The Playlist: June '25
I don't got a bald head, John Fetterman
Pride Month is over, but I haven’t gotten any less annoying.
This month’s list includes a solid helping of LGBTQ+ artists (underscores, LSDXOXO, Kim Petras) and assorted Pillars of the Community (gay icon Mariah Carey, lesbian icon Bruce Springsteen).
There were a lot of exciting moments in music this month—even a few that I could talk to my less-plugged-in friends about—but while there may not be a clear Song of the Summer, there’s one song that held my attention all month long: RXKNephew’s club-ready tribute to our terrible Senator, “John Fetterman”. I briefly DJed in college, and no song has made me want to do it again more than this one.
Elsewhere on June’s playlist, you’ve got:
Mariah Carey back in peak form, rhyming “clearing my throat” with “rigmarole”
Highlights from the transcendent 28 Years Later soundtrack by Young Fathers
A new Kneecap track taking aim at Tory leader Kemi Badenoch—How come the British Isles gets actual, relevant, timely punk music and we don’t?
An Offset-JID tag-team sampling… “Bodies” by Drowning Pool?
Summer-ready singles by Princess Nokia, cupcakKe, Mark Ronson and RAYE
New tracks from Lorde, Lil Wayne, Slick Rick, Cate Le Bon, Tyler Childers, Bruce Springsteen, Pinkshift, and more!
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