Violet Love has a bright idea for the end of summer: make the feeling of finally fitting in feel big enough for a playlist. "Airport Road," her forthcoming original single, comes from a personal place, her proposal to her fiancé and her welcome into his family, but its appeal is built around a feeling lots of listeners recognise. You can spend years looking for the right...

Listening to Riax’s new single, "Saved My Life," feels like receiving a thank-you note from the future while standing in the middle of a lightning storm. Here is the furious, floor-shaking kick drum of Euphoric Hardstyle, a sound designed for packed crowds and laser-split darkness, yet it’s delivering an intensely private message of self-reconciliation. It’s a baffling, brilliant collision. The beat wants to obliterate...