
The 25 Best Songs of 2025 (So Far)
It’s always hard to believe when we reach this time of the year, but we’ve officially made it halfway through 2025. That means it’s time for my 25 Best Songs of 2025 (So Far) list.
A quick note: I decided not to rank these. So this playlist is ordered solely on what makes for a good flow in terms of the listening experience. (But if you really wanna know, I think Penny & Sparrow’s Dogs of War is the best song of the year so far…)
Here’s the track list:
- Lucius: Gold Rush
- Mat Kearney: Drowning in Nostalgia
- Wet Leg: catch these fists
- Lola Kirke: Bury Me in NYC
- Mt. Joy: Coyote
- Alessia Cara: Subside
- Elton John & Brandi Carlile: Who Believes in Angels?
- Penny & Sparrow: Alphabet
- The Blue Stones: Happy Cry
- Natalie Bergman: Gunslinger
- Bon Iver: Day One (ft. Dijon & Flock of Dimes)
- Lord Huron: Nothing I Need
- Beach Bunny: Just Around the Corner
- Chappell Roan: The Giver
- Penny & Sparrow: Dogs of War (ft. JOSEPH)
- Mumford & Sons: Rushmere
- HAIM: The farm
- Mark Ronson & RAYE: Suzanne
- Bon Iver: Everything is Peaceful Love
- Elbow: Sober
- Mt. Joy: In the Middle
- Lord Huron: Bag of Bones
- Larkin Poe: Mockingbird
- Medium Build: Problem Solver
- Alison Krauss & Union Station: Looks Like the End of the Road
You can find it on Apple Music and Spotify.