From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

The Colombian pop star reflects on the journey that brought her back to clarity, between global records, scars, life-saving ...

Sabrina Carpenter is Variety's Hitmaker of the Year and dives deep into controversy, tour fatigue and Taylor Swift in a cover ...

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the week in Hot 100 holiday music, including the historically re-crowned Queen of Christmas, and a longtime challenger hitting a new peak.

The smash success of Alex Warren's 'Ordinary' was led by an elaborate social-media campaign from the singer himself. Here, he ...

I’m about to interview Hayley Williams but I need to switch gears. Two days ago, Steph Curry dropped a 49-piece on the San ...

Closing the album is an atmospheric interpretation of I Wanna Be Yours, written by English ‘punk poet' John Cooper Clarke – a ...

Luke 'The Nuke' Littler and Pitbull, Stephen 'The Bullet' Bunting and "Titanium"... How did darts' stars get their nicknames ...

How do you cope with a blank page? NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Elizabeth McCracken about her new book, "A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction." ...

GIVEMESPORT writer Ben Jacobs sat down for an all-encompassing exclusive interview with Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez ...

The song landed its record 20th week atop the Hot 100 this week, blowing past Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" and Lil Nas ...

When Van Halen recorded You Really Got Me, they took a beloved Kinks song and gave it a raw, heavy edge that helped define their sound.