As August progresses and summer slowly comes to an end, the discourse around 2025's song of the summer questions whether this year's pool of new music comes anywhere close to last year's. This is an ...

It's official: Pop fans are suffering through a dry spell. By this time last year, we had already been treated to a veritable feast of summertime smashes and breakout stars. Remember Shaboozey's "A ...

Popular music moves dazzlingly fast in the airlessness of digital space, but out in the three-dimensional heat of summer, it takes its time. Having so thoroughly dominated last year’s pop discourse, ...

Drive around the lakes with the stereo blasting that song. Stand face to face with your bestie, belting that bop at the top of your lungs. Make a super-fun TikTok video of that tune. Before the ...

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 ...

Calling something “the coffee factory” is coming as a direct response to another meme from 2024. That summer, pop music fans were sharing songs from female pop singers that they thought should have ...

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