Key Highlights
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- Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can.
- Yet the proliferation of great songs — written, performed and savored by people — raised the hope that all is not lost.
- Here are the 25 best of 2025.
- Our picks for this year’s best in arts and entertainment.
