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

Riley Green's duet with Ella Langley "Don't Mind If I Do," which was the title track to Riley's 2024 third studio album, is on pace to go number one sometime in the very near future, and it's actually ...

Tate McRae released the deluxe version of her album, So Close to What, with five new tracks, including her latest hit “TIT FOR TAT.” Fans are speculating that Tate’s latest batch of tracks was partly ...

Tate McRae released the deluxe version of her album, So Close to What, with five new tracks, including her latest hit “TIT FOR TAT.” Fans are speculating that Tate’s latest batch of tracks was partly ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may charge passengers $18 if they show up at airport checkpoints without an acceptable form of identification, such as a passport or REAL ID. The ...

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker gets frank about the success and controversy of her A24 rom-dramedy, including why she was eager to respond to those “broke man propaganda” claims — which swiftly went ...

New York–based hyperpop artist Underscores has shared a new song called “Do It,” along with its accompanying music video. In the self-directed clip, Underscores sings along to the electropop track ...

My dad worked his entire life and set an example for me to never slow down. I ignored his advice and retired, anticipating a life of leisure — rehearsing music and writing. But I learned I needed a ...

Rapper Bobby Vylan doubled down on his decision to chant “death, death, death to the IDF” at the Glastonbury Festival this summer, noting he’d “do it again tomorrow” if given the opportunity. Vylan, ...

IT SOUNDS LIKE a typical country tune, for a few seconds at least. “Country Girls Make Do” opens with a toe-tapping beat and twangy strains of fiddles and guitar. You expect a song about whisky or ...

Welcome to “The Lyrics of a Showgirl.” Any Taylor Swift album is endlessly quotable, and her 12th is far from the first exception, even if you have to go a few tracks in to “The Life of a Showgirl” to ...

We’ve all met someone who thinks they can do no wrong. While there are people who can apologize with ease and admit when they’ve made a mistake, let’s face it, it’s never easy to admit fault. For some ...