Our poll teed up a stiff competition between artists like Lorde, Justin Bieber, Drake, HAIM and Tate McCrae, with hundreds of readers voting for their favourites.

If last year was “brat summer,” then this year is drat summer. Despite plenty of hot-weather hits designed to delight, none broke through the charts – or into our hearts – to unanimously claim the title of Song of the Summer.

But we still wanted to crown something 2025’s Song of the Summer to give us one last beat to dance to as the warmer months wind down, and we turned to readers to help us decide between eight frontrunners. Our poll teed up a stiff competition between artists such as Lorde, Justin Bieber, Drake, Haim and Tate McRae, with hundreds of readers voting for their favourites.

Why is there no Song of the Summer

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