Top 100 Favourite Songs of 2025 (80 – 71)

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If you want to check out my rankings for other years:

The only rules and guidelines for this countdown:

This is all just my opinion. There is much bias to be found and if you’re unhappy with any of the placements, just remember that this is not meant to be a purely objective list.
Songs must released between the 1st of January to 20th of December 2025.

2025 Countdown

Honourable Mentions // 100 – 91 // 90 – 81

80. Close Your Eyes – All My Poetry

Hazy mid 2000’s RnB was an unorthodox musical direction for a debut single but one that paid off in spades for Close Your Eyes thanks to a gorgeous vocal performance and wonderfully calibrated synth led backing. This is one of those tracks that just gets better and better on every listen.

79. RIIZE – Bag Bad Back

Though the droning repetition of its chorus might initially grate, Bag Bad Back surrounds it with so much musical goodness that it honestly turns an otherwise instant turnoff into a real highlight. This is a classic SM entertainment banger, one that melds aggressive hip-hop with some goosebump melodies that have you coming back for more after every listen. That bridge is just heavenly.

78. NouerA – N.I.N (New is Now)

2025 was a genuinely great year for K-pop debuts and few felt as instant as NouerA’s crunchy N.I.N. This is the sound of K-pop past, pulsing forward with a youthful energy that projects a sense of dynamism that was sorely missed throughout most of the years releases. This is a song that bounds forward with real conviction all the way down to the completely unexpected—yet wonderfully novel—bhangra breakdown in verse 2.

77. EGOISM – How To Disappear

I was a big fan of EGOISM’s “And Go Nowhere” album and while I consider it quite consistent across the board, the soaring chorus of How To Disappear made it my favourite of the projects 2025 releases. Though the pop rock nature of the track brings the necessary bounce needed to bop along, it carries a sense of underlying melancholy that radiates especially strongly given its strong lyrical content.

76. grentperez – Headspace

As one of one my favourite personalities currently working in the music industry, grentperez always knows to bring the goods from both performance and musical standpoint. And few songs are as emblematic of that as the immensely addictive Headspace. It’s the rare track that melds his more melodic and upbeat sides, delivering a driving instrumental that supplements a gorgeous central melody that. It’s endlessly hooky and sounds even better with a live band.

75. CIX – Thunder

A killer electro-pop workout with a healthy dose of disco strings that really brought the energy in the early months of the year, Thunder was the strongest CIX have sounded since 2021’s gorgeous Cinema. And while It’s immediate energy could have easily catapulted it into the top 50, a lack of melodic diversity somewhat hurt its longevity. Though by the time that killer breakdown comes around during the finale, all sin’s are basically forgiven.

74. JADE – FUFN (Fuck You For Now)

One of the most dynamic soloists currently out there, Jade knows how to construct a great pop song and the unrelenting energy of FUFN (Fuck You For Now) proved that she could diversify without losing that key spark. She brings the personality to effortlessly conquer and ride the gargantuan chorus on this one in ways I’m not sure many would be able to.

73. Laufey – Lover Girl

Yes this is basically From The Start part 2 but honestly why break a formula that works so damn well. I might not think this is Laufey at her creative or vocal best but I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t eat up another 1000 variations of this exact song over the following years. The groove is just so sticky and the hooks so slight but catchy. The chorus and clap combo in particular is such a great time. Is it as airtight as the original? Not quite. But boy does that ascending bridge give it a run for its money sometimes.

72. Kpop Demon Hunters (Huntr/x) – What It Sounds Like

What It Sounds Like carries a palpable sense of drama, growing from hushed yet emotive piano balladry to an utterly euphoric eurodance inspired climax. I love the way the initially vulnerable titular hook grows in potency throughout, supported by gradually more dynamic production choices before it just explodes at the end. It’s fist pumping stuff with a heavy undertone of sentimentality. And while it did suffer the same fate as the rest of the soundtrack in terms of being overplayed, its song structure ensures that it feels almost as fresh each time that killer chorus rolls around.

71. Yeji – 258

Yeji had a killer solo debut with a sound and image that felt fresh, unique and distinctly tuned to maximalist pop sounds. A recipe that bore the exact kind of fruit that it had initially promised. I could have just as easily featured the dynamic Invasion but 258‘s charli xcx inspired sound was just too good to ignore. It’s another one of those songs that really feel as though it has a living, breathing, pulse, punctuated by icy synth accents and a sly melody that pulls and pushes in such satisfying ways.