Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift and more.

One of the most memorable scenes from the Jim Carrey movie The Mask almost got cut because studio execs didn't quite get it.

Cuba remains a country of talented musicians, but the current soundscape feels more like a caricature than a heritage.

Cuban reggaeton artist Luis Alberto Vicet Vives, widely recognized by his stage name La Crema, has once again captured public ...

Today's featured band is Havana Negra from Cuba with the song “Guajira Psicodélica” from their first album (2025).

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

Macaulay Culkin, who shares two children with partner Brenda Song, opened up about how his turbulent childhood inspired his ...

This week, Kali Uchis gifts her fans an early Christmas gift with a long-awaited Orquídeas demo, Chase B teams up with Don ...

"The Toughest Reparto in Cuba" is already making waves. The latest track from Dany Ome and Kevincito El 13 has assembled a ...

Leading the acclaimed salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, he brought the music of his native island to a worldwide ...

I learned a surprising fact about the song this week. It’s a prayer for peace, Richard Conville says of this song.