Continuing my look at the top songs of 2025…

When a forgettable track by The Weeknd and Playboi Carti is the 16th most popular song of the year, you know 2025 wasn’t a great time for new music. Not only have I never heard ‘Timeless,’ I didn’t know it existed.

The song was the lead single of The Weeknd’s sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, a companion piece to the film of the same name. The movie was a massive flop, dismissed as a nonsensical ego trip.

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