"End of You," the powerhouse collaboration between Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante is Loudwire's Best Metal Song of the Year. In an internet-breaking fashion, the generation-crossing and ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay. Right about now, music critics are sharing their favorite albums of the year or ...

Mammoth's "The End" is Loudwire's No. 1 rock song of 2025. It's the title track from Mammoth's third album and was also the lead single, released back in May. Wolfgang Van Halen once again took on all ...

Which song lyrics from 2025 most moved our NPR Music critics?

Members of the music branch culled this shortlist of 15 songs from a master list of 65 eligible songs. By Paul Grein “Golden,” the megahit from KPop Demon Hunters, and two songs each from Sinners and ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

Oscars Best Original Song Commentary (Updated Dec. 11, 2025): With 15 songs angling for the shortlist, there’s reserved seating for the animated frontrunner — “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” — and ...

Sixty-eight songs and 135 scores have been included on checklists sent to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music Branch who will vote in the Best Original Song and Best ...

Since the early 1990s, Reba McEntire has co-written and/or performed three theme songs for television sitcoms.

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

Kim Kardashian is in good company in her upcoming Netflix Original comedy, The Fifth Wheel. Set to be directed by Eva Longoria, The Fifth Wheel will star Kardashian alongside Nikki Glaser, Brenda Song ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...