Boundary-pushing virtual artist Vela Jones maps out the cosmos of human longing on her latest single, "Star Light Star Bright". She occupies a strange, compelling space where high-end technology collides with deep emotional resonance, and this new cinematic dance-pop track leans entirely into that friction. https://open.spotify.com/track/76mOcrLmTadfNJTWMFPNQN?si=e58afd9812b142d8 The premise taps into the desperate, intimate innocence of wishing on a star to bring someone you love back home....

Leon Blanchard, a name perhaps faintly echoing from the mid-noughties indie surge, returns not with fanfare, but with a solitary signal flare titled "Astronaut". Hailing from Grimsby, a town known more for its fishing heritage than its celestial aspirations, Blanchard's new song does not really feel like a return, but more like a personal gearbox picked up after years of chatter. In 2007, his old band,...