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2025 Top 5s

2026-01-01

I would've ideally posted this before the start of 2026 but I became very sick for the last two days of 2025 and slept mostly. It could either be a detox or a bad omen. These rankings aren't really equal - some are based on enjoyment/entertainment while others were just really really good.

Albums

  1. The Blue Album by Weezer
  2. Who’s the Clown? by Audrey Hobert
  3. Virgin by Lorde
  4. Pinkerton by Weezer
  5. I quit by Haim

Songs

  1. Lola by The Raincoats
  2. Belinda by Alvvays
  3. Silver Jubilee by Audrey Hobert
  4. Fairytale in the Supermarket by The Raincoats
  5. Sometimes Always by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Songs (Most listened)

  1. Lola by The Raincoats
  2. Relationships by HAIM
  3. Belinda Says by Alvvays
  4. All I Do by Bully
  5. Idaho by Slow Pulp

Playlists (By me)

  1. My playlist #220
  2. post-lent
  3. Thursday Night Radio
  4. Gone
  5. Friday Morning Radio

Books

  1. The Idiot by Elif Batuman
  2. Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
  3. Empire of AI by Karen Hao
  4. Either/Or by Elif Batuman
  5. Down the Drain by Julia Fox

Movies

  1. Charade (1963), dir. Stanley Donen
  2. One Battle After Another (2025), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. Do the Right Thing (1989), dir. Spike Lee
  4. Materialists (2025), dir. Celine Song
  5. Mickey 17 (2025), dir. Bong Joon Ho