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

Sabrina Carpenter is back with yet another bop. Following the success of her viral hit “Espresso,” fans have eagerly awaited the second single from her forthcoming sixth studio album. The song ...

From Adele, The Beatles, Selena Gomez, Jimi Hendrix and Bon Jovi, these artists couldn't escape from having one of their song's lyrics mistaken by fans. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor It’s not ...

Though we might have all grown up listening to completely different genres of music and become radically different people to one another since then, there is one thing that can always unite the ...

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" presents like a carefree drinking song, but the lyrics tell a more serious story that country fans know very well. "Tipsy" (as it's often called) opens with acoustic ...

The word mondegreen is defined as a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, incorrect. The term was coined in a November 1954 Harper's Bazaar piece, where the author, ...