Professionally speaking, my most optimistic moment of 2025 came near the start of the year. It was January, during a review meal at a little-known pop-up called Ancestro, and the simple, graceful menu ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

LOS ANGELES — Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can. Yet the proliferation of great songs — written, performed and ...

Taylor Swift is taking her time to consider the music that best defines her prolific songwriting catalog—but she is starting to narrow it down. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen ...

Hey Stephen, Taylor Swift is on the late show and she has some advice for whatever comes next. The superstar served as the only guest for the Dec. 10 episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," ...

Swift dished on her top picks in a new late-night interview. Taylor Swift is opening up about her favorite song across her entire catalog. After 12 studio albums, the first of which was released 20 ...

Taylor Swift recently spent a lot of time with her whole catalogue of music on the Eras Tour, and now that the nostalgic performances are over, it’s the perfect time to gauge exactly which of her ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

Photos by Amy Sussman/Getty Images, Marleen Moise/Getty Images, Lester Cohen/Getty Images, Victor Boyko/Getty Images. The year 2025 began as a mess, and only got worse as time progressed. Everything ...