Continuing my look at the top songs of 2025…
Leon Thomas’ ‘MUTT’ sits at #22 on the year-end list, followed by Shaboozey at #23 with ‘Good News.’ This is Shaboozey’s second appearance on the 2025 Hot 100, after his juggernaut ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ grabbed the #2 spot a year after dominating the summer of 2024.
‘Good News’ was the lead single of the “Complete Edition” of Shaboozey’s breakthrough album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, released at the end of 2024.
It’s been a few months since I did an installment of ‘What the Kids are Listening To,’ wherein I feature the songs currently topping the Billboard Hot 100. This week’s lineup is pretty interesting, so the timing is good.
At #1 is Shaboozey with ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy).’ The Virginia country/hip-hop artist has been recording since 2014 but this is his first song to reach the Hot 100 as a lead artist. I learned his name when he appeared on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter earlier this year, a gig that set him up nicely for this breakout success.
Meet Me In Montauk 