When the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, the right music can make all the difference. A great new year song sets the mood for celebration, brings people together, and helps you welcome ...

T he Manhattan hotel where Slick Rick is staying has exactly the kind of opulence you’d expect him to be lounging in. While waiting for our interview, I fall into a fluffy white couch in a waiting ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. You can hear these songs in our ongoing Best ...

Looking to freshen up your Christmas playlist with some newer recordings? Well, the contemporary Christian music (CCM) genre just keeps cranking out quality Christmas albums year after year. Related ...

We asked some of our favorite culture creators to give us their best-of lists for 2025; the rest of James Gunn's top 50 alternative rap songs of the year can be found right here. Easily my favorite ...

90 tracks! Five hours! Remix the year in pop however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...