Every June, the Paste Music crew tallies up the best songs of the year so far. It’s a great way to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. This list is a snapshot of our favorite tracks ...

As we mentioned in our midyear albums list, one of the biggest themes of 2025 on the Billboard charts has largely been about smash 2024 hits that refuse to die — songs by the likes of Benson Boone, ...

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.Now it looks as though they’re here to stay.Oh, I believe in yesterday.Suddenly ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

Missy Elliott is "super-excited and thankful" that Rolling Stone just named 2001's "Get Ur Freak On" the greatest song of the 21st century so far - and as the legendary artist reveals on our Rolling ...

Irish music producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist and performer Red Lake Magick aka Gary Duncan has released his new single, Far Away Dreaming. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

It all goes by so fast! On this week's show, with the midpoint of 2025 upon us, we hit pause to take stock of the year's best songs so far. We've got pop bangers from PinkPantheress and HAIM, a ...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2025, among the things we have yet to find out are how many weeks Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” will spend at No. 1, when Lana Del Rey’s supposed country album ...