Alpha

Keep your brat summer going with Charli xcx and Billie Eilish, whose bonus BRAT track “Guess” leads Alpha this week. The amped-up collaboration feels like “LUNCH” put through BRAT’s slime-green filter. Think ultra-flirty lyrics (Charli: “You wanna guess the colour of my underwear”; Billie: “Charli likes boys, but she knows I’d hit it”), plus a thumping, strobe-lit bassline, and so. Much. Brattitude. Many of the extraordinary artists on this playlist are history-makers and game-changers, but Alpha’s more than that. These songs touch on every facet of what womanhood might look and feel like, to one woman—or many. Here, you’ll find love and intimacy, hope and validation, intensity and rawness. It’s a place for starting conversations, uplifting one another and challenging notions through the simple matter of being. Now, that’s real power. Check back often, as we regularly update this playlist. If you hear a song that gives you power, add it to your library.