As July kicks off, 2025 still lacks a defining summer anthem. Alex Warren and Sabrina Carpenter have charting hits, but they lack creativity and staying power. Last year's musical highs, combined with ...

KPop Demon Hunters, or as Brittany's mom keeps mistakenly calling it "Kidz Bop: It's the Devil," is dominating the music charts. And, thank god! These bombastic bangers are a welcome reprieve after a ...

Some might say that certain sounds define the season of warmer temps and staying outside. Let’s face it—summer is only as good as the songs that play through our speakers on the way to the beach or ...

Though 2025 lacked one big beautiful pop story, there were plenty of smaller moments worthy of our notice. Lock in now, and ...

From Charli XCX headlining the new LIDO festival to Olivia Rodrigo and Stevie Wonder at BST Hyde Park, a Little Simz Meltdown takeover and arts festivals in Avignon, Ljubljana and Paris, there is ...

I’m not sure if the Gen X stare is a thing, but it certainly was last week when someone asked my thoughts on the song of the summer. I had nothing. Every summer, you see, has at least one song of the ...

Ten tastemakers (and two staffers) weigh in on the season’s signature tracks. By Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica Don’t let anyone — even this very newsletter — tell you differently: The last day of ...

In 1977, Donna Summer released “I Feel Love”, a song so revolutionary that Brian Eno declared it “the sound of the future.” With its machine-perfect Moog synthesizers, hypnotic beat, and soaring ...

Hang on to the last gasps of the season — and prepare for the encroaching fall — with songs by Lana Del Rey, Maxwell, Pavement and more. By Jon Pareles Labor Day weekend is looming, and with it the ...

Faith-based and "traditional" pop hits are surging on the music charts this year, as noted in a recent report. Alex Warren’s "Ordinary," "a folksy melodramatic ballad about faith and love," according ...