From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

Today (February 20), Lightning Bug shared “December Song,” a vulnerable-but-dreamy single that serves to announce their new album, No Paradise. The song pulled inspiration from Greek mythology, as the ...

For the past few Decembers, I’ve had a very silly but fun (for me at least) tradition on Twitter: Each and every day, I tweet a different lyric from “A Long December” by Counting Crows. I do this ...

On New Year’s Day, Lightning Bug shared two demos from their forthcoming album, the first since 2021’s A Color Of The Sky. Today they’re ready to officially announce it. No Paradise is coming in May.

So, is Counting Crows‘ melancholy, much-beloved 1996 classic “A Long December” a Christmas song? The band’s frontman, Adam Duritz, has some thoughts. “There’s this big discussion that runs around,” he ...