Year-end pop music mashups 2025

Another year ends, and the pop music mashups are out, including these two, the last of the ones I used to regularly watch. This year marks the end of the conversion to a new reality.

I don’t even know most of the artists or the songs in both mashups (Adamusic’s “What 2025 Sounds Like”, the first one I saw, is up top, and DJ Earworm’s “United State of Pop 2025 (Talk to Me)”, released the next day, is below). Sure, I recognise some of the artists, and I probably heard a snippet ot two somewhere, but not the entirety of any of them. I no longer listen to contemporary pop radio, there are no longer and pop music video channels that focus on current pop music, and I rarely listen to Spotify—and when I do stream, it’s not to listen to any pop charts.

In other words, for the first time in my life, I have virtually no exposure to new pop music, and so, I have no idea what’s currently a hit and what isn’t. I’m not exactly happy about that reality, but it IS my reality. Earlier this year, I tried streaming the NZ Top 40 Spotify Playlist, but I just didn’t care enough about it to continue doing it.

I have no idea where this heading: Maybe I’ll find a way to keep hearing new pop music, or maybe that’s it, and I’ll forever be looked into “oldies” music. Honetly, though, I’m not sure I care, especially if these two mashups are reflective of the pop music of 2025.