Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift and more.

There are eleven songs in Wicked: For Good, and while they're all well-produced, they don't all hold the same weight in terms of their memorability, catchiness, or production. Tackling Act 2 of the ...

Something “Wicked” this way comes not only at the movie theater, but in the music world as well. “Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack” drops 11 songs nestled in the second volume of the film, with a ...

“March of the Witch Hunters” ominously spotlights the angry Ozians’ desire to burn Elphaba at the stake. The ensemble lets loose an intimidating wave of fury as people on the streets of the Emerald ...

Professor and Head of Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit; Director of Researcher Development Unit, The University of Melbourne Katrina McFerran has received funding from the Australian ...

The film tells the story of Act Two of the Broadway production, and includes the addition of two new songs Erivo's Elphaba sings original song "No Place Like Home," while Grande's Glinda sings ...

Editor's note: This article contains mild spoilers for Wicked: For Good, which is now in theaters — and also for both acts of the Wicked musical on Broadway. After spending months speculating over the ...

Marshall suits the Godfather of Soul’s groove well, because her songs always ride on instinct, never feeling mannered or overly contrived. Even while interpreting Brown’s standalone R&B, Marshall ...

Fill up your holiday playlist with spooky and satisfying tracks from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Sonics, Geto Boys and more. By David Renard Hello from your guest playlister for the day — I’m Dave Renard, an ...

The 1970s were a great time in country music. Beginning in 1970, the decade saw the release of some of country music’s biggest classics. These four country songs were released in 1970, at the start of ...

"No Place Like Home" and "The Girl in the Bubble" were written exclusively for the movie by Stephen Schwartz Wicked: For Good, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, premiered in theaters on Nov.