Andrew Bird on ‘The Pitt,’ Gia Margaret and more of the best new songs

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

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Summary

If you watch HBO’s The Pitt, you might have heard the gorgeous new song called “Need Someone” that Andrew Bird wrote for a recent episode. We’ve got that on this week’s show along with reflections on fitting in by letting go, from Gia Margaret and Ratboys; shoegaze from Draag, the twitchy glitchy sounds of Mandy, Indiana and more.

NPR Music’s Dora Levite joins host Robin Hilton to share the best new songs they’re obsessing over this week.

Featured songs and artists:

(00:00) Intro

(02:18) Draag: “Finding Fear,” from ‘Miracle Drug’

(09:35) Mandy, Indiana: “Try Saying,” from ‘Urgh’

(14:59) Andrew Bird: “Need Someone” (single as featured in ‘The Pitt’)

(20:38) Ratboys: “Open Up,” from ‘Singin’ To An Empty Chair’

(28:49) Gia Margaret: “Everyone Around Me Dancing,” from ‘Singing’

(35:30) By Storm: “Can I Have You For Myself,” from ‘My Ghost Go Ghost’

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0:00.0	I have a friend who coined the word. As far as I know, he coined the word,
0:03.8	Antisappointment.
0:05.9	One of my all-time favorite words.
0:08.5	Antisappointment. That should be a word.
0:10.5	That's a good word. Yeah.
0:23.7	You're listening to All Songs Considered from NPR Music.
0:25.3	We got a lot going on for you this week.
0:27.4	Just had a couple of great tiny desks that went up.
0:30.7	A really beautiful one from the R&B singer Jill Scott.
0:31.7	That one just went up.
0:36.6	And just before Jill Scott went up, we had one from Sarah McLaughlin, a really, really special Sarah McLaughlin tiny desk.
0:38.7	I have loved her music for decades. Never in a million years would have thought I'd get to be
0:43.1	in the room with her when she was performing some of the songs she did. It was just really,
0:46.7	really special. Sarah McLaughlin, that tiny desk also up for you. NPR music is also where you
0:52.2	will find Alt Latino. That show, that podcast goes out
0:56.4	into this feed every Wednesday. And then, of course, at the end of the week, New Music Friday,
1:01.2	the best new albums dropping on February 20th. And also NPR music, you're home to one of my
1:08.8	favorite people in the whole world. Dora Levitt.
1:11.4	Hi, Robin. Glad to know I'm your favorite. And it's on the record. If it were up to me,
1:16.3	you'd be on every single episode we do, but it's actually been a minute. You were out for a while
1:21.3	and you've also been busy with the tiny desk contest that just closed. The entries. We're not
1:27.1	getting entries. The entry window closed. Yeah, the entry window closed. We got 6,000 entries. 6,000. Every single one. Well, on this episode, we're going to be talking best new songs of the week, the new tracks that we've got on repeat and can't stop listening to. And I want to start with something
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