What a poll! Have really enjoyed listening to all the tracks and reading all the comments. I struggle to find the words sometimes … so I’ve done a scatter plot instead

And the comments for this lot - then tomorrow we'll cover 15-11 and 10-5 and launch the GRAND FINAL

As we are reviewing pop culture in 2025 - and the number of matches is actually 2/3 rather than 1/2 - I can’t help but wonder whether we should call it “DAY 10.67”?! [ducks for cover]

Was listening to the playlist with my dad (who is in his 70s) on the drive back from Manchester, explaining the concept of Peoples Pop and getting him to play along. He was enjoying the Ata Kak track and Googled to see if he was playing anywhere nearby. “Ooh, he’s playing Aviva Studios … [1/2]

Rarely has a critically acclaimed band been so perfectly eviscerated by a pun

Raises an interesting question though. Who would you least rather have a break up song written about you by? Lily Allen, CMAT or Chappel Roan.

🎶 On the twelfth day of Christmas My true love gave to me My favourite Bluesky-based pop music poll of the yeeeeear 🎶

I didn’t understand what a boost was - but now I see that two of my previous #PeoplesPop25 Challenge posts should have been labelled as boosts (I think!) [7/7] ⭐️BOOST⭐️ I love the way Wednesday take filthy guitars and combine them with pedal steel twang

#PeoplesPop25 Challenge [6/7] Is there too much hype around Geese? Does that matter? Should I pick 100 Horses to help it get in the draw? Am I overthinking this?! Staying true to myself, I just love Getting Killed, it’s great :)

#PeoplesPop25 Challenge [5/7] I try not to throw around Prince comparisons willy-nilly but, to my ears, Another Baby by Dijon is a modern take on the Sign O The Times sound - and ignoring any clunky comparisons, it’s one of the funkiest songs of the year

#PeoplesPop25 Challenge [4/7] Just realised that I’ve mentioned the album on every entry so far - and that’s not what this is about, is it?! One artist who didn’t even release an album this year was Our Chappell - she was phenomenal at Leeds Fest and The Subway was a standout

#PeoplesPop25 Challenge [3/7] Maybe there are other tracks on Lotus which are “better” but not many things in 2025 grabbed me as strongly as this slightly unhinged character play from Little Simz

#PeoplesPop25 Challenge [2/7] New Shoes by jasmine.4.t - the oldest song on YATM - but the 2025 version, boosted by the presence of boygenius is a different beast. When the guitar kicks in on “let’s make a family” is the [moment on a track which most gave me goosebumps] of the year

I am late to the #PeoplesPop25 party but my [1/?] is Mirtazapine by Hayley Williams - there are several outstanding tracks on Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party - but a bona fide rock anthem about a prescription tetracyclic antidepressant? Yes, please! youtu.be/dMrh5CW6IhI