon about her new album The Nightlife, the culture of dance music, the best business decision the artist has made during her esteemed career (“I don’t have a Rolex,” she said. “I don’t have a big car. I don’t smoke cigars. I don’t do drugs. I don’t buy magnums of champagne. I put my money in the stock exchange, I buy real estate and I stay true to who I am.”) and much more. Ahead of Billboard‘s Woman in Music 2026, we also chatted with honoree Zara Larsson about her big byear, her big hits and why despite all the success, she “feels the same internally.”
And last but never least, these are the best new dance projects of the week.
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John Summit, Ctrl Escape
Dance king John Summit released his second studio album on April 15, tax day, with the project conceptually exploring Summit’s history as a CPA and the dance world glow-up he’s experienced since leaving accounting behind. The album sounds fresh and is packed with already huge hits light “Lights Go Out” along with special guests including Feid, The Chainsmokers and frequent collaborator Julia Church. Altogether, the no-skips, 13-track project demonstrates the sonic evolution Summit has tracked since his 2024 debut Comfort In Chaos and his ability to make dance music in varying genres that altogether still sounds like him.
“The album is about escaping the control of corporate life,” Summit says in a statement. “But also about not being pigeonholed with a specific sound. The whole point of being an artist is being able to express myself in any single way. The overall concept of the album relates to not just breaking out of, literally, my corporate job, but also as an artist, being able to break free and do whatever the hell I want.”
Ctrl Escape is out on Experts Only/Darkroom Records. Listen to it here.
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Slayyyter, “Broke B–ch Free$tyle”
The hype around Slayyyter is currently fever pitch, coming on the heels of her fantastic March album Wor$t Girl In America and her hugely buzzy Coachella set last weekend. Ahead of her weekend two performance today, the artist releases the loosie single “Broke B–ch Free$tyle,” a noise-pop rager on which the artist sings about smoking in the yard, maxing out her credit card and why “trashy girls are the most fun.”
“Broke B–ch Freestyle” is out on Records/Columbia Records. Listen to it here.
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Nine Inch Noize, Nine Inch Noize
After a stunning debut performance last weekend at Coachella, Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize release a collaborative album as Nine Inch Noize. Called “a culmination of Nine Inch Nails’ work with Boys Noize,” the album follows the 2025/26 Peel It Back tour on which the German techno producer opened for the industrial rock icons and contains live versions of their work together on this run. The tracklist includes NIN essentials including “Vessel,” “Closer” and “Copy of A” and comes ahead of the group’s weekend two command performance, which might also be its last show as this collaborative unit.
“The creative fulfillment of working on the Challengers and Tron scores with Boys Noize led me to think that including him in the Peel It Back tour could be an interesting way to express NIN in more purely electronic terms live – a concept I’ve wanted to explore for some time,” Trent Reznor says in a statement. “The result was so much fun for us we felt it was worth expanding and formalizing in some way.
“On a whim I mentioned it would be cool to play a whole set as Nine Inch Noize in the Sahara tent at Coachella,” Reznor continues. “Careful what you wish for…the next thing I knew we were designing a whole new show to present in the way it deserved. There’s no surprise tour announcement – this Saturday is it. I’m taking Sunday off and excited to be working on new Nine Inch Nails music Monday – I’ll see you when I come up for air. We recorded this album all over the place – some of it’s live, some in studios, hotels, planes, etc. We had a lot of fun revisiting these songs and hope you enjoy. Listen LOUD.”
Nine Inch Noize is out on The Null Corporation/Interscope Records. Listen to it here.
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Tomora, Come Closer
The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and singer Aurora have linked as Tomora, with their debut album Come Closer out today. The 12-track project is rich with textured, moody, rhythm-forward productions that operate on high tension, thrilling release and the best of each artists’ respective skillset.
“This is the music that we’ve been waiting to make… the hardness with the soft, the ugly with the beautiful,” the pair say in a joint statement. “It’s about connection. It is our own world — one that only exists when we meet and create together.”
Come Closer is out on Capitol Records. Listen to it here.
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Tiga, Hotlife
Dance world numero uno cool guy Tiga releases his fourth solo studio album, Hotlife, today. Harkening to the unpolished early days of bloghouse, the 12-track are spare, swaggering and the right kind of weird. Highlights include the previously released Fcukers collab “Silk Scarf” and the cover of INXS’ “Need You Tonight,” which under Tiga’s watch is transformed into a coy, film negative version of the lusty original.
Hotlife is out on Secret City Records Inc. and Turbo Recordings. Listen to it here.
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