Which song lyrics from 2025 most moved our NPR Music critics?

Poetic allusions makes for the best song lyrics, and these three songs manage to say "I love you" without using the phrase at ...

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

The new film "Song Sung Blue" pays homage to the catalog of Neil Diamond, and it is one worth celebrating. We rank his 10 ...

Oasis’ upcoming reunion is all fans have been talking about in 2024. It’ll definitely be exciting to see the iconic Britpop rock band back together, seemingly without expected conflict. There’s no ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers who ...

Timi is a news and deals writer who's been reporting on technology for over a decade. He loves breaking down complex subjects into easy-to-read pieces that keep you informed. But his recent passion ...

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

“Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients / Youngbloods can’t spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.” Mos Def raises the stakes of this rhyme in the first line by presenting the ...