There is one word most closely associated with YoungBoy Never Broke Again: pain. Throughout a career that now spans over a decade, YoungBoy has built his legacy around a subgenre his fans call "pain ...

Every year, Magic: The Gathering releases more cards than any one person could reasonably keep up with. Along the way, there are plenty of obvious winners: cards that become pro tournament staples, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As 2025 comes to a close, I usually spend a few days looking back on the events that I’ve covered during the year, and this year is no exception. Some of the year’s highlights ...

What a year for music — great songs came out of anywhere, in every style and every genre. These are my 25 favorite songs of 2025, though some gems will appear over on my albums list, to avoid ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

This year, with an admiring nod to pop culture critic Linda Holmes and her annual “50 Wonderful Things” list for NPR, I’m trying something different with my year-end list. Due to changing ...

Professionally speaking, my most optimistic moment of 2025 came near the start of the year. It was January, during a review meal at a little-known pop-up called Ancestro, and the simple, graceful menu ...

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 ...

From left: Michael B Jordan in 'Sinners,' Jessie Buckley in 'Hamnet' and Chase Infiniti in 'One Battle After Another' WB/Focus Features/WB Barack Obama has unveiled his favorite films, books and songs ...

Unlike the past few years where there were clearly dominant pop music storylines like the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef or Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, 2025 felt a bit more like a musical free-for-all.

Do you ever hear millennials and Gen Xers say how much they miss the early 2000s? Part of their reasoning for this feeling is due to the music that was released at that time. The year 2001 is a prime ...

Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...