As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve all but forsaken keeping up with new music. Sure, I’ll check out a band a friend recommends or listen to the latest release by some of my favorite artists. But by and large, it’s not part of my regular music consumption anymore. But there were still plenty of great songs released since January 2020 (oh, what simpler times). Here are my 100 favorites. You can listen to this entire playlist on Spotify.
The 1975 – “About You”
Adele – “Love Is a Game”
Alvvays – “Belinda Says”
Fiona Apple – “For Her”
Julien Baker – “Bloodshot”
Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”
The Blessed Madonna feat. Uffie – “Serotonin Moonbeams”
Blood Orange feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek, and Daniel Caesar – “The Field”
boygenius – “Not Strong Enough”
Phoebe Bridgers – “I Know the End”
Leon Bridges feat. Terrace Martin – “Sweeter”
Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves – “I Remember Everything”
BTS – “Butter”
Bullion feat. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Rare”
Bully – “Days Move Slow”
Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”
Sabrina Carpenter – “House Tour”
Charli xcx – “360”
Lucy Dacus – “Thumbs”
Deafheaven – “Great Mass of Color”
Dexter and the Moonrocks – “Cry”
Bob Dylan – “Murder Most Foul”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Everything but the Girl – “Nothing Left to Lose”
Father John Misty – “Screamland”
Florence + the Machine – “Sympathy Magic”
Margaret Glaspy – “Act Natural”
Ludwig Göransson – “Turning Red”
Kyle Gordon – “Ugliest Girl on the Beach”
HAIM – “Summer Girl”
Brittany Howard – “Prove It to You”
Japanese Breakfast – “Be Sweet”
Cassandra Jenkins – “Hard Drive”
Carly Rae Jepsen – “This Is What They Say”
Jordana – “Like a Dog”
Noah Kahan – “Stick Season”
Khruangbin feat. Leon Bridges – “B-Side”
Killers – “Dying Breed”
Ben Kweller – “Optimystic”
Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit”
Lady Gaga – “Stupid Love”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Laufey – “Silver Lining”
LCD Soundsystem – “New Body Rhumba”
MJ Lenderman – “You Are Every Girl to Me”
Lil Yachty feat. Diana Gordon – “Drive Me Crazy!”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Lorde – “What Was That”
Magdalena Bay – “Death & Romance”
The Magnetic Fields – The Day the Politicians Died
Steve Martin – “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?”
John Mayer – “Last Train Home”
Brian Metolius – “Robert Dyas (The Funky Range of Our Christmas Gifts)”
Cristin Milioti – “715 Creeks”
Kacey Musgraves – “Easier Said”
NewJeans – “Super Shy”
Noname – “Rainforest”
Genesis Owusu – “Leaving the Light”
Caroline Polachek – “Welcome to My Island”
Pusha T – “Diet Coke”
Addison Rae – “Diet Pepsi”
David Ramirez – “I Wanna Live in Your Bedroom”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “Match Point”
RMR – “Rascal”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Deja Vu”
Run the Jewels – “Walking in the Snow”
RXKHNephew – “American tterroristt”
Silk Sonic – “Leave the Door Open”
Smile – “Wall of Eyes”
Snail Mail – “Valentine”
Soccer Mommy – “Shotgun”
Sparks feat. Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and Simon Helberg – “So May We Start”
Spoon – “Wild”
St. Vincent – “Flea”
Sufjan Stevens – “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?”
Bartees Strange – “Mustang”
Sun Kil Moon – “All the Artists Live in L.A.”
Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver – “Exile”
T-Pain feat. Yaeji and Girl Talk – “Believe in Ya”
Kae Tempest feat. Kevin Abstract – “More Pressure”
Thee Sacred Souls – “Running Away”
Thundercat – “Dragonball Durag”
Tinashe feat. Wax Motif – “Undo (Back to My Heart)”
Trombone Shorty – “Come Back”
Yves Tumor – “Gospel for a New Century”
Turnstile – “Look Out for Me”
Tyler, the Creator – “Wilshire”
Vandoliers – “Life Behind Bars”
Vesta – “I Am a Fire”
Joshua Ray Walker – “Christmas in Dallas”
The War on Drugs feat. Lucius – “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”
Jessie Ware – “Spotlight”
Waxahatchee feat. MJ Lenderman – “Right Back to It”
The Weather Station – “Neon Signs”
Tierra Whack – “Dolly”
Hayley Williams – “True Believer”
Willow feat. Travis Barker – “Transparent Soul”
Lola Young – “Messy”
Yuno – “Somebody”