Nourished By Time’s Marcus Brown
Lauren Davis
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Lauren Davis
When the dust settles on 2025, what songs will remain in heavy rotation? We look back at a dizzying amount of music and share some of our picks for the best tracks of the year.
What you’ll hear in this episode is an incredibly incomplete list that obviously just scratches the surface of all the incredible music that came out this year. For a more comprehensive breakdown of what we loved in 2025, check out NPR Music’s list of the 125 best songs.
Artists and songs featured on this episode:
1. Dijon: “Yamaha,” from Baby
2. Nourished By Time: “Max Potential,” from The Passionate Ones
3. Patrick Watson: “Peter and the Wolf,” from Uh Oh
4. FKA twigs: “Room of Fools,” from EUSEXUA
5. PinkPantheress: “Stateside,” from Fancy That
6. Asher White: “Beers with my name on them,” from 8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living
7. Wednesday: “Townies,” from Bleeds
8. Gabriel Jacoby: “the one,” from gutta child
9. Olafur Arnalds & Talos: “We Didn’t Know We Were Ready (feat. Niamh Regan & Ye Vagabonds),” from A Dawning
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Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org