What is a Benson Boone? Should I care about Tate McRae? Your guide to pop music in 2025

June 11, 2025 2

If 2024 was the year of women — Chappell, Charli and Sabrina — in pop music, what’s the story for pop music so far in 2025?

Jared Richards, culture critic and friend of the show, is here to help Hannah and Bev figure out how TikTok is changing the sound of pop music, and whether new pop artists like Benson Boone, Tate McRae and Addison Rae are worth getting behind.

Written by:

Rate it

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer who took reggae international with You Can Get It If You Really Want

November 24, 2025 1

Pop

‘The world is such a nice thing!’: Matt Maltese, the songwriter for pop’s A-list … and Shakespeare

After getting dropped by a major label, the Leonard Cohen-influenced south Londoner kept going, and has now won fans in Rosalía, Sabrina Carpenter and more. But writing for the Bard is best of all, he says Read More

November 24, 2025