Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras, Skinamarink and more.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Alice in Borderland Season 2, and the films Aftersun, After Yang and Jeanne Dielman.

The dark, dubstep-infused collaboration fiercely bites with an insistent, stuttering beat, paired alongside Flowdan's distinctly deep flow.

An addictive Ab-Soul track featuring a remix of a beloved soul sample, a philosophical premise and an energetic, did-I-even-stutter type of flow.

"Gorilla" is a declaration — Little Simz is here and she wants you to feel it.

As is often the case with inner monologues, "Kill Bill" finds SZA bouncing her more toxic and rational thoughts off of each other — indulging particularly in the former.

On a piano ballad, the Dama Scout member welcomes you to a fantasy world run by sorcerers, witches and lonesome warriors.

The Detroit-born producer and DJ affirms the relationship between genres often kept apart by emphasizing their connective feeling: freedom.

A swooning, melodic song teeters between yearning and regret, but never falls into somber tones.

In this week's Heat Check selects, Kevin Abstract says goodbye to BROCKHAMPTON (kind of?), $ilkmoney shrugs off virality, a singer synthesizes the sounds of the UK's contemporary R&B scene and more.

The shape-shifting R&B artist places time in the palms of her hands, squeezing and stretching it as she sees fit.

The British electronic producer talks about sampling mundane sounds in his music and the pressures of manipulating the voices of others.

In this week's Heat Check selects, an insular rapper reestablishes the terms of his savvy music, a hotshot gets schooled by his OG, a singer-songwriter neutralizes a source of her depression and more.

In this week's Heat Check selects, prodigies past and present connect with OGs and friends, rappers stretch the limits of genre, young artists breathe new life into unmistakable samples and more.

This week's Heat Check selects features grounded wordsmiths, emergent L.A.-based chanteuses, auto-tuned misfits and songs of self-care.