Olivia Rodrigo, Aja Monet, and DJ Koze lead this week's Pitchfork Selects playlist

Songs the Pitchfork staff can't stop playing

The Pitchfork Selects playlist is one of the more reliable weekly dispatches in music journalism. Rather than chasing trends or algorithm-friendly picks, it reflects what the outlet's writers, editors, and contributors are genuinely listening to on repeat. This week's edition, according to Pitchfork, puts Olivia Rodrigo, Aja Monet, and DJ Koze at the center of the conversation.

Why it matters

Playlists like this one do something useful: they cut through the promotional cycle and point toward music that has earned repeated listens from people who hear a lot of it. Aja Monet and DJ Koze sitting alongside a pop juggernaut like Olivia Rodrigo says something about the range the editors are working with this week.

If you treat the Pitchfork Selects as a standing order, it is worth adding to your rotation alongside our own curated picks on vibrako. The overlap between what critics loop privately and what eventually lands on year-end lists tends to be high.