Little Simz’s “Younger,” from her album Lotus is among the songs we won’t cease enjoying this week.
Thibaut Grevet
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Thibaut Grevet
Each time we replace our operating log of the 12 months’s greatest songs — tracks we love a lot they’re contenders for our Better of 2025 lists — the music leads us to larger questions and themes. This week, we contemplate the fleeting energy and freedom of youth, the rise and fall (and rise once more) of guitar rock, the fragile stability you have to maintain to save lots of any relationship, and extra via new songs from Ty Segall, Little Simz, yeule and extra.
NPR Music’s Hazel Cills joins host Robin Hilton.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Little Simz: “Younger,” from Lotus 2. yeule: “Dudu,” from Evangelic Lady Is A Gun 3. Wednesday: “Elderberry Wine” (single) 4. Ty Segall: “Shining,” from Possession 5. Nourished By Time: “Max Potential,” from The Passionate Ones
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