The Best Songs of 2025

As featured in ELLE’s best songs of April 2025: “Moody and bass-y, the verses of The Marías’ latest single creep in with lead singer María Zardoya’s delicate vocals. The resulting effect is eerie, but ...
Gigwise

91 New Year’s Songs to Celebrate Around the World

Get New Year's songs from global traditions. Perfect tracks for countdown, dancing, and reflection. Build your celebration ...

The 10 best songs of 2025, from Taylor Swift and Olivia Dean to Sombr

After a few years away, Justin Bieber made a strong return in 2025 with “Daisies,” a breezy, guitar-leaning single from his ...
NPR

A new wave of pop songs are drawing on music you might hear at church

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...
American Songwriter

All Those Pop Songs You Love? That’s Not Magic, That’s Melodic Math, and This Is How It Works

The pop songs you love might feel so catchy they’re magic, but their ability to get stuck in your head isn’t fairy dust and sparkles: it’s melodic math. Music researchers use melodic math to refer to ...