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This Is My Jam This Week

Semler (14.8K subscribers) - “Chyna” (genre: alternative rock, shoegaze, indie rock) youtube.com 

Water Cooler Chat: Music News

ICYMI: Nickelback's “How You Remind Me” is the perfect song for snake hunting. exclaim.ca, youtube.com

Grace Semler Baldridge wrote a wonderful song about the life of Chyna, the deceased professional wrestler. Grace also put together this fantastic video essay about why they wrote the song. youtube.com

MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- “Video Killed the Radio Star.” boston25news.com

Nardwuar was appointed to The Order of Canada. nme.com

The creators of Stranger Things have revealed how the iconic David Bowie track ‘Heroes’ was chosen as the final song of the series. nme.com

Chappell Roan is going to have a "restful reset" in 2026 after experiencing one of the "hardest" years of her life. music-news.com

Justin Bieber has made an emotional plea for the music industry to be made ‘safer’ and ‘more honest.’ metro.co.uk

The Weeknd has made Spotify history once again, becoming the first artist ever to see 30 of his songs cross one billion streams each. billboard.com

Peter Gabriel will release his new album ‘o/i’ later this year. clashmusic.com

Idris Elba knighted in new year honours list. theguardian.com

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler reveals he’s using AI to bring his previously unreleased material to life, some of which he wrote back in the 80s. digitalmusicnews.com

After its acquisition by AI company Infinite Reality, Napster abruptly shut down its music streaming service and pivoted to AI assistants. digitalmusicnews.com

What Is Lossless Audio, and Do You Really Need It? WIRED explains. wired.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Sabrina Carpenter (9.42M subscribers) - “Such A Funny Way” (genre: pop, pop rock, folk pop) youtube.com

mgk (9.42M subscribers) - “times of my life” (genre: alt pop, indie rock, pop punk) youtube.com

Lala Sadii (8.37M subscribers) - “The One” (genre: alt pop, indie pop, electro pop) youtube.com

Tyler, the Creator (8.06M subscribers) - “SAG HARBOR” (genre: rap, hip-hop, conscious) youtube.com

KATSEYE (7.07M subscribers) - “Internet Girl” (genre: electro pop, dance pop, synth pop) youtube.com

Nick Jonas (4.05M subscribers) - “Gut Punch” (genre: alt pop, pop rock, indie pop) youtube.com

YUNGBLUD feat. The Smashing Pumpkins (3.68M subscribers) - “Zombie” (genre: alternative rock, hard rock, post grunge) youtube.com

Doechii feat. SZA (3.17M subscribers) - “girl, get up” (genre: hip hop, contemporary R&B, afrobeats) youtube.com 

Sophie Powers (272K subscribers) - “popoff” (genre: electro house, UK garage, dance pop) youtube.com

Winona Oak (207K subscribers) - “Horses” (genre: alt pop, indie pop, downtempo) youtube.com

Clever (195K subscribers) - “deadbolt” (genre: alt pop, indie pop, singer songwriter) youtube.com

Dasha (193K subscribers) - “Here For The Party” (genre: country, country rock, alt country) youtube.com

Lola Blanc (120K subscribers) - “Pedestal” (genre: alt pop, indie pop, dance pop) youtube.com

Ella Red (84.9K subscribers) - “Funeral” (genre: alt pop, synth pop, dance pop) youtube.com

Ladytron (62.1K subscribers) - “Caught in the Blink of an Eye” (genre: synth pop, indie pop, dark wave) youtube.com

HATARI (35.4K subscribers) - “Fuck You Look Good” (genre: electronic, electro, synth pop) youtube.com

Cain Culto feat. Peaches & Brooke Candy (23.7K subscribers) - “KFC Santería” (genre: hyperpop, experimental electronic, alt rap) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Brevin Kim (7.55K subscribers) - “GRIP” (genre: alt pop, hip hop, global bass) youtube.com 

Cheryl "Salt" James (3.61K subscribers) - “Kings & Queens” (genre: hip-hop, rap, old-school ) youtube.com 

Grace Enger (2.82K subscribers) - “All My Songs” (genre: indie rock, neo folk, acoustic) youtube.com 

Meldamor (2.15K subscribers) - “SOUL CRUSHER” (genre: gothic, dark wave, darksynth) youtube.com 

Tally Spear (1.57K subscribers) - “Upside Down” (genre: pop rock, alt pop, indie pop) youtube.com 

Light The Blind (829 subscribers) - “I TRIED” (genre: electronicore, industrial, djent) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

The Big Push covered Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” youtube.com

4 Non Blondes performed “What’s Up” for the 2026 Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve youtube.com

Rick Springfield performed “Jessie’s Girl” for the 2026 Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve youtube.com

50 Cent performed all of his biggest hits for the 2026 Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve youtube.com, youtube.com

The Warning and Billy Idol covered Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” youtube.com

Snoop Dogg’s Christmas Halftime Show brought together a bizarre collection of artists introduced by Martha Stewart. youtube.com

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