The Top 10 Songs of 2025 (& Their Cosmic Twins of the Past)
Hop in the Time Machine and buckle up, because in this episode of Past Tens, Dave and Milt do what they do best: stare directly into the pop-culture sun and ask, “So… how did we get here?”
The fellas break down Billboard’s Top 10 songs of 2025 — praising the bangers, questioning the head-scratchers, and revisiting a few familiar names that refuse to leave the charts (looking at you, Bruno). Along the way, they dig into artist backstories, chart momentum, and whether these songs are future classics… or just temporarily living rent-free in our brains.
As always, there’s a twist: every modern hit gets paired with an older song that shares its DNA — same vibe, same arc, same “I’ve heard this before but can’t quite place it” energy. Is pop music evolving, looping, or just wearing a new jacket? Dave and Milt investigate.
Expect karaoke stories, party chaos, musical crescendos, country-rap identity crises, unexpected love songs, and at least one moment where someone asks, “Wait… how old is that guy?”
It’s nostalgia, analysis, laughs, and just enough musical snobbery to feel like home.
Topics (or: Things We Somehow Spent 90 Minutes Talking About)- 01:02 – Karaoke and party highlights (regrets were made)
- 03:16 – Credit cards, cookies, and adult responsibility creeping in
- 03:50 – Reflecting on past music trends (and how we swore this wouldn’t happen again)
- 04:29 – The Top Songs of 2025, with a nostalgic twist
- 10:22 – Chappell Roan, Pink Pony Club, and the long road to overnight success
- 21:28 – Bruno Mars & ROSÉ: APT. and the art of pop precision
- 29:41 – Post Malone & Morgan Wallen: I Had Some Help (did they though?)
- 33:44 – Alex Warren: influencer → musician → wait, this kinda works
- 40:53 – Benson Boone and the beauty of a well-timed emotional explosion
- 44:01 – Music tastes, aging, and coming to terms with both
- 44:38 – The science of crescendos (aka “why this song suddenly slaps”)
- 47:32 – Billie Eilish and her ongoing evolution
- 52:02 – The Cure, because somehow they always come up
- 54:12 – Teddy Swims and vocal gymnastics
- 01:00:24 – Country-rap, reinvention, and genre identity crises
- 01:06:12 – Kendrick Lamar’s unexpected love song moment
- 01:15:33 – Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga: when pop royalty teams up
- 01:24:25 – Final thoughts, year-end reflections, and closing the book on 2025
