Kick Out The Jams - 2026 01 17

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This Is My Jam This Week

Saint Agnes (6.15 subscribers) - “Song For Mia” (genre: industrial, new wave, electro) youtube.com

Water Cooler Chat: Music News

The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. apnews.com

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI generated. bbc.com

Soul “musician” Sienna Rose has made headlines this week as suspicions mount that her music is a product of artificial intelligence. nme.com

Bruno Mars set a new Ticketmaster record for the most tickets sold in a single day, according to Live Nation. forbes.com

Bad Bunny invites you to dance in new Super Bowl trailer. youtube.com

Ludacris has dropped off the bill for Kid Rock's controversial Rock the Country music festival. exclaim.ca

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78. apnews.com

Pamela Anderson said she felt "yucky" about being close to Seth Rogen at the Golden Globes. people.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Wiz Khalifa (30.1M subscribers) - “I Put That Shit On” (genre: rap, trap, drill) youtube.com

Gorillaz (12.8M subscribers) - “The Hardest Thing/Orange County” (genre: indie pop, synth pop, indie electronic) youtube.com

A$AP ROCKY (6M subscribers) - “STOLE YA FLOW” (genre: rap, trap, gangsta) youtube.com

Robbie Williams (2.44M subscribers) - “Morrissey” (genre: pop, synth pop, dance pop) youtube.com

PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson (2.11M subscribers) - “Stateside” (genre: electro pop, contemporary R&B, old school house) youtube.com

Skylar Grey (1.4M subscribers) - “Motivation” (genre: alt pop, pop rock, indie pop) youtube.com

Dolly Parton feat. Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah, Reba McEntire (1.39M subscribers) - “Motivation” (genre: indie pop, pop rock, adult contemporary) youtube.com

Hilary Duff (1.06M subscribers) - “Roommates” (genre: alt pop, electro pop, pop rock) youtube.com

Midland(469K subscribers) - “Marlboro Man” (genre: country, alt country, red dirt) youtube.com

José González (200K subscribers) - “Against the Dying of the Light” (genre: indie folk, indie rock, acoustic folk) youtube.com

Slayyyter (138K subscribers) - “DANCE...” (genre: melodic techno, house, dance pop) youtube.com

Normandie (70.4K subscribers) - “Cyanide” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, alternative metal) youtube.com

Joy Oladokun (61.1K subscribers) - “Nothing Comes Easy” (genre: acoustic folk, adult contemporary, pop rock, downtempo) youtube.com

Yonaka (53K subscribers) - “Trouble Follows” (genre: alt pop, electro pop, indie pop) youtube.com

New Constellations (48.6K subscribers) - “I Disappear” (genre: alt pop, indie pop, indie rock) youtube.com

LØLØ (47K subscribers) - “007” (genre: alt pop, indie pop, electro pop) youtube.com

Kim Gordon (28.5K subscribers) - “NOT TODAY” (genre: alternative rock, indie rock, art rock) youtube.com

Nothing (17.8K subscribers) - “toothless” (genre: shoegaze, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

Fcukers (17.6K subscribers) - “L.U.C.K.Y” (genre: house, electro, dance pop) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Poison The Well (12.6K subscribers) - “Thoroughbreds” (genre: melodic hardcore, metalcore, post hardcore) youtube.com 

Holy F (10.4K subscribers) - “Evie” (genre: indietronica, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Surfbort (8.17K subscribers) - “Jessicas Changed” (genre: post punk, power pop, indie rock) youtube.com 

BIF NAKED (2.29K subscribers) - “SNOWBLINDED” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Charlotte Cornfield (1.24K subscribers) - “Hurts Like Hell” (genre: alt country, indie rock, indie folk) youtube.com 

KAVARI (805 subscribers) - “IRON VEINS” (genre: experimental electronic, drum n bass, glitch) youtube.com 

Robber Robber (523 subscribers) - “The Sound It Made” (genre: noise, alternative rock, art rock) youtube.com 

Wicked Vixen (369 subscribers) - “In Cold Blood” (genre: alternative rock, gothic metal, indie rock) youtube.com 

Cherry Bomb (337 subscribers) - “Never Be Me (M★therf★cker)” (genre: synth pop, electro, indie pop) youtube.com 

Honey Juice (97 subscribers) - “Panic” (genre: alternative rock, indie rock, post punk) youtube.com 

157 (27 subscribers) - “Hole” (genre: deathcore, metalcore, post hardcore) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

GWAR covered Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” youtube.com

The Beaches covered Aha’s “I Ran” youtube.com

Rain Paris covered Bad Omen’s “Just Pretend” youtube.com

First To Eleven covered Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” youtube.com

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