He’s 61!

And my favorite song of 2025. It's not quite as great as some other "top songs of the year", but when you create a 6½-minute track with an extended outro - and it stays good throughout - you've done something noteworthy.

So congrats to... "Backseat" by Balu Brigada! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvv3...

My 2nd favorite song of 2025: "People Watching" by Sam Fender. He very nearly goes 2-for-2 with lead singles ranking as my favorite song of that year, after "Seventeen Going Under" in 2022. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cXC...

My 3rd favorite song of 2025: "12 to 12" by sombr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZgU...

My 4th favorite song of 2025: "Catch These Fists" by Wet Leg. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kjz...

My 5th favorite song of 2025: "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan. (I know: blurbs.) This is a curveball, but she did it at the Grammys, it became her definitive song, & I came to really admire the story this song tells about her career and the flowers she's been given. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79G...

My 6th favorite song of 2025: "back to friends" by sombr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8zq...

My 7th favorite song of 2025: "Messy" by Lola Young. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-k2...

My 8th favorite song of 2025: "Seth Cohen" by Beach Weather. (I know I wasn't putting blurbs, but: it's a fun catchy song, but it's very significant to me for a private reason and that's a big reason it's here.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Vm...

My 9th favorite song of 2025: "White Horses" by Wolf Alice. I'll just briefly note that this probably would have been #1 had I discovered it at any time nearby to the actual release of the accompanying album, instead of in early November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKVO...

My 10th favorite song of 2025: "I Want You (Fever)" by Momma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0m...

Honorable mentions:
- Slow Joy “Gruesome”
- The Wombats “Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come”
- Doechii “Anxiety”
- Turnstile “I CARE”
- Half Alive “Automatic”

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