The Aces is The 1975 for people who relearned how to remain open-hearted in their 20s instead of turning cynical. With big pop hooks and effervescent melodies, the band’s third album is a breezy listen if you want it to be: one part love letter to our teenage selves, the other to those who love us through the mess, romantic interest or otherwise (“Always Get This Way”). But belying the swoon-worthiness of the title track, it’s the latter that fuels I’ve Loved You For So Long: the relationship between members Cristal and Alisa Ramirez, Katie Henderson, and McKenna Petty — sisters and childhood friends who grew up queer and closeted under the Mormon church in Provo, Utah, and loved each other to survive.

Out June 2. Listen

The Ghanaian American artist Ama Serwah Genfi commands her music with a cloud-soft soprano, even as an up-tempo base of lush Afropop and R&B keeps it moving. Amaarae has built a sleek, cosmopolitan world in her songs, celebrating Black femininity and sensuality like on “Co-Star” and “Reckless & Sweet,” with misty beats that flutter with the excitement of queuing at the club with your girls. In a press release for the latter song, Amaarae wrote “young Black women and men…we’re bringing love and romance back!” so it’s really no wonder she’s already collaborated with love potion princess, Kali Uchis on “Sad Girlz Luv Money.”

Out June 9. Listen