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2️⃣3️⃣/25
“Bouwéy” by 1T1 and Theomaa from Guadeloupe🇬🇵 has a 50 Cent vibe to its verses, such as they are (complimentary). it’s a mean dog of a bouyon banger!
youtu.be/tW8KrbpTXcI?...
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2️⃣1️⃣/25
one for the real heads! one of my afro-francophone YouTube travels led me to 🇧🇫Burkina Faso and an album by Ouendbénédo, with the log drum-enhanced “Christine” as a pop-adjacent highlight: youtu.be/bExoYr9KyIE?...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 20
Stereolab - Melodie Is a Wound
Completing a quadrilogy of unexpected strong returns in 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nndp...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 19 #PeoplesPop25
Disclosure with Anderson .Paak - NO CAP
2010s musicians using slang from two years ago? Yeah, I'll take it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q4k...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 18 #PeoplesPop25
Kate Nash - GERM
Third time I've posted this here, but it needs saying, and it slaps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Mo...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 17 #PeoplesPop25
Pulp - Slow Jam
Obviously I love "More" but the three singles have been gradually eclipsed by this slow-burner which genuinely goes somewhere new.
youtu.be/6B56zHzmxHg
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 16 #PeoplesPop25
PinkPantheress - Illegal
Stateside has the better video - but I'm picking songs here, and this is in the running for song of the year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWX...
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1️⃣5️⃣/25
“Maghnatees” by 🇪🇬Maii Waleed and (producer) 🇪🇬Mallawany. beautiful track - turns out I’m an indie guy after all, all you need to do is walk it like an Egyptian:
youtu.be/Sg2UscBGbuo?...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 15 #PeoplesPop25
Kneecap - No Comment (ft. Sub Focus)
The collab we didn't know we needed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDru...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 14 #PeoplesPop25
Sudan Archives - My Type
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vho...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 13
Marie Davidson - Demolition
Creepy icy early 80s electro-goth music but with the full benefit of the last 40 years of production advances.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iNY...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 12
Amaarae - S.M.O.
Maybe one day we'll all be ginga and free
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngee...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 11
Bad Bunny - NUEVAYoL
Until this year I somehow managed to ignore Bad Bunny, the biggest artist in the world right now. Putting that to rights now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU5V...
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let’s turn this day into an impromptu 🇿🇦gqom day!
“Vala” by threesome 🇿🇦Dankie Boi, 🇿🇦Goldmax and 🇿🇦Blacks Jnr…
…plus 🇿🇦Dladla Mshunqisi & 🇿🇦Black Catz:
youtu.be/v5dwCR2HdHU?...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 10
Cafuné - Temporary Lover ft. Riovaz
We have somehow got to the point where artists are rediscovering the retro sounds of late 2000s pop D&B, and I am all here for it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9p...
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🔟/25
“Célibataire” by 🇸🇳Wally B. Seck is a nifty little jam with funky horns & piano, quite unexpected for mbalax: youtu.be/18pLXsyU7eQ?...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 9
Night Tapes - Storm (Estonia)
Transportational (to other galaxies) EDM which draws a lot from deep house but with these beautiful diva-ish new age vocals.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk7J...
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9️⃣/25
…plus my most played song of the year (it dropped on new year’s day!), “Corazón (DJ Arana Remix)” by whoa, it’s 🇨🇦Nelly Furtado and, obviously, 🇧🇷DJ Arana, which is the best thing since sliced bread: youtu.be/9bd-un9aywg?...
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I was lagging behind, so let’s have a 🇧🇷Brazilian double whammy today:
8️⃣/25
the delirious “Oh Garota (Eu) Quero Você Só Pra Mim” by Oruam ft. Zé Felipe, Mc Tuto, Rodrigo do CN, MC K9, mc pl alves & Dj LC da Roça…
youtu.be/sIkIzcYpouA?...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 8
Molly Sanden - Trophy (Sweden)
Breathy Swedish Pop with a surprising 80s texture to it. Picked up on BlueSky from... someone. Guess I could just do a search but it's bedtime.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cabs...
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7️⃣/25
“Onomkeerbaar” (‘irreversible’) by 🇳🇱Eefje de Visser is my one and only Dutch-language entry. all her songs are variations on the same theme (complimentary) and this is one of her most evocative best: youtu.be/8TH75f_mavo?...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 7
Cameo Blush - One Chance
Superb electro-house bobbins from London
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_p9...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 6
Lung Leg feat. Lora Logic - Girls
Another one of my all-time faves back after a whole quarter of a century away, it has been quite the year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBh...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 5
Kevin Sanderson - Detroit (USA)
One of the Techno OG with an example of one of my favourite microgenres - a song about a scene. Please feel free to share more examples!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x-d...
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5️⃣/25
DJ Veek is one of the up-and-comers in
South African🇿🇦 3Step/3-step. his “Nkosi”with vocalist Criimora b.k.z is a work of art. stately and incredibly moving:
youtu.be/D-0YwaTmVDo?...
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4️⃣/25
“Coco Chanel”:
yesterday we learned about monogamy in the face of polyamory, today we’re putting the sapphism in shatta. take it away, ladies*!
youtu.be/nSozQlDpD1U?...
(*Meryl from Martinique🇲🇶 and Eva from France🇫🇷)
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 4
The Lewis Express with Chip Wickham - Run Tell That
Soul jazz from Leeds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlYq...
#25SongsFrom2025 Day 3
Chip feat. D Double E, Frisco, Flirta D, Skepta, Bruza, JME, Jendor, Novelist, Jamakabi & Flowdan - Grime Scene Saviours (UK)
Grime in 4k, very long artist title.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSUL...
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3️⃣/25
we’re just here for fun, frolicking no-strings-attached fun!
“Cheat On You” by 🇬🇭Ghanaian heartthrobs KiDi and Gyakie:
youtu.be/8vhOM7sHK6Y?...
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