Little Simz’s “Younger,” from her album Lotus is without doubt one of the songs we won’t cease taking part in this week.
Thibaut Grevet
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Thibaut Grevet
Each time we replace our working log of the yr’s greatest songs — tracks we love a lot they’re contenders for our Better of 2025 lists — the music leads us to greater 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 steadiness you have to preserve to avoid wasting 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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