MUSIC we loved in 2025

Each year, Theater in Asylum releases a list of plays, books, movies, and more that delighted us, challenged us, and changed us. Below is a crowd-sourced list of music our community loved in 2025.

Thank you to the community who made and loved art this year! Please consider donating to Theater in Asylum so we can keep it going in 2026.

Nicolas Jaar & Ali Sethi in concert in St. Louis October 2025

Albums

• Paganini: 24 Caprices played by María Dueñas
• DeBI TiRAR MaS FOToS by Bad Bunny
• Double Infinity by Big Thief
• Dreams Come True by Judee Sill
  
• EURO-COUNTRY by CMAT
  
• Everybody Scream by Florence + the Machine 
  
• K-Pop Demon Hunters
  
• Love Language by Ali Sethi
• LUX by Rosalia
• A Matter of Time by Laufey
• Mayhem by Lady Gaga
• The Romantic Spirituals by KAMAUU
• SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver
• Telefone by Noname
• Virgin by Lorde
• Zombie by Yungblud

Sitting behind the orchestra at the NY Philharmonic

Songs

• The Bluey Theme
• “Childlike Things” by FKA Twigs
• “Filthy/Gorgeous” by the Scissor Sisters
• “Go to Hell” by Dolly Parton
• “Jesus Was a Crossmaker” by Judee Sill
• “This Will be Our Year” by The Zombies
• “Wheels on the Bus (TECHNO)”  Lenny Pearce
  

The Scissor Sisters in concert in July