2025 out of the mouths of babes. I didn’t include mine in this list, but my sketchbook of songs lives here as Perpetual Dawn (Apple, Spotify). The prompt was: “What song hit you hard in 2025 (new or old)?”Picks (In No Order)Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick ( The Trend Report™) - Erika de Casier "Lifetime" Erika never really "hit" for me until this last album and it's the title track, the penultimate three minutes of an already short-and-sweet album, really digs in the knife. I am not lying when I say that, if I stop and focus on the song — I will cry, as it's a meditation on loving yourself and the meaning of life and finding "your place" within it all. It's featherweight as far as the sound too, as if you're laying in a field in the middle of the city, a piano house ballad playing in the distance, competing for attention with the most beautiful wind chime you've ever heard.A-Trak (Fool's Gold) - Fakemink - "Easter Pink" I love hearing young artist put their spin on 2000s electro, in a way that feels unmistakably NOW.basic chanel - “tracey - sex life (ft. riko dan)”“this song really nails the 'hardest' element of this prompt. my friends played it to be in the cab home from a festival and its been on repeat ever since. the duo say it's meant to be a sombre track but to me it exudes confidence and makes me feel like the baddest B”raihan_ (unknownvariable) “quest” by goatHrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder) Ken Pomeroy - “Wolf in Sheep's Clothes”shaun durkan (crushed) - radagast - “promise” [Editors Note: New crushed album up for pre-order, see Bre’s note below too]I’ve been spending increasing amounts of time alone running through the woods with this entire album on repeat. It’s beautiful, paranoid, ancient and futuristic all at once. The perfect soundbed for a brief disappearance from everything else out there.launder -”freedom guitar” - KAN-KAN - sounds like san diego in the best wayMichael Cina ( Michael Cina / Cina Associates) - Bent - So Long Without Youm- Sampling mastercl