By LoffMusic Editorial Staff – July 2025
While July continues and festivals follow one after the other, the music radar is full of new releases that deserve to be listened to carefully. This week, among unexpected collaborations, expected returns and experimental bets, we select the most impressive singles of the moment. From Blood Orange to Bad Bunny, passing through FKA twigs, Curtis Harding and a surprising punk version of Karol G… the list is loaded.
🌫 Blood Orange, Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa – Mind Loaded
It’s not a dream: Dev Hynes returns as Blood Orange with an enveloping track that unites the voices of three generations. Caroline, Lorde and Mustafa meld over a tapestry of atmospheric R&B that borders on heavenly. The result is pure emotional velvet. Mind Loaded paves the way for Essex Honey, the album that will mark her return at the end of August.
🕺 Dimitri Vegas, David Guetta & Loreen – Pum Pum
The title may suggest uncontrolled partying, but Pum Pum is much sleeker than we expected. Guetta and Vegas move into drum & bass with polished production, and Loreen – yes, the same one from “Euphoria” – delivers an intense performance that elevates the track. There’s a club version and a liquid version, because summer is long and you have to dance day and night.
🔥 Bad Bunny – Barbed Wire
Benito continues to prove that he is not afraid to explore new terrain. Alambre Púa is melodic, melancholic and sharp, like its title. It is an emotional confession with a slow beat, sharp text and dark aesthetics. Is it trap? Is it urban ballad? It doesn’t matter. It’s pure Bad Bunny, in his most honest and vulnerable version.
👁 FKA twigs – Perfectly
Between trance and experimental pop, twigs seduces us again with a minimalist and precise production. Perfectly sounds like someone whispering in your ear in the middle of a neon dance floor. One of those tracks that you can’t stop playing to fully understand.
🕰 Curtis Harding – Time
Curtis does it again: soul that caresses the ear and messages that reach the chest. Time seems brought from the past but feels urgently present. His voice, always so warm, shines over a slow groove. A song that begs to be listened to with headphones and without interruptions.
🌵 Gutierrez Brothers feat. Leon Bridges – Elegantly Wasted
The guitars of the Gutierrezes and the voice of Leon Bridges form a perfect union. Elegantly Wasted is pure western soul, music for driving aimlessly with the sun beating down on the side of the windshield. Elegant, yes, but also vulnerable, sincere and profoundly beautiful.
🕊 Casa Palma & Repion – Pajarillo
An Aragonese jota reinterpreted in an indie rock key: that is Pajarillo. Casa Palma and Repion achieve something uncommon: to connect with the roots without sounding cliché. Powerful, feminine and free. An unexpected jewel on the Iberian alternative map.
🎙 Café Quijano & Shinova – It would be better to shut up
Café Quijano doesn’t usually collaborate much, but when they do, they surprise. Together with Shinova they reconstruct one of their classics and dye it with emotional epic. Dense guitars, heartfelt chorus and a slow-burning production.
⚡ Anabel Lee – Si antes te hubiera conocido ( Karol G’s punk version)
The band from Terrassa launches a smash hit that many did not expect. They take Karol G’s hit and turn it into a punk-pop anthem without losing its sweetness. Choruses to sing along to, well-placed distortion and an attitude that changes everything. In their hands, the song becomes a raging, sweaty and beautiful declaration of love.
📻 LoffTips: how to listen to this selection
We recommend you to start with Mind Loaded if you are looking for peace, follow with Pum Pum to move, and leave the closing in the hands of Si antes te hubiera conocido to scream from the heart. In between, let yourself be carried away by soul, folk and emotions.
This week, the musical map unfolds like an astrological chart: a little light, a little shade, and a whole lot of talent.
