2025's best songs (so far)

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2025's best songs (so far)

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This week we share our wildly incomplete list of the year's best tracks so far, including bangers from PinkPantheress and HAIM, a slow-burner from Lana Del Rey, dystopian rap from clipping and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. PinkPantheress: "Stateside," from 'Fancy That' 2. HAIM: "Relationships," from 'I quit' 3. clipping.: "Keep Pushing," from 'Dead Channel Sky' 4. Lana Del Rey: "Henry, come on" (single) 5. Oklou: "Blade Bird," from 'choke enough' 6. Miya Folick: "This Time Around," from 'Erotica Veronica' 7. Perfume Genius: "It's A Mirror," from 'Glory' 8. FKA twigs: "Room Of Fools," from 'EUSEXUA' 9. Lucius: "Gold Rush," from 'Lucius' ' All Songs Considered' 25th anniversary segment: Our No. 1 songs from 2018 Weekly reset: Summer afternoon at the pool Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear new songs from past episodes in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy