5 Songs You Need in Your Life This Week

Welcome to "All the Songs You Need to Hear This Week," a series where we round up the best music you might have missed in the past seven-ish days (read last week's here). In this edition, Beyoncé made lemonade.

1. Beyoncé, Lemonade

Yes, it's an album and not a song, but if you watched it on HBO or Tidal this week, then you know that Beyoncé's latest masterpiece is designed to be consumed whole. Leave aside the Becky drama for a moment and focus on the fact that Lemonade is Bey's most musically ambitious work to date — there's even a country song on it. You can't go wrong with anything on Lemonade, but the infectiously catchy "Hold Up" is a good place to start, as is the Kendrick Lamar-featuring "Freedom" and blissful "All Night." (Listen at beyonce.tidal.com or on iTunes.)

2. Ladyhawke, "Dangerous" 

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After previewing her upcoming album Wild Things with "Sweet Fascination" and "A Love Song," Ladyhawke is back with "Dangerous," a sinister electropop song about the perils of falling under love's spell. It's the musical equivalent of roller-skating in neon sequins on a rink lit only by black lights. 

3. Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna, "This Is What You Came For"

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Shortly after teaming up at Coachella to perform their 2011 smash "We Found Love," Rihanna and Calvin Harris are together again for this arena-ready banger. Hope you like it, because it's going to be everywhere in about five minutes.

4. Kesha and Zedd, "True Colors"

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Zedd first released this song back in 2015, but Kesha turns it into anthem with her fierce vocals. The song, which Kesha performed with Zedd at Coachella earlier this month, is Kesha's first single in three years, and was produced with permission from RCA and Kemosabe (Kesha's court battle with Dr. Luke has complicated her ability to release new music). Here's to more Kesha in 2016!  

5. Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, and Friends, "To Lay Me Down"

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This cover is part of the National's upcoming Grateful Dead tribute Day of the Dead, and it is absolutely gorgeous. It's a slow, slow burn, but the breathtaking harmonies between Mike Hadreas and Sharon Van Etten will quickly make you wish the song was twice as long.

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