Before, I unveil my artist of 2025, let us briefly recap the year in music. 2025 was an interesting year in music. It was the year that I listened to the most albums in my life. Also, this year I expanded my variety of genres as I listened to the most genres outside of Pop and R&B plus this is the most new artist I have discovered in any year. However, these artist were not in the mainstream given that the mainstream was lackluster. The most popular artist releases were uninspiring at best and horrendous at worst. This made me turn to the alt scene and timeless, classics as seen by the numerous times these types of records appeared on the Hot 10 list. However, even in such a lackluster year for music there are three (3) artist who stood out for me and kept my musical heart flutter this year.
Here are my artists of the year!
FKA Twigs
Before 2025, I had not listen to an FKA Twigs album. I have heard and love several of her songs such as Two Weeks, Tear In The Club, Cellophane, Glass & Patron etc. So this year I took the plunge and finally listened to her third studio album titled "Eusexua" by the alternative goddess herself. That was one of the best musical decisions I made this year because I totally became enamored by her artistry. Her vocals, choreography, live performances, visuals and songs are top notch and I am vexed that I was so late to the party.
Here are a few of my favourite FKA Twigs moments of 2025!
Partyof2, Jadagrace, SWIM
This Hip-Hop duo was featured on my Best Bew Artist post and here they are again on this list. This former trio turned duo was truly one of my favourite musical discoveries of the year with their unique OutKast like take on Hip-Hop music.
Here are a few of my favourite Partyof2 moments of 2025.
*De'Wayne
I discovered De'Wayne in 2024 when one of my Twitter friends posted about his song titled "synthesizer". Being my musically curious I gave the song a listen and feel instantly in love. He was the answer to my musical prayers. Naturally, I listened to more of his music but I was waiting for a full length project that I could sink my teeth into and that came this year with the release of his album titled "june". Unsurprisingly, the album was pure excellence and was on constant repeat throughout the year.
Here are a few of my favourite De'Wayne moments of 2025.
Woman in The Mirror by Sacha album cover Ads can be such a nuisance! However, we have all had a moment where those pesky advertisements can be life changing. My discovery of the Canadian country artist Sacha can be counted as one of those life changing moments. After watching the video for "Later Tonight" by John Ross, YouTube played an ad of song called Shooting Star. Curiosity got the better of me so I went to the video to hear the entire song. Instantly I fell in love with the song and had to find out more about this new artist. Sacha Visagie, known mononymously as Sacha (or SACHA), is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Warkworth, Ontario. She is currently signed to Sony Music Canada. She has charted several singles in Canada, including "Hey Mom I Made It", "Til I Don't", "We Did", and "What the Truck". Excerpt taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_(singer) After finding out the information previously m...
Denzel Spencer (born April 18, 1996), better known by his stage name Roy Woods (also stylized as Roy Wood$), is a Canadian singer, rapper, and songwriter.[2][3] He signed with Drake's record label OVO Sound, an imprint of Warner Records in 2014. His first two albums, Waking at Dawn (2016) and Say Less (2017), both moderately entered the Canadian Albums Chart and US Billboard 200. Woods has also founded his own collective, Unlock the Underground. Excerpt from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Woods Roy Woods is a new artist I discovered because his artwork piqued my interest when I saw it on Spotify. With that being said, let us see what he has in store for us! Here's my review of each track on the album! 1. So Obvious 🌟🌟🌟 2. Stay With Me Intro 🌟🌟🌟 3. Stay With Me 🌟🌟🌟 4. Whatchu Mean 🌟🌟 5. What I Used To Get Into 🌟🌟 6. Like You 🌟🌟 7. You 🌟🌟 8. Disrespectful 🌟🌟 9. Tell Me What I'm Living For 🌟🌟 Album Rating: 4️⃣▪️ 5️⃣ / 🔟 What are your overall thought...
"june" by DE'WAYNE album cover "She's a synthesizer, Orchestrates the band, She's got the whole world, Wrapped around her finger, She's a synthesizer, Baby don't you understand, She's my heaven she's my earth, She's my woman she's my man." Lyrics taken from https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dewaynejackson/synthesizer.html The song "synthesizer" was how I was introduced to the wonderful artist called De'Wayne. I came across a snippet of the video on Twitter and decided to give the song a listening ear and I instantly feel in love. This new discovery filled me with so much joy because as an avid music listener I always seek to expand my musical horizons to listen to genres I usually do not follow. Therefore, coming across a Rock N Roll artist that I instantly liked was so exhilarating. I listened to the song until my own ears and music player got fed up with me and was even more elated when I discovered he was releasin...
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