The best of The A.V. Club: Our favorite pieces from 2025
Here’s The A.V. Club’s year in review, which reflects where we’ve been and where we’re going.
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2025 Kennedy Center honors hit record low viewership with President Ratings at helm
Audiences preferred the masked, COVID-restricted version of the show to the one hosted by Trump.
CMAT is “The People’s Mess,” baby
The Irish singer-songwriter became a pop sensation in 2025, releasing one of the year’s greatest albums. We met up with her in New York City to talk about EURO-COUNTRY, putting care into presentation and authenticity into performance, and why she’ll never perform “Lord, Let That Tesla Crash” live.
RIP MTV: The 9 music videos that defined the network & reshaped the culture
As of today, MTV will no longer air music videos—and of all the lists and round-ups published this past month, few, if any, highlighted women’s impact on the medium.
No Album Left Behind: Armand Hammer’s Mercy finds meaning in the quiet work of staying human
On their second collaboration with The Alchemist, billy woods and E L U C I D refuse grand answers, turning instead to the quiet labor of endurance—attention, routine, and survival inside a world that won’t stop grinding.