{"id":852255,"date":"2026-03-26T19:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/852255\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:52:16","slug":"new-music-friday-central-cee-raye-miley-cyrus-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/852255\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Central Cee, RAYE, Miley Cyrus and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melting many a millennial heart with The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/5138\/miley-cyrus\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Miley Cyrus<\/a>\u00a0delivers a meaningful message to Younger You, asking &#8220;do you love who you&#8217;ve become?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After making history by topping the first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/uk-christian-and-gospel-singles-chart\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Official Christian &amp; Gospel Singles Chart<\/a>\u00a0with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/jerub-kumbaya-first-ever-number-1-official-christian-and-gospel-chart\/https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/jerub-kumbaya\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kumbaya<\/a>, Nottingham singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/jerub\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JERUB<\/a> returns with his first release of 2026, STAY. On the track, JERUB says: &#8220;STAY lives in that space where your fears and doubts lead you to run away before things feel too vulnerable and the deepest, most real parts of you are seen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;It\u2019s broken but it\u2019s right&#8217; feels like the heart of the song. Perfection isn\u2019t real. We all come with history, insecurities, old wounds. And love, in any form, isn\u2019t about fixing those things. It\u2019s about choosing each other anyway. Keeping the lights on. Letting the music play. Saying stay, not because it\u2019s flawless, but because it\u2019s honest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rising independent artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/john-galea\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">John Galea<\/a> unveils <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/john-galea-songwriter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Songwriter<\/a>, the first single from is upcoming debut solo album. On the inspiration behind the track, John tells Official Charts: &#8220;On the inspiration behind Songwriter, John tells us: &#8220;My journey as an artist was the biggest inspiration &#8211; it&#8217;s a tough road as an independent artist. Royalties aren&#8217;t that great for songwriters today, and a lot has been in news about that especially. The idea of sharing whatever you get with your loved one really was something that struck a chord with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/john-galea-songwriter-first-listen\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read our exclusive First Listen of John Galea&#8217;s Songwriter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/18538\/paul-mccartney\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Paul McCartney<\/a> returns with his single Days We Left Behind, the first cut from his new album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/chart-news\/paul-mccartney-the-boys-of-dungeon-place-new-album-pre-order-release-date-the-beatles\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Boys Of Dungeon Lane<\/a>, set to drop in May.<\/p>\n<p>BRITs Breakthrough Artist, Hip-Hop\/Grime\/Rap Act and R&amp;B Act nominee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/62369\/jim-legxacy\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Legxacy<\/a>\u00a0is back with standalone drop idk idk, following the success of last year&#8217;s black british music (2025) LP.<\/p>\n<p>Currently on the road stateside with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/48368\/zara-larsson\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Zara Larsson<\/a>, American alt-pop artist Amelia Moore drops prom queen, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/10018\/jungle\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jungle<\/a> unveil Carry On, the first taste of their upcoming fifth studio project Sunshine, due August 14.<\/p>\n<p>Other big new single releases this week come courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/arthur-hill\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Hill<\/a> (Working On It), Conan Gray (the best), K-pop kings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/52857\/stray-kids\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stray Kids<\/a> (STAY),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/29508\/pulp\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pulp<\/a> (Marrying For Love) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/45276\/becky-g\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Becky G<\/a> (Marathon).<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s turn our attention to albums.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a huge week for the Big Pop Girls. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/50464\/raye\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RAYE<\/a>&#8216;s ready to unleash her second studio album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE., featuring the chart-topping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/raye-where-is-my-husband\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!<\/a>, plus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/raye-nightingale-lane\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nightingale Lane.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/1795\/hans-zimmer\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hans Zimmer<\/a> collab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/songs\/raye-ft-hans-zimmer-click-clack-symphony\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click Clack Symphony.<\/a>\u00a0and focus track I Know You&#8217;re Hurting..<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Swedish pop auteur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/33000\/robyn\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Robyn<\/a> returns with her ninth studio record, and first in eight years, Sexistential. To date, Robyn&#8217;s banked four Top 40 albums: 2005 self-titled release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/robyn-robyn\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Robyn<\/a> (11), 2010&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/robyn-body-talk-pt-2\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Body Talk Pt. 2<\/a> (38), 2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/10485\/r%E2%80%A6yksopp\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">R\u00f6yksopp<\/a> team-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/royksopp-robyn-do-it-again\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Do It Again<\/a> (20) and 2018&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/albums\/robyn-honey\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Honey<\/a> (21).<\/p>\n<p>A decade in the making, fellow Swede <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/7456\/loreen\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Loreen<\/a> lands her third full-length work WILDFIRE. Catch Loreen on tour across the UK this September.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Missouri-born star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/56338\/slayyyter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Slayyyter<\/a> serves up WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, her third studio album featuring BEAT UP CHANEL$, CANNIBALISM!, OLD TECHNOLOGY and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/58226\/central-cee\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Central Cee<\/a> will be hoping for a third Official Number 1 album with latest collection ALL ROADS LEAD HOME, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/48109\/charlie-puth\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Puth<\/a> drops his fourth record Whatever&#8217;s Clever!<\/p>\n<p>Look out for other big new album releases from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/artemas\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Artemas<\/a> (getting up to no good),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/48224\/melanie-martinez\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Melanie Martinez<\/a> (HADES),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/48310\/tom-misch\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Misch<\/a> (Full Circle), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/53973\/dermot-kennedy\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dermot Kennedy<\/a> (The Weight of the Woods), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/artist\/2351\/scouting-for-girls\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Scouting For Girls<\/a> (These Are The Good Days) and Michael Aldag (The Carousel).<\/p>\n<p>Check out your New Music Friday round-up below.<\/p>\n<p>New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for March 27 2026:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melting many a millennial heart with The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, Miley Cyrus\u00a0delivers a meaningful message to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,243112,269,32747,26925,243113,16,15],"class_list":["post-852255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-john-galea","tag-music","tag-new-releases","tag-raye","tag-robyn","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116297226452452087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}