Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift and more.

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Alanis Morissette discusses the reaction to her 1996 hit 'Ironic' in her episode of the MGM+ series Words + Music.

When temperatures drop, why do many listeners find themselves gravitating toward more introspective, emotionally resonant songs?

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Ethan Hawke turns in a stunning performance as lyricist Lorenzo Hart in ‘Blue Moon,’ talks it up at the Riviera Theatre.

Billy Joel's pick for the best song he ever wrote is a plaintive, melancholic album closer from 1989: "And So It Goes".

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Pop music lyrics have transformed over the past 50 years, revealing troubling patterns that mirror society's mental health struggles.

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Bruce Springsteen has plenty of heartbreaking songs, but one of the saddest has to be the title track from his No. 1 album, The River (1980).