Taylor Swift, the new poet laureate of pop, released her 11th album and with it a song that is so quintessentially Taylor. Swift is an expert at Trojan horse songs: Lyrics that cut hidden beneath an ...

Which song lyrics from 2025 most moved our NPR Music critics?

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

UPDATE, 4/19/24 at 4:06 p.m. ET: Things Taylor Swift did with a broken heart? It seems like a lot, at least according to The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, which was released on Friday, ...