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As legend has it, Taylor Swift has a new top single. "The Fate of Ophelia" has surpassed "Anti-Hero" to become the singer's ...

One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

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Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...

Song lyrics even influence how I try to write for you, writing for your ear. We've been asking some of our experts at NPR Music for lyrics they heard in this past year that moved them. ANAMARIA SAYRE, ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Taylor Swift brought her signature charm to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where the two dove into a fun back-and-forth about her music, career, and creative process. The conversation moved ...

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...