Slate Daily Feed Hit Parade | The Bridge: Slate’s Music Club 2025
Dec 26, 2025
Join pop music critic Lindsay Zoladz from The New York Times and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, co-founder of Hearing Things, as they dive into the exciting music landscape of 2025. They explore Bad Bunny's cultural impact and debate whether we've hit peak fandom. The panel also discusses genre-bending innovations from Rosalía and K-pop hybrids, alongside the rising presence of Gen Z rock with bands like Geese. Tune in to hear their takes on hip-hop's future beyond giants Kendrick and Drake, and the emergence of fresh voices in the scene!
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Live Shows Shaped Album Favorites
- Lindsay Zoladz named Geese and Water From Your Eyes as favorites after seeing both live in New York.
- She says the live experience opened the records up and made them feel like her top picks.
Genre-Blurring Ambition In Rosalia's Lux
- Rosalia's Lux blends opera, flamenco, and global pop to create an uncategorizable, ambitious record.
- The album's multilingual, orchestral scope signals pop's shift toward polyglot, genre-fluid projects.
Bad Bunny's Puerto Rican Epic
- Bad Bunny's Debiter Armas Fotos is a focused, Puerto Rican-rooted album that broadened his global stature.
- The record mixes salsa, plena, and reggaeton into an ambitious, historically minded pop statement.