The Best Albums of 2025
My favorite and most replayed albums of 2025, a year where familiar faces and experimentation flourished in the spotlight. By Dylan Barbee 10. Malcolm Todd (still) - Malcolm Todd Courtesy of Spotify Release Date: Aug. 8th, 2025 Malcolm Todd has been on my radar since the release of his Sweet Boy mixtape last year, with songs like “Sore Throat” and “4Me 4Me” still heavy in my rotation. However, his debut album, which is accompanied by a four-song deluxe Malcolm Todd (still) proved he is bound to be one of the leading male voices in the pop genre for years to come. Todd immediately acknowledges his potential and the fickle nature of pop music listeners, singing “But if I’m not a Harry Styles, They’re gonna put me on the shelf,” on the album’s intro track “Harry Styles.” There are an abundance of songs that have been inescapable this year, propelled by their trendiness on social media such as “Chest Pain (I Love),” “Bleed” featuring Omar Apollo, “Nemo” and “Original.” Todd’s ambition flow...