Olivia Rodrigo, sombr, Nine Inch Noize & More: New Friday Music Guide

Olivia Rodridgo leads Billboard's new music guide this week, along with sombr, Nine Inch Noize and more.

Apr. 17, 2026 at 10:36am

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Billboard's Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday's most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Olivia Rodrigo swerves with her third album's misleadingly titled first single, sombr straps on the vocoder, Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize make their partnership streaming-official — plus much more.

Why it matters

As one of the biggest pop stars of the current decade, Olivia Rodrigo's new music is always highly anticipated, while sombr and Nine Inch Noize represent exciting collaborations that will draw a lot of attention from music fans.

The details

Olivia Rodrigo's new single 'Drop Dead' is a lush and swoony but still propulsive love song, a misdirect from the furious heartbreak of her previous hits. sombr's new single 'Potential' features more of the discofied sound he's been exploring, with heartbroken lyrics and Daft Punk-style vocoder. Nine Inch Noize is a collaborative album between Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize, recreating their Coachella set with new spins on NIN classics. Lana Del Rey contributes the epic theme song 'First Light' to a new Bond video game, while Tyla and Zara Larsson team up on the fun and flirty 'She Did It Again.' Rosalía also releases a Complete Works digital reissue of her acclaimed 2025 album LUX.

  • Olivia Rodrigo's new album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is set for release in June 2026.
  • sombr debuted 'Potential' during his Weekend One Coachella performance and released the single on April 17, 2026.
  • Nine Inch Noize will perform again this Saturday, April 22, 2026.
  • Lana Del Rey's 'First Light' is the theme song for the new Bond video game of the same name.
  • Rosalía's Complete Works digital reissue of LUX was released this week.

The players

Olivia Rodrigo

A popular pop star known for her hit singles 'Drivers License' and 'Vampire' and her upcoming third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.

sombr

A rising electronic/dance artist who has found success with songs like '12 to 12' and is known for his discofied sound and use of vocoder.

Nine Inch Nails

The influential industrial rock band led by Trent Reznor, who have collaborated with electronic artist Boys Noize as the duo Nine Inch Noize.

Boys Noize

A German electronic music producer who has collaborated with Nine Inch Nails as the duo Nine Inch Noize.

Lana Del Rey

A acclaimed singer-songwriter known for her cinematic, dramatic pop sound, who has contributed the theme song 'First Light' to a new Bond video game.

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What they’re saying

“Listen LOUD”

— Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails frontman

What’s next

Nine Inch Noize will perform again this Saturday, April 22, 2026, giving fans another chance to catch their Coachella collaboration live.

The takeaway

This week's new music releases showcase the continued popularity and creative evolution of some of the biggest names in pop, rock, and electronic music, with Olivia Rodrigo, sombr, Nine Inch Nails, and Lana Del Rey all delivering exciting new tracks that will likely dominate the conversation and charts in the coming weeks.