Franz Ferdinand, Diana Ross, U2 ... Discover our weekend playlist

Goodbye Billy, hello Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand does not say goodbye to music.

is confusing, but the British group is indeed back with this new title.

In reality, two titles.

Also unveiling the track

, the quintet seems eager to release their seventh studio album,

, to be released on March 11, 2022. Eclectic, it consists of twenty songs, including cult titles, songs that the group adores and that he likes to play live.

music video

, produced by Alex Kapranos, singing head of Franz Ferdinand, chooses black and white.

The feverish rock of the song gives it back colors, all accompanied by synthetic sounds on a heady chorus.

A simple, but effective return.

The disco diva is back

After 22 years of absence, the Queen of Soul returns with an album of original songs,

. His last record

, released in 2006, was only built on covers. Interpreter of the timeless

and

, at 77 years old Diana Ross signs 13 songs with a dancing rhythm and always so anchored in their time. His reputation as a living legend is in no way tainted, his song

, released in June, awakens a sweet nostalgia for the 1970s and 1980s. Through a delicate vintage rhythm, she thanks her audience and those close to her for her years of success. As a bonus, her clip is interspersed with archival footage that is sure to warm your heart.

Spiritualized still in space

Jason Pierce knows how to title an album.

The former Spacemen 3 returns in February with

, the ninth effort of his group Spiritualized, which has so far offered nothing but beauty and delight.

Twenty-five years after the soaring

, the group's ultimate classic and the psychedelic international, the English group has lost none of its magic.

This first single

offers six minutes of chamber pop with a timid approach, which ends up exploding in a deluge of ecstatic guitars.

Unlike its cover, nothing generic.

ABBA or the art of never disappearing

Forty years after their last studio record, the Swedish group delivers a final batch of unreleased songs before retiring, this time, for good.

From September and the enthusiasm that surrounded the first three extracts, the

album

was already described as the event of the year.

, performed mainly by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, is proof that ABBA hasn't lost any of its greatness.

Released in September, the track tells the story of a woman's return to her former companion, or the strangeness of the group's return after so many years.

Terrace Martin and Kendrick Lamar, California is them

Terrace Martin is releasing his new album

. Prodigy of jazz and hip-hop production, he has collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson and Kamasi Washington to his credit. Regular traveling companion of Kendrick Lamar, he invites the latter on his new single. The opportunity for the rapper from Compton to continue to play on the nerves of his fans. Four and a half years since he has not released a record in his name, apart from the

soundtrack

and drip appearances.

On this unstoppable funk single, the two musicians explore the theme of alienation and new technologies, accompanied by talented producer James Fauntleroy, hook prince Ty Dolla Sign and an eternally smoky Snoop Dogg.

A sunny quintet to shed some light on this dreary month of November.

TNGHT, uncompromising fun

"Amusing. Idiot. Badass. Not too much work. "

It is by these terms that the two members of TNGHT describe their new song

. Inspired by the prospect of rediscovering the party of the world before, Hudson Mohawke and Lunice come back to burn our nights and our neurons. Almost ten years ago, the two producers joined forces for an unstoppable trap EP, carried by

, eternal banger and definitive trap standard. A striking success and titles that still haunt the nights of those who were there. After a collaboration with Kanye West on the titanic

, the two accomplices had separated.

For two years, they have regularly rekindled the flame of their bizarre, noisy and whimsical electro, like this scary and hilarious clip.

U2 renews its repertoire

Nothing to do with rock.

Rather a pop à la Prince, not unpleasant despite the bad criticism surrounding the new title of the Irish group.

dripping a bit, of course.

That the song is the soundtrack of the new cartoon

is not to do it justice.

U2 at least had the intelligence to renew (a little) its repertoire.

The fans will probably not be convinced but the merry band will attract new followers.