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

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern ...

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

Musician Eric Sage wrote the anthem “Rise Up San Diego” for the Gulls in a week, and it has since become a beloved song of the team and the city of San Diego.

Dylan's Murder Most Foul is a haunting exploration of JFK's assassination and its impact on America. Packed with 74 song ...

Some listeners might poke fun at these 1970s one-hit wonders in retrospect, but they were loved by the charts back in the day ...

Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

Amid burning runways and machine-gun fire, Major Boyd’s “Lucky Duck” C-130 braved impossible odds to land and evacuate over 100 civilians from Camp Duck. Hit by shrapnel and riddled with bullet holes, ...

When you have a signature three-yellow-chicken dish as successful as chef Aven Lau’s at Épure, it’s usually a tough act to follow. And as Hong Kong’s chicken craze finally begins to plateau, the man ...

This week in sportsball, the Oregon Ducks play the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers Saturday, Oct. 25 at Autzen Stadium. There’s a lot of excitement about tie-dye and the Grateful Ducks this ...

We’ve had 2005 emo on the mind here at BV with our recent list of 20 classic emo & post-harcore albums turning in 2025, and it’s been a good time for some of the bands on that list in present-day too.