We’re past the halfway mark of 2025, and we’re taking a break from listening to Doechii’s ‘Anxiety’ on repeat and chanting along to Lady Gaga’s 'Abracadabra' like it’s an incantation for the start of a dancefloor-set pagan ceremony to take a look back at the music highlights that have captured our ears (and hearts) this year.
There’s been so much to enjoy, from French pop discoveries to UK hip-hop mastery via panic attack inducing hyper-electro-punk... So whittling our list down to 15 entries hasn’t been easy.
