The last month of spring has saddened us with cold and persistent rains, but music continues to heat our hearts. We have gathered the most interesting musical releases of May 2025 that promise to be the highlight of the year: from the new album of the Pop icon Miley Cyrus and the return of the legend of the Trip-Hop Morcheeba to the first English album of the participants in Eurovision 2025 Ziferblat and the 16 facets of the unpredictable Jerry Heil.
Jerry Heil – «архетипи»
Gender: Pop
Publication date: May 2
Song number: 16
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
The singer, composer and Ukrainian member of the American Recording Academy Jerry Heil has presented a new long -lasting album “Archetypes”, consisting of 16 songs. Several themes have been co -written by famous musicians: Misha Pravyvyi (Anima Mea), Monatik and Eugene Khmara (“I Begged”), as well as Yarmak (“What floor of the sky are you?”). It should be noted that this last song currently occupies the top 50 Ukrainian Top 50 spotify.
Interestingly, Jerry Heil believes that the album is not just a compilation of his latest works, but a kind of map, each of whose 16 songs represents one of the facets of his personality «Each theme of this album is like a different archetype of me, – Recognizes the singer. –They are not Jungians, but mine: the naive lyrical, the introvert rebel, the playful Jerry of 2019, the nymph … I wonder if you recognize them all. Or maybe you hear something else ».
Ziferblat – of us
Gender: Art-rock, fusion, funk
Publication date: May 2
Number of tracks: 9
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
Ziferblat, the band that represented Ukraine at the Eurovision 2025 festival, has published his second and first album in English. Of Us not only presents the band’s work on the world scene, but also tries to impress listeners with musical experiments on the edge of art rock and funk.
When presenting the album on Instagram, the band said it had been created in the shortest possible time: «This forced us to make a minimum of adjustments, especially to present everything as is. And it is great that everything has come out with this material ».
Suzanne Vega – Flying with Angels
Gender: indie rock, folk
Publication date: May 2
Song number: 10
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
The mention of American singer and composer Suzanne Vega will surely evoke nostalgic emotions among older listeners. After all, in 1990, a remix of his song Tom’s Digno of the duo of British DJ DNA became extremely popular and became a success of the Ukrainian discos for a long time. Flying With Angels is Suzanne’s tenth long -term album and the first collection of original songs from his concert “Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles” of 2014.
The Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis announced the launch of her fifth studio album Sincelely Mysteros Teasen who whispers “sleep with a home where even time stops. A place where everything goes as it should ».
In an interview granted in March 10 Magazine the artist even more intrigued her fans by stating that her last project has miraculous healing qualities «With this album I have been able to cure myself in many ways, – Uchis shared with journalists. –But I never knew that I was creating it for this same purpose ».
The Maneken – Nova was
Gender: Funk Rock, Disco-Funk, Electronics, Hip-Hop
Publication date: May 23
Number of tracks: 14
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
After a four -year parenthesis, the composer, arranger and vocalist of The Maneken, Yevhen Filatov, has published his fifth studio album, “Nova was.” The reason for this delay is clear when it is known that the project began to work before the pandemic, and that more than 50 artists worked on it in studies and online through zoom.
This also caused the concert to be quite eclectic: among its 14 themes, you can find samples of completely different styles, from the wonderful and optimistic album “Walker” (my favorite) to Soul “New Era” and Rap “Until It’s Over”. According to Yevhen, the funky sound of the album is a memory of the happy times of peace and represents the hope of his return.
Morcheeba – Escape The Haos
Gender: Electronics, Trip-Hop
Publication date: May 23
Number of tracks: 12
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
Celebrating three decades since the creation of the group, the stars of the Trip-Hop Sky Edwards and Ross Godfrey have presented their followers their eleventh studio album. Titled “Escape The Chaos”, it shows again the hypnotic and relaxed atmosphere that made the duo famous in the 1990s (there is a cassette of “Big Calm” out there in some closet, well reproduced until satiety) and has sold more than 10 million records worldwide.
Ross Godfrey points out that “all this album – is a process of trying to reconnect with what is really important. Either what is in your heart, or with the world, put your feet on the grass and feel the ground under your feet ». Sky continues his reflection: «Apocalypse is always on the horizon, both personal and global. It is comforting to take refuge in music and love with the closest ».
NEYODOVANA – «т”
Gender: Dark Pop, Gothic
Publication date: May 23
Song number: 6
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
Perhaps it was an emotional decision to add the debut album of the musician and artist of Lvvvvo Solomiya sered to our Top 10 of May musical releases. But while listening “тik”, I kept thinking that I was listening to something special. From the sophisticated arrangements and the great letters to the gloomy chamber atmosphere to the king’s wool, – Neyodovana makes you hear it again and again.
“Паіндром” – “Dream Translation Machine”
Gender: Alternative Rock
Publication date: May 23
Number of topics: 12
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
Known by his artistic name “Palindrome”, Lvvvan singer Stepan Burban has published his fifth studio album “Dream Machine”. His 12 issues include collaborations with Khrystyna Soloviy, Kurgan and Kherson Signals Feed the Void’s band.
The title of the album refers to a device that Stepan wanted to build as a child to see dreams on the TV screen. According to the interpreter, this image became a metaphor of his reflections on the unknown and the exploration of the hidden parts of his own personality.
Miley Cyrus – Subject Beautiful
Gender: Dance-pop, indie
Publication date: May 30
Song number: 13
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
On May 30, 2025, Columbia Records launched the ninth and possibly more ambitious album of the modern American pop icon Miley Cyrus. Something Beautiful is called to be an amazing and groundbreaking trip with daring visual concepts that the artist “winner of a Grammy” says .. inspired horror movie “Mandy” and the album The Wall of Pink Floyd.
It is expected that Cyrus’s first “visual” album combines music with shocking images and will be accompanied by a film that will be released next June «Even the darkest periods of our lives have their beauty,– says the star artist. –They are the shadow, the carboncillo, the hatching. It is impossible to create a picture without light and dark tones ».
GARBAGE – LET ALL THAT WE IMAGINE BE THE LIGHT
Gender: Alt-Rock, Grunge-Pop
Publication date: May 30
Song number: 10
Where to listen to it: YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music
The Garbage alternative rock band returned with its eighth studio album Let All That We imagine Be the Light, which went on sale on May 30. Speaking in unison with Morcheeba and Suzanne Vega, vocalist Shirley Manson states that the modern world has become a place too dark and considers that her task is to change it.
«When I did this album, I was determined to find a more hopeful and edifying world in which to immerse myself. The title of the album, Let Everything We Imagine Be LightThe singer explains. –When everything seems dark, it seems necessary to seek the forces of light, positivity and beauty in the world. It is almost a matter of life or death. Survival strategy ».
