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This Week’s Playlist

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This Is My Jam This Week

Mackenzy Mackay (44.7K subscribers) - “Dukes Head” (genre: indie folk, indie pop, acoustic) youtube.com

Water Cooler Chat: Music News

YouTube, the biggest music streaming platform in the world, will no longer submit data to Billboard for its music charts starting early in 2026. rollingstone.com, blog.youtube

TikTok has signed a deal to divest its US entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors. axios.com

EDM star Kato’s song “Turn the Lights Off,” featuring Jon Nørgaard, has gone viral on TikTok and Reels thanks to a trend built around a Jon Hamm-in-the-club scene. rollingstone.com

Nine Inch Nails is working on new music (best xmas present ever). nme.com

Consequence named Nine Inch Nails the Live Act of the Year. consequence.net

Indie rock band Geese flew high this year. cbc.ca

Wiz Khalifa was sentenced in absentia to nine months in prison in Romania following an appeal of a drug case brought after the rapper allegedly smoked weed on stage last year. rollingstone.com

Ironically, Chris Rea had “just been banned from driving” when he wrote “Driving Home For Christmas”. nme.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Travis Scott feat. Tyla, Vybz Kartel (20.5M subscribers) - “PBT” (genre: rap, trap, contemporary R&B) youtube.com

Logic feat. Wiz Khalifa (3.51M subscribers) - “700 CLUB” (genre: hip hop, trap, conscious) youtube.com

Megadeth (1.71M subscribers) - “Let There Be Shred” (genre: thrash metal, melodic metal, alternative metal) youtube.com

George Harrison (1.17M subscribers) - “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” (genre: pop rock, soft rock, folk rock) youtube.com

Anyma (976K subscribers) - “Out Of My Body” (genre: base house, trance, techno) youtube.com

Kelsea Ballerini (769K subscribers) - “Emerald City” (genre: country, alt country, folk pop) youtube.com

Alien Ant Farm (385K subscribers) - “Bad Attitude” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, post hardcore) youtube.com

The Strumbellas (385K subscribers) - “Take Me Down” (genre: indie rock, alternative rock, pop rock) youtube.com

SonReal (329K subscribers) - “Flame” (genre: indie pop, alt pop, lo-fi pop) youtube.com

Tom Morello feat. Beartooth (176K subscribers) - “Everything Burns” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, metalcore) youtube.com

Rhea Raj (167K subscribers) - “Now That Ur Gone” (genre: electro pop, alt pop, dance pop) youtube.com

Gavin Adcock (124K subscribers) - “Winner At Losing” (genre: country, alt country, country rock) youtube.com

Solya (74.3K subscribers) - “Born Wicked” (genre: indie pop, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

Arkells feat. Portugal. The Man (43.1K subscribers) - “Money” (genre: indie pop, alt pop, indietronica) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

The Dead Milkmen (8.82K subscribers) - “Santa Claus is Coming for Your Eyes” (genre: punk, indie rock, post punk) youtube.com 

Florence Black (8.6K subscribers) - “THE POURING RAIN” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, alternative metal) youtube.com 

PAENDA (3.23K subscribers) - “Fires” (genre: pop rock, indie pop, downtempo) youtube.com 

DEAD SUGAR (975 subscribers) - “COMA” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, metalcore) youtube.com 

Faun Flora (268 subscribers) - “I Wish I Was My Own Friend” (genre: dream pop, indie pop, alt pop) youtube.com 

Casey Cassette (238 subscribers) - “No Thanks” (genre: indie rock, dark wave, dream pop) youtube.com 

Big Problem (26 subscribers) - “New Heights” (genre: punk, pop punk, indie rock) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

Backstreet Boys perform a 2025 version their song “I Want It That Way” youtube.com

Holy Wars covers Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” youtube.com

St. Vincent covers David Bowie’s "Young Americans" youtube.coms

Yungblud covers Black Sabbath’s “Changes” youtube.com

Neo Acoustix covers Three Days Grace’s “Chalk Outline” youtube.com

Bel covers Blink-182’s “Stay Together for the Kids” youtube.com

Sixpence None the Richer do a fantastic NPR Tiny Desk Concert youtube.com

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