Every week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with several tracks that catch our attention, then round up the best songs of each month in this segment. Here, in alphabetical order, are the best songs of July 2026. Coco & Clair Clair, ‘Coldplay’Coco & Clair Clair’s new single is gauzy cloud-rap perfection, eerily close to what I imagine a team-up between IAN SWEET and Erika de Clasier might yield. Clair Clair, in her dreamy verses, can’t help but fall for a guy despite admitting he’s “such a tool,” while Coco advises her to make the night out all about herself instead. In its gradual intro, ‘brand new chanel$’ hovers in that space longer than most pop songs: “Was it worth causing all my darkest days?”