If I had to sum up the year in music of 2025 in one word I would call it : DYNAMIC!! There were so many great records that came out from so many different corners of music, and we were TRULY lucky this year that we got to listen to it all. Here's MY personal list of my favorite 32 songs of the year.

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It's been nearly 20 years since the last time Taylor Swift released a Christmas project - it was called the Sounds of the Season, and while it's a beloved and nostalgic piece of Christmas lore to me now, we DESPERATELY need something newer and, frankly....BETTER!!!!! Come with me as I cobble together a fantasy version of an ideal Taylor Swift Christmas record.

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Lots of people walk into department and grocery stores and malls during the holiday season and hear Christmas music playing and groan. NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are a lot of great (and greatly bad) Christmas songs in the world...but only a select few can make it onto my all time favorite list.

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Just don't watch it.

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In determining your taste in music, what you HATE is almost as important as what you LOVE...after many many years of considering it, I've finally decided what my least favorite era in the history of music is - we talk about WHAT I hate about it, what artists were the biggest offenders, and also, what I didn't hate about it, and which songs and artists made the era bearable.

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This year's Grammy's is a STARK contrast to last year's Pop Girl Summit. The nominees this year, particularly in the Big Four, are far more dynamic and representative of music from all across the board. Who got snubbed, who got what they deserved, and WHO were the jumpscares that we never predicted being nominated...? Here's my reaction to all of the nominees in the major categories.

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There's nothing as scary as female rage...HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

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Gilmore Girls is one of my favorite shows of all time...and it also happens to be one of the most fall-coded shows ever created. We're FINALLLYYY doing Autumn behaviors on The Lizard Review and kicking it off STRONG with a semi-chaotic ranking of my twelve favorite Gilmore Girls episodes of all time, because some of these other people I've seen ranking episodes really need help...

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Insane sentence to have to type OR say in the year 2025...but alas, here we are.

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My trip abroad and beyond was filled with many happenstances including roaches, pizza, and a Polaroid to heal old wounds...but now that I'm finally back from a long workation, it's finally time to get myself back into the official mindset of SHOWGIRL. Shift with me back into Showgirl and Swiftie mode as we talk about the most recent developments in the world of the new record including the theatrical release and the Target exclusive edition of the record, and then finish it off with a deep dive on Halsey's interview with Zane Lowe.

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