Daniel Caesar has already had a busy 2025, whether contributing production to Justin Bieber’s Swag or guesting on the latest Blood Orange album. The Canadian singer-songwriter’s new LP ups the ante with a who’s-who of indie, pop, and R&B on the guest list: Bon Iver, Devonté Hynes, Clairo, Mustafa, Sampha, Yebba, and Rex Orange County. Son of Spergy was preceded by “Have a Baby (With Me),” “Moon” (with Bon Iver), and “Call on Me.”

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Lily Allen: West End Girl [BMG]

For the past four years, Lily Allen has carved out a lane as a podcast host and a stage actor, appearing in productions in West End London and netting an Olivier Award nomination. Now, the British pop star has plotted her return to music with the aptly titled West End Girl, her first studio album in seven years. The follow-up to 2018’s No Shame was recorded in December 2024, and is “vulnerable in a way that my music perhaps hasn’t been before,” Allen said in press materials. She continued, “I’ve tried to document my life in a new city and the events that led me to where I am in my life now.” Allen co-wrote the album alongside her musical director, Blue May, and they executive-produced with Seb Chew and Kito.