art by Sabrina Kaune
For the second time in 2025, The FADER is bringing back Listmania. We last compiled a selection of goofy and subtly informative lists for Valentine’s Day; now that it’s summer, what better time of year for a temperature check of the year so far?
Things we’re eating because losing weight isn’t in the cards
The crème fraîche brioche tart that made Julia Child cry
This fried chicken
Alexandra Cook’s overnight focaccia recipe
The weekly soft serve flavor from Brooklyn bakery Dolly’s Coffee Shop
Artists who should also play to 2 million Brazilians on a beach
ML Buch
Xang
Stereolab
2hollis
Stina Nordenstam
Kameron Carter
Classic songs we need to hear in the sun at least once for summer to feel complete
Lana Del Rey, “Summertime Sadness”
Afro B, “Drogba” (Joanna)
Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean and Migos, “Slide”
Gucci Mane, “On Deck”
The General, “Te Vas Buena”
Project Pat, “90 Days”
Romeo Santos feat. Ozuna, “Sobredosis”
Oliver N’Goma, “Icole”
Belinda Carlisle, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
2024 songs we need to hear in the club for summer to feel complete
Rylo Rodriguez feat. Veeze, “F*cked A Fan”
EBK Jaaybo, “Boogieman”
NLE Choppa, “Slut Me Out 2”
RADA, “Alive”
Cortisa Star, “Get It Down”
OsamaSon, “popstar”
Ice Spice, “Hannah Montana”
FADER-y co-worker music that didn’t make our cut
wokeups
Porter Robinson
JPEGMAFIA
Bon Iver
Songs to help you PR at the gym
Bankroll Ni, “I’m So ATL”
JT, “Ran Out”
Rob49 feat. Birdman, “JetWifi”
Bb trickz, “Malvada”
Wizz Havinn, “Fishy”
Brennan Jones, “Fishy”
OsamaSon, “GTFO the Room”
Cortisa Star, “PARIS”
Stomp-clap songs the Irish band from Sinners would have loved in 2012
Mumford & Sons, “I Will Wait”
The Lumineers, “Ho Hey”
Vance Joy, “Riptide”
Of Monsters & Men, “Little Fears”
The Head and the Heart, “Rivers and Roads”
Things Kiki Boy more likely was (rather than a Frank Ocean album)
Food delivery app
Ticket financing service
New streaming drama series that you’ll probably end up half-watching while you scroll on your phone
Crypto
Classic bands who need 4 biopics a la The Beatles
D4L
B2K
Jagged Edge
Black Eyed Peas
Jodeci
Fugees (Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Pras, and the fugitive Malaysian billionaire Pras was convicted of lobbying for)
Top Nino Paid songs to cry to while shopping for diamonds
“Tree on the Hill”
“12am in LA”
“Tomorrow Will Be Better
“Something to Live For”
“Billy Mandi”
“Real Life”
The dumbest stories of the year so far
Songs we don’t want to hear on July 4
“Party in the USA”
“Born in the USA”
“American Boy”
“American Woman”
“American Nights”
The National Anthem
7 albums we wish had Swamp Izzo tags
Addison by Addison Rae
MeloManiac by k3
The Kids Want Sutetchi 2: Lov, Inochi by Dani Kiyoko
Zoo Life by BabyChiefDoIt
For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast
Pointless by Pretty V
Evergreen by Soccer Mommy
Gingers who aren’t Black
Andrew Jackson
Queen Elizabeth I
This person 🙁
Top 5 David Lynch (R.I.P) music moments
David Bowie, ‘I’m Deranged’ (from Lost Highway)
The Moody Blues, “Nights In White Satin” (from Twin Peaks)
Wilco, “The Straight Story” (from Straight Story)
Roy Orbison, “In Dreams” (from Blue Velvet)
Cliff Edwards, “I’ve Told Every Little Star” (from Mulholland Drive)
Kpopium moments we didn’t believe were real
Bad things happening in threes, music edition
1. Sly Stone died.
2. Then Brian Wilson died.
3. Then Silentó did not beat the case.
Games we’re playing while we wait for Grand Theft Auto VI
Balatro
Project Brutality
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Jetpack Joyride
The kind of summer we want based on our books
A Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp summer: girl goes on quest to become the Greatest Girlfriend of All-Time by attending a copious amounts of krautrock shows in seedy DIY house venues and entering a volatile situation with an NYU PhD student (ok….. maybe not)
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin summer: horny media is back, baby!
Madonna In a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali summer: these warm months are for yearning and pining for a summer romance that will inevitably end in tears. Or, you know, everything could work out.
PinkPantheress’s top 5 auntie moments
Stages of grief, as overheard at Lorde’s Washington Square Park performance before she arrived
At 6:57 p.m., when hope was still high and a girl behind me claimed to know Lorde’s manager: “They must be walking around taking pictures of the crowd”
At 7:00 p.m., when a security guard came to tell us the performance was cancelled and a millennial gay wondered: “Do we believe him just because he has an ear piece in?”
At 7:03 p.m., when the realization set in and fans started to get angry: “The Timothee Chalamet competition got to live but this had to die”
At 7:07p.m., when fans began to turn on Lorde: “Charli xcx would never do this shit”
At 7:10 p.m., when the delusions set in: “What if this is a red herring? I’m in denial right now.”
At 7:18 p.m., when fans realized they lost the battle: “I’m going to go home and watch Lorde YouTube videos instead”
Fan summer starter packs
Bladee
Red Light t-shirt
Absurdly lanky body
Aluminum free deodorant
$45 in bank account
Los Thuthanaka
Cowboy hat
Keytar
Reminisces of raktako
Insanely complicated score
Joshua Kim tweet
Benson Boone
Collaborations we’d like to see
Nino Paid X Tate McRae
OsamaSon X Addison Rae
Action Bronson X The Rizzler
Bladee X The Knife X Knifeplay X Her New Knife
Scott Walker (singer, b. 1943, d. 2019) X Scott Walker (evil Wisconsin governor from 2011 x 2019)
American singer-songwriter Benson Boone X Yankees manager Aaron Boone: Ceremonial first pitch with backflip
