As summer 2025 approaches, Spotify has unveiled its annual “Songs of Summer” playlist — a curated collection of tracks the platform predicts will define the season. Every year, Spotify’s music experts ...

Labor Day weekend has come and gone, which must mean that the final word is in on the Songs of the Summer. What does Billboard's chart-determined Song of the Summer tell us about the state of Songs of ...

What is 2025’s Song of the Summer? As Labor Day looms, we still don’t have an answer—but there’s a solid pool of candidates. But what makes up a Song of the Summer? We’ve boiled it down to five ...

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...

On “Illegal,” PinkPantheress’ sugariest hit to date, the singer/producer cleverly compares the time-warping headrush of getting overly fried to navigating a situationship at the height of its passion ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Every year, the media crowns a Song of the Summer — that one track that evokes everything about our favorite season: road trips, pool parties, late-night regrets, etc. By now, you’d ...

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 ...

Sabrina Carpenter accepts Song of the Year for "Espresso" at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. (Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV) MTV has announced the 2025 Video Music Awards nominees for ...

Last year was Brat summer and saw the rise of Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, and Sabrina Carpenter. But is there a song of the summer for 2025? Today we're talking about the competing songs of this summer ...