Sam's had a big year and now he gives Matt and all the listeners his top 12 songs of 2025!
We open with punchy rock and bass-heavy pop, shift into raw confessionals, and close with orchestral EDM that practically lifts you out of your seat. The throughline is contrast: songs that hype you up, songs that make you think, and songs that do both without breaking a sweat.
We kick off with Wet Leg’s sharp-tongued ode to overcrowded city life and swing into Blackpink’s high-gloss momentum, built for big speakers and bigger moods. From there, NF’s “Fear” brings unfiltered honesty about relapse into anxiety, while King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard bend genres with big band brass and 70s sparkle. Logic’s “Not a Game,” elevated by Lucy Rose’s airy hook, threads grit with grace; AJR’s “The Big Goodbye” hooks you with an auctioneer loop and a look back at what you leave behind when you chase a dream.
The mid-list heat spikes with Lindsay Stirling and Shuba’s “Evil Twin,” a violin-meets-EDM surge that belongs on every pre-run playlist, then deepens with Florence and the Machine’s “Witch Dance,” a visceral reflection on mortality and power. Jenny’s “Like Jenny” delivers chorus-first pop engineered for pure joy, while Maiah Manser’s “With a Smile” introduces siren-core chills over a sleek electronic bed. Lil Wayne’s “Welcome to Tha Carter” blends choir, sample wizardry, and razor wit, asking whether we ever pause to savor heaven after clawing through hell. We close with “Lazarus Rise,” a cinematic ascent from haunted piano to full orchestral thunder—a reminder that genre walls are meant to be climbed.
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