Friday Dance Music Guide: The Week’s Best New Tracks From Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez, SG Lewis & More

This week in dance music: A “no experience needed” DJ competition that originated in Australia is debuting in the U.S. this fall, with auditions happening in New York and Los Angeles later this month. Focused on democratizing DJing and opening up the space to producers without access to equipment and training, the competition is offering a chance not only to pick up skills, but to earn a slot on an upcoming festival lineup. The Your Shot advisory team includes artist and Femme House co-founder LP Giobbi, president of Live Nation’s Vibee Harvey Cohen and representatives from dance/electronic management company The Circuit Group.

Meanwhile, IMS Dubai announced the phase one programming for its conference in November, with Nicole Moudaber, Hugel, Bedouin, Pete Tong and executives from the across the dance industry heading to the U.A.E. for the event.

And also: TikToker Kelley Heyer, who created the viral dance to Charli xcx’s “Apple,” reached a settlement with gaming giant Roblox to resolve claims that the platform featured her choreography without her permission, Lady Gaga cancelled a show in Miami at the last minute due to strained vocal issues, writing in a statement that “I want to be hardcore and just push through this for you but I don’t want to risk long term or permanent damage on my vocal cords,” and Aloe Blacc teamed up with Sickick for the new track “Lonely Together.”

To put an exclamation point on it all, these are the best new dance tracks of the week.