The best songs of 2025, as picked by the editors and contributors of The FADER. Featuring "WHIM WHAMIEE," Dijon's "Baby," Rosalia's "Berghain," and more.

At the turn of the millennium, Nelly made history with the party anthem "Hot in Herre." After its release, the song reigned number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. It starts ...

Drake won the Top Billboard 200 Album award for Views at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, and his acceptance speech included an olive branch to his rival Ludacris. "I know we haven't always seen ...

Meet Sofia Isella, the Los Angeles singer making dark songs for feral girls and opening on tour for Taylor Swift, Halsey, and ...

The TikTok viral song "I Run" has sparked a legal feud over AI in music between artist HAVEN. and Jorja Smith. We analyze the ...

The air inside The Park Avenue Armory in New York has a very specific quality. It vibrates with something between anticipation and apprehension. On the last Tuesday of April, a small handful of people ...

The song genre that is “calling out your man after you’ve caught him cheating” is a tricky one. With a canon that already includes classics like “Jolene ...

My Bloody Valentine, Shoegaze's imperial pioneers, reunited at their biggest show yet in Dublin on November 22. Read our ...

Last year, fans online began to wonder what happened to Tink: it had been 16 months since the 22-year-old had dropped her last mixtape, and 6 months since she'd dropped off of social media completely.

PinkPantheress graced NPR’s office to give her first Tiny Desk Concert on September 5, performing an 8-track setlist that included hits like “Illegal,” “Tonight,” and “Girl Like Me.” Watch it below.

Jonatan Leandoer Håstad has announced Jonatan, his fifth studio album as Yung Lean. Out spring 2025, the album was announced on Instagram with the release timeframe and cover art, directed by Ecco2K.

Once a dance craze reaches The Ellen DeGeneres Show, it’s gone, for better or worse, peak viral. Earlier this week, the #RunningManChallenge—where people upload clips of themselves doing the Running ...