Sophia Stel, Worldpeace DMT, Weed420 Lead This Week's Pitchfork Selects

Pitchfork has published its weekly Selects playlist, and this week's edition spotlights 18 tracks picked by the outlet's writers and editors, led by Sophia Stel, Worldpeace DMT and Weed420.

The Selects playlist runs every Monday. It collects the songs Pitchfork's staff — writers, editors and contributors — are, in their own words, "playing obsessively." The team sifts through a large volume of new releases daily and trades recommendations internally. The only stated editorial criterion: "these are the songs you'd gladly send to a friend."

Who made the cut?

Each track carries a named picker from the Pitchfork masthead. Here's the full list:

• Worldpeace DMT: "Ivy" — Hattie Lindert
• Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan: "Expectations" — Anna Gaca
• Sophia Stel: "Better Believe It" — Olivier Lafontant
• June McDoom: "Dream Dub" — Lily Goldberg
• Weed420: "Vámanos de Aquí" — Jeremy Larson
• Babyfxce E: "Fake Don" — Alphonse Pierre
• Foenem: "Milwaukee Brewers" — Mano Sundaresan
• Fka Boursin: "From Space Between" — JL
• Andy Shauf: "Angela the Traveller" — Nina Corcoran
• TVOD: "Wet Brain" — NC
• Sarah Coolidge: "Mickey" — LG
• On the Ifness: "Kinfy" — JL
• Holy Tongue: "Vuoto 25" — JL
• Lucki: "What It Is" — OL
• Pi'erre Bourne: "What's the Latest" — MS
• A$AP Rocky: "Shroom Clouds" — Alex Suskind
• 509 BMG: "Haitian K" [ft. KeepTreakin-adjacent guest KeepTweakin] — OL

What does this change for listeners?

Not much in structure, and that's the point. The playlist is a discovery channel, not a chart: no ranking, no genre logic, no editorial thesis. One editor's pick can sit next to a completely unrelated one.

The range this week tells you how wide that net casts. Pop superstars Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan appear via a single collaboration, "Expectations," chosen by Anna Gaca. Underground and regional rap is well represented too — Detroit's Babyfxce E, Milwaukee-associated Foenem (whose track is literally titled "Milwaukee Brewers"), and 509 BMG's "Haitian K."

Indie songwriting shows up through Andy Shauf's "Angela the Traveller," picked by Nina Corcoran. Experimental and dub-leaning cuts fill out the back half: June McDoom's "Dream Dub," Holy Tongue's "Vuoto 25," and On the Ifness's "Kinfy" — three of the latter picks credited to JL.

A$AP Rocky's "Shroom Clouds," selected by Alex Suskind, is the highest-profile name on the list, while Pi'erre Bourne and Lucki carry the mainstream-rap weight alongside him.

How to listen

Pitchfork hosts its playlists on both Apple Music and Spotify. The outlet notes that it earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on its site — standard practice for commerce-adjacent editorial, and disclosed up front.

The Selects series refreshes each Monday, so the practical move for readers who found something here is simple: follow the playlists on either platform and the next batch arrives automatically.