New Music Friday picks
This week’s new-release highlights include Chris Brown’s single “Obvious,” Foo Fighters’ “Of All People,” Evanescence’s “Who Will You Follow,” and a Doechii x Lady Gaga collaboration called “RUNWAY.” (x.com) Industry roundups and playlists have been flagging those names as the core New Music Friday attention set. (x.com)
Four marquee singles landed on Friday, April 10, and streaming services quickly clustered them at the center of this week’s New Music Friday conversation: Chris Brown’s “Obvious,” Foo Fighters’ “Of All People,” Evanescence’s “Who Will You Follow,” and Lady Gaga and Doechii’s “RUNWAY.” (music.apple.com 1) (music.apple.com 2) (music.apple.com 3) (music.apple.com 4) Apple Music lists “Obvious” as Chris Brown’s latest release, issued April 10, 2026, as a one-song single running about three minutes. Brown’s artist page also shows 2025’s “It Depends” with Bryson Tiller among his recent releases, placing “Obvious” inside an active album cycle rather than as a one-off drop. (music.apple.com 1) (music.apple.com 2) Foo Fighters’ “Of All People” is attached to a larger project, not a standalone single. Apple Music lists it on the band’s upcoming 10-track album “Your Favorite Toy,” with a release date of April 24, 2026, making the song an early preview two weeks ahead of the full record. (music.apple.com 1) (music.apple.com 2) Evanescence used the same playbook. The band’s site said on April 9 that “Who Will You Follow” was out now, and Apple Music places the song on “Sanctuary,” a 12-track album scheduled for June 5, 2026. (evanescence.com) (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) Lady Gaga and Doechii took the shortest route into the week’s release stack with “RUNWAY,” a one-track single dated April 10, 2026. Apple Music lists the track at 2:51 and credits it to Lil Monsters, LLC and Top Dawg Entertainment under license to Interscope Records and Capitol Records. (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) What ties these songs together is format as much as fame: three of the four function as lead-ins or advance tracks for bigger release plans, while one is a high-profile standalone collaboration. In the same week, Apple Music surfaces “Obvious” in R&B playlists, “RUNWAY” in pop and Pride playlists, and “Who Will You Follow” in rock playlists, showing how New Music Friday attention now gets sorted by platform curation as quickly as by radio or press. (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) The release timing also shows four different career positions converging on one Friday. Chris Brown is extending a long-running R&B catalog with a fresh single, Foo Fighters are setting up their next album after “But Here We Are,” Evanescence are moving toward their first new studio album since 2021’s “The Bitter Truth,” and Doechii is appearing alongside a pop headliner whose official site is still centered on the “Mayhem” era and tour dates into April 2026. (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) (ladygaga.com) Evanescence’s rollout is the most explicit about what comes next. The band’s homepage pairs the single announcement with a presave push for “Sanctuary” and a long run of tour dates beginning with Sick New World in Las Vegas on April 25 and North American dates in June and July. (evanescence.com) Foo Fighters’ page is quieter but still clear about sequence: “Of All People” is already live, while “Your Favorite Toy” remains marked as a pre-release for April 24. That gives the band a two-week window in which one song can do the work of reintroducing the album before all 10 tracks arrive. (music.apple.com) So this week’s New Music Friday field is less a random pile of singles than a release-calendar snapshot. One Friday, four tracks, and at least three larger campaigns already visible behind them. (music.apple.com) (music.apple.com) (evanescence.com) (music.apple.com)
