Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Squeeze dig deep into their songwriting archives for their upcoming album Trixies, a collection of tracks the band wrote in their teenage years well before releasing their 1978 debut album. For ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

I love this song so much. Her use of lyrics that reference internet slang and external pressures to reveal her vulnerabilities is just excellent. She has to be everything to all of these people, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Fans returned to Mayhem and consumed it in every way possible ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Luke Combs is letting his fans be a part of his next album in a very big way. The country singer said he wanted to crowdsource his next record, and that's exactly what he's doing. "Seriously ...

Wallen's 'I'm The Problem" was the most-streamed album in the U.S. through the first half of the year, Luminate said, while Lamar's "Luther" with SZA is the biggest song. By Ethan Millman Music Editor ...

The film, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski, and companion album releases on June 27. By Lexy Perez Digital Editor and Producer “Drive,” produced by John Mayer and Blake Slatkin, ...

Kiss were always careful to put their best foot forward with the opening tracks of their 20 studio albums. Lead-off tracks such as "Strutter," "Detroit Rock City" and "I Stole Your Love" are among the ...