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

You know that overwhelming feeling of uneasiness you’ve been experiencing lately? That sense of dread and uncertainty, as if ...

Kendrick Lamar claimed the top lyric of the year with a moment from “Not Like Us,” the viral opening line “Ayy, Mustard on ...

ATLANTA, Ga. - As a certain Grammy-winning Christmas icon likes to say, "It’s time!" Okay, so I’m no Mariah Carey…but I do ...

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

Taylor Swift brought 4.5 million page views to Genius thanks to the scandalous lyrics of her song "Wood" from 'The Life of a ...

Lindsey Cox, host of Lindsey's Lounge, shares her top five new songs of 2025.