Every year since 2014, I’ve collected songs into a playlist as the year happens that reaches 100 songs. It serves as a digital snapshot, marking when I was obsessed with certain songs, new or old, or a song soundtracked a particular moment of my life. You can see the other Retrospective posts HERE.
This post serves as my most comprehensive “wrapped,” which collects the songs that best defined my year, along with all my listening stats, a log of other media consumed, and thoughts on music in 2025.
Only somewhat late and to give myself at least a little credit, September 2025 moderately exploded with high quality albums. This summer had some good stuff, but my personal life left me feeling dazed and zoomed out. By September I was locked in, resulting in this delivery of 15 albums as opposed to the usual 10.
Warm Visions 