From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

KC and the Sunshine Band, racism, instrumental songs, forgettable melodrama, good to great FM radio fodder, and a Bowie ...

Please let this be a song that matters to people and not a place to insert yourself into a world that doesn't exist and was ...

For KCL students, if this was your favourite 2025 tune, we know you posted a picture of the Round Reading Room, a Blank ...

Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner talks writing the track "My Baby (Got Nothing at All)" for Celine Song's "Materialists." ...

Taylor Swift has written the modern syllabus for understanding women, heartbreak, accountability, and emotional fluency — ...

It’s that time of year again – no, we’re not talking about filling our homes with gaudy Christmas decorations and watching ...

A grieving dad hopes that a new song will create a lasting legacy for his son, who died when he was only 10 years old.

I’m A Celebrity star Shona McGarty has broken down in tears as she marked an ‘unbelievable’ career milestone just a week ...

In October, the music industry trade bible Billboard changed its rules for inclusion on the Hot 100, its cross-genre charting ...

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here approaches its climax but some viewers have already declared Aitch, a rapper, as their ...

Under layers of meta subtext and disguises upon disguises there is a mischievous North London group called Sorry that just ...