Across
- 5. Featuring 13 seperate movements, resulting in a lengthy song, this track goes through the album main character's ritualistic suicide.
- 6. This track details the journey home after this alicorn lesbian couple's quest to save EDM...
- 7. The live outro to this song sees two silhouettes, including the artist, engage in carnal relations behind a curtain.
- 10. Once well known for hyperpop and being a Roblox YouTuber, this album sees the artist masterfully shift into indie rock.
- 11. This whole record is a gut-wrenchingly, beautifully penned and masterfully produced experience. "Tell you what, give it a year, you'll stay a boy in the end..."
- 12. The chorus of this anti-war song references a Greek myth about the origin of fire.
- 18. The cover art for one of the biggest singles of the summer was inspired by a 2006 film starring Christina Ricci.
- 22. This song explores a villain's perspective and is sonically inspired by an iconic ABBA song.
- 26. The live visuals accompanying this song open up with blurbs text evoking feelings of nostalgia.
- 28. This diss track opens up with a reversed line from a 70's film adapted from a musical retelling The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- 29. The first single off the digital hardcore artist's 2024 EP, this song features popular rapper Danny Brown.
- 31. This track from the skramz, emo, more, group samples the video game "Mario Kart Wii".
- 35. This song from the metalcore group features an artist who was once a YouTube surrealism icon.
- 40. The pre chorus of this solo single by a BLACKPINK member uses a very common chord progression, with similar progressions being found in songs like One of Your Girls, Night Changes, and more.
- 43. This artist really took off opening for Ken Carson's "Chaos Tour".
- 46. The director of the music video for this divinely inspired jazz-infused song also wrote a play based on EA's The Sims 4.
- 47. This veteran, now experimental hip-hop artist, begins the opening track of his album by referencing a certain NBA player.
- 49. While YouTubers that turn into musicians generally get a negative rep, this one is a true exception. "i'd like to hide a little less, i'd like to cry a little more...".
- 50. This track from the ex black midi member's debut record went semi-viral on TikTok recently, you might've heard it...
Down
- 1. After linking up with Charli xcx, this former TikTok star's song really blew up when it released in the summer.
- 2. This record's cover art was illustrated by the wonderfully talented Vemrill.
- 3. "give me one more song..."
- 4. The incredibly harsh, personal record this song hails from is named after a commonly referenced phenomenon.
- 8. References a common lethal poison.
- 9. A cover recorded for Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw The TV Glow.
- 13. The opening lines of this song parallel the singer's romantic self-sabotage with the Christian doctrine of original sin.
- 14. This country song, featuring a member of a famous indie supergroup, first debuted live at Webster Theater.
- 15. The lyrics of this song reference a controversial soda ad featuring a reality TV star.
- 16. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, this track explores "mutual culpability" in a breakup.
- 17. references a town in the Czech Republic! also a very freaky track...
- 19. this party sucks! the music's too loud, and i've not got someone to dance with...
- 20. In this uplifting track, the band's singer chants his daughter's nickname in the bridge's background vocals.
- 21. This country-infused track is inspired by the music of Stevie Nicks and the writings of Bessel Van Der Kolk.
- 23. The co-writer on this grunge-infused pop song also co-wrote "Cruel Summer."
- 24. Come on over to this beautiful small town in Michigan! It's wonderfully secure here...
- 25. This album sees the Charli xcx collaborator's return to rage, as well as this song being the sole song on the album to feature an artist who isn't a fellow part of Drain Gang.
- 27. The viral second verse of this song was inspired by the singer's observations of wealthy people's lives through their open windows, an experience which the singer compares to playing The Sims.
- 30. Themed after sheep, this acclaimed post-rock masterpiece's longest song is a beautiful trip.
- 32. Serves as a common abbreviation.
- 33. This album sees the ever constantly shifting in sound rock group pull influences from genres like hyperpop, with this song serving as the first post-release single with a music video.
- 34. Serving as the self-described "most blatantly furry song" on the fifth wave emo group's album, this song is all about "taking ownership of somebody else".
- 36. This single from the polarizing 17 year old Richmond rapper landed him a Lyrical Lemonade video.
- 37. This jazzy tune with a francophonic title originated as a song called "Over Now."
- 38. This track from the once in a lifetime artist's posthumous record features a member of record label PC Music.
- 39. In this song, this singer compares themself to a tough aramid fiber.
- 41. "i like the way he use his hands and his words! i could be his new favorite thing, his favorite girl!" <3
- 42. This track opens up the "Future" disc of the third solo album from an artist best known as Charli xcx's executive producer.
- 44. This track, featured on the artist's deluxe version of her 2024 record went viral on TikTok recently, but there's no denying she got some career help from her father...
- 45. The artist of this song is a dedicated The Legend of Zelda fan, even recording an unboxing of a special edition Nintendo Switch relating to the franchise for her YouTube channel.
- 48. In this track, the premier West Coast rapper reveals he underwent the same quasi-psychiatric procedure as Fox Mulder in season 4, episode 5 of The X-Files.