25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos and more

2024 was an unpredictable year, and 2025 seems to be cut from the same cloth. So for this episode of Switched On Pop, Nate, Charlie, and Reanna look into the crystal ball of pop music to create a (playable) bingo card of predictions for the coming year – including AI songs on the Hot 100, a return of boy bands, and... kazoos? The Album of the Year race for this upcoming Grammys is similarly unpredictable, with a stacked nomination list including Grammy darlings Beyoncé and Billie as well as Gen-Z favorites like Charli and Chappell. The team takes a crack at guessing who will take home the award by debating the nominees, bracket-style.

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Songs discussed:

The Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care

Ghostwriter – Heart On My Sleeve (ft. AI Drake and AI The Weeknd)

Songs from Silvio Berlusconi, Imelda Marcos, and Randi Zuckerberg

Chino Pacas, Drake, Fuerza Regida – Modo Capone

Elton John – Your Song

Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee – Despacito

Jack Black – Peaches

Tyla – Water

Rema, Selena Gomez – Calm Down

Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch

Megan thee Stallion, Yuki Chiba – Mamushi

Joan Osborne – One of Us

FKA Twigs – Eusexua

Katy Perry – Woman's World

David Bowie – Moonage Daydream

Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic

Jack Harlow – Lovin On Me

Billie Eilish – CHIHIRO

Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Charli XCX – guess

Charli XCX – 360

Charli XCX – i think about it all the time

Charli XCX – 365

Beyoncé – TEXAS HOLD 'EM

Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus – II MOST WANTED

Beyoncé – YA YA

Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso

Chappell Roan – HOTTOGO

Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club

Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova

Outkast – Hey Ya!

Andre 3000 – That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh*t Was Wild

Andre 3000 – I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A "Rap" Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time

Jacob Collier – 100,000 Voices

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