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Last week , we featured Gracie Abrams, Drake and Maluma.

This week: Ariana Grande releases the lead single from her anticipated upcoming album petal ; aespa drops LEMONADE – The 2nd Album ; and Labrinth delivers a cosmically -timed new project… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Ariana Grande, “hate that i made you love me”

Ariana loves a good bit — and she does them well. For longtime fans, her ongoing “maybe I will, maybe I won’t” approach to making more music has kept us on our toes; but thankfully, it never lasts too long, and petal is the latest proof.…