It’s a Kylie Christmas! The icon that is Kylie Minogue has dropped her Fully Wrapped festive package, with its release marking the OFFICIAL beginning of the holiday season.
Sam Fender is dropping a deluxe edition of his Mercury Prize-winning album People Watching, already a Number 1 smash on the Official Charts. The deluxe adds eight extra tracks including collaborations with Olivia Dean and Elton John.
The IT Girl herself, JADE, is also getting all deluxe on us with THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE, an expanded version of her debut album. It comes with eight additional bops including her majestic cover of Madonna’s Frozen.
This week also brings live albums from Olivia Rodrigo, who celebrates this summer’s headline set at Worthy Farm with Live from Glastonbury (A BBC Recording), and Nick Cave, who drops Live God, recorded at the Accor Arena in Paris.
Depeche Mode are delivering a live album, too, in the form of their two-hour epic Memento Mori: Mexico City.
Irish pop-rockers Picture This bring some extra festive cheer with their new EP It’s Christmas Time, and there’s also a new EP, Take Me Home, from fast-rising Montana folk duo Buffalo Traffic Jam.
And finally, there are new studio albums from Irish indie-rock musician Dove Ellis, who drops debut disc Blizzard, and French psychedelia merchant Melody’s Echo Chamber, who shares fourth LP Unclouded.
Now, onto this week’s singles.
JADE takes us to Church – the new single from her deluxe album – and Canadian R&B queen Charlotte Day Wilson drops vibey new bop High Road.
Mika returns with Immortal Love, a trailer for his upcoming album Hyperlove, due in January. And Kylie Minogue shares a true seasonal heater: Hot in December.
Fast-rising boyband Absnt Mind deliver their festive treat She’s the Brightest Star, while Hastings punk crew Kid Kapichi share Rabbit Hole, a trailer for their upcoming album Fearless Nature.
Elsewhere, London singer-songwriter Jonny Gray releases Let The Light In, his stellar follow-up to November’s My Universe, and country sensation Tucker Wetmore shares his new tune Proving Me Right.
New Music Friday song, album and DVD releases for December 5 2025:
