This week's Mixtape Rewind take us back to the end of 2022 as we countdown our final 12 songs of the year.  We argue, laugh and occasionally get a little existential about the songs that earned repeat plays, the lyrics that won’t let go, and the artists who made the whole internet stop and listen.

We start in motion with a driving track that brings back the pre-smartphone road trip era and the simple thrill of turning everything off and just going. Then we jump straight into pop gravity: Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” why one perfectly timed line can become an earworm, and how that hook can even mess with your morning self-talk. From there, we bring the party back with a feel-good Calvin Harris collaboration that somehow feels underrated, plus Wet Leg’s sharp, funny lyrical detours that reject the constant stream of judgment and noise.

The second half widens the sound on purpose: Zach Bryan surprises us with real emotion and a reminder that memory isn’t linear, Rosalia delivers genre-bending Latin music that hits even harder when you translate the words, and Run The Jewels combine protest bars with a remix approach that shouldn’t work but absolutely does. We also hit Regina Spektor’s “sugar vs love” warning, The Mountain Goats as the perfect workout song, Phoenix with Ezra Koenig for pure nostalgia, and Kendrick Lamar closing the door with grief, trauma, and the strange way we can be united even when everyone mourns differently.

1. Empty Stomachs and Bloodshot Eyes by Jake Swamp and the Pine
2. Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
3. Stay With Me by Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey, Pharrel Williams
4. Angelica by Wet Leg
5. The Greatest Day Of My Life by Zach Bryan
6. BULERIAS by ROSALIA
7. JU$T [Toy Selectah Version] by Run the Jewels, EL-P, Killer Mike
8. SugarMan by Regina Spektor
9. Training Montage by The Mountain Goats
10. Tonight (feat. Ezra Koenig) by Phoenix
11. The Last Dance by St. Paul & The Broken Bones
12. United In Grief by Kendrick Lamar

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