Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best albums of 2025. As the opening track to their debut album, “Real Life” feels like ear’s way of saying “hello world.” It begins ...

But more than anything, our staff’s individual tastes are driving this year’s best-songs list, with chart performance taking a back seat. If the first half of the year was dominated by songs that ...