Switched on Pop

25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more

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2024 was an unpredictable year, and 2025 seems to be cut from the same cloth. So for this episode of Switched On Pop, Nate, Charlie, and Reanna look into the crystal ball of pop music to create a (playable) bingo card of predictions for the coming year – including AI songs on the Hot 100, a return of boy bands, and... kazoos? The Album of the Year race for this upcoming Grammys is similarly unpredictable, with a stacked nomination list including Grammy darlings Beyoncé and Billie as well as Gen-Z favorites like Charli and Chappell. The team takes a crack at guessing who will take home the award by debating the nominees, bracket-style.


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Songs discussed:

  • The Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care
  • Ghostwriter – Heart On My Sleeve (ft. AI Drake and AI The Weeknd)
  • Songs from Silvio Berlusconi, Imelda Marcos, and Randi Zuckerberg
  • Chino Pacas, Drake, Fuerza Regida – Modo Capone
  • Elton John – Your Song
  • Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee – Despacito
  • Jack Black – Peaches
  • Tyla – Water
  • Rema, Selena Gomez – Calm Down
  • Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
  • Megan thee Stallion, Yuki Chiba – Mamushi
  • Joan Osborne – One of Us
  • FKA Twigs – Eusexua
  • Katy Perry – Woman's World
  • David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
  • Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic
  • Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me
  • Billie Eilish – CHIHIRO
  • Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER
  • Charli XCX – guess
  • Charli XCX – 360
  • Charli XCX – i think about it all the time
  • Charli XCX – 365
  • Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD 'EM
  • Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus – II MOST WANTED
  • Beyoncé – YA YA
  • Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
  • Chappell Roan – HOTTOGO
  • Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club
  • Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova
  • Outkast – Hey Ya!
  • Andre 3000 – That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh*t Was Wild
  • Andre 3000 – I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time
  • Jacob Collier – 100,000 Voices

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