10 movies to get to know me :)

...and the Bit-ee for Best Song of 2025 goes to Do It by Underscores! I have been listening to this track nonstop since November. I wanted it injected directly into my veins. I hope Underscores goes on to collab with all of the big dance pop girlies because she deserves it.

my album of the year, no question (not its own category!), and picking just one track from it was like pulling teeth. This was a rare case where I liked the album but didnt quite vibe with it and then saw Jane live and now ive listened to it everyday for the last eight months.

quite possibly my favorite score of the year (thats its own category!) starts off with this absolute banger. I am now a lifelong Young Fathers fan and I desperately need them to come back for the third entry in the 28 Years trilogy.

easily my most anticipated piece of music every year is Kyle Bosmans community driven concept albums. A genre mash up of incredible talent from Kyle's streaming audience, these are always such joyous creations that almost always wind up 100 times better than anyone could expect.

the OST to Boys Go To Jupiter is full of great songs but this track in particular really captures that feeling of youthful infatuation in a way that really just crawled into my head and hasn't managed to shake free. Also this film is coming to HBOMAX this week! go watch it!

it has been so cool to watch Danny Brown partner with so many talented hyper pop artists over the years, its really lined up with my own appreciation for the genre and seeing him and Underscores live was easily a highlight of my year.

its no secret that the original theme song for Chainsaw Man season one was a massive hit, so when the Reze arc was announced as a film i wondered if theyd simply avoid trying to top it...luckily I was wrong as Iris Out easily gives it a run for its money and then some!

as a longtime Princess Nokia fan I was very surprised to hear her not only take on but absolutely crush a dance-pop summer anthem, even more shocking is how chillingly angry the surrounding album is.

Ill admit that most of my love for this song stems from being at Universal Japan last year and watching crowds of people break out into synchronized dance with the choreographed zombies at Halloween Horror Nights, it was magical and surreal and largely thanks to this banger.

I never doubted Gaga but it is always nice when she comes back to remind us that she can put out an instant classic like its nothing. I wish I enjoyed more of the album accompanying this track but its undeniable the power Gaga has to control the conversation.

Alex Russell's Lurker is a truly great social Thriller about the dangers of parasociality & the realities of stardom. It also happens to feature some bangers by the fictional pop star Oliver, played by Archie Madekwe who impressively lends his own vocals to these in-universe hits

its still hard to believe that there was a brand new Evanescence song in 2025, let alone for such a perfect collaboration as DMC. This really brought me right back to middle school, rocking blue hair and fingerless gloves and chucks and jamming out to nu-metal on the playground.

I was first turned on to her thanks to Invincible, but it was in 2025 that I really fell in love with her sound. I was able to see her live and she was incredible, theres a yearning that is so palpable in her smokey smooth vocals that just hits me deep in the chest every time.

Today we are counting down my favorite songs of 2025! I wasnt as big a fan of Spike Lee's remake of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low as I hoped to be but it is undeniable how catchy the macguffin of the film is.

Fucking pisses me off how hot Ninajirachi is. Like cmon man thats not fair.

I initially missed the pre-order window for this but the second I saw it come back in stock I grabbed it immediately and have zero regrets, the most fun I've had posing and playing with a figure all year. Looks killer from every angle, a fear of engineering and design.

...and the Bit-ee for Best Toy of 2025 goes to the Hono Studios Iron Man! Sculpted and painted to perfection as if it leaped right off the page, this thing is nothing short of a masterpiece with medical grade silicone seamless limbs and a LED light up arc reactor, cant get better

I wish they had sprung for die-cast armor like the Mezco release but the process they used for the plastic plating still sells the effect and the chain mail under suit feels like a magic trick.

Its hard to top this one for me, Hot Toys really came out swinging this year by taking on more comic inspired figures and this Doom is simply a masterpiece. Its so much fun to pose and looks so good pretty much any way you display him.

Getting my hands on this was a nightmare thanks to Popmarts whole infrastructure but luckily you can now preorder their figures through BBTS, cant wait to see what they make next!