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

Modern English’s I Melt with You flopped on release but became an ’80s new wave classic after the 1983 film Valley Girl revived its popularity.

These four country songs were all hits and were all written by Luke Bryan, proving he is one talented songwriter.

Composer Stephen Schwartz wrote two new songs for Wicked: For Good, including “No Place Like Home,” sung by Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba. Schwartz said the song shows “how much she loves Oz,” even if it ...

Closing the album is an atmospheric interpretation of I Wanna Be Yours, written by English ‘punk poet' John Cooper Clarke – a ...

"Wicked: For Good" (in theaters Friday, Nov. 21) includes two original songs by composer Stephen Schwartz. "No Place Like Home," an emotional showcase for the ostracized Elphaba, is a callback to ...

Taylor Swift revised the lyrics to her songs "I Did Something Bad" and "Delicate" after her album Reputation, along with her ...

Riley Green's duet with Ella Langley "Don't Mind If I Do," which was the title track to Riley's 2024 third studio album, is on pace to go number one sometime in the very near future, and it's actually ...

South London band Dry Cleaning are releasing a new album, Secret Love, on January 9, 2026 via 4AD. Now they have shared its ...

The "Wicked: For Good" soundtrack is finally here, and with it comes the official cast recordings of two songs that are brand new to the musical. "No Place Like Home," sung by Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba ...

There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but ...

Our pronunciations of some of 2025's most popular words has been put under scrutiny, revealing what we're most commonly saying wrong. Language-learning platform Babbel curated the list with the ...