What gives a good diss track its edge? Is it an upbeat tempo? A specificity and heightened meanness in the lyrics? Do you have to know the lore of the track to really understand what makes it such a good diss? This question has come to define the music landscape in 2025 — when Lily Allen came for ex David Harbour , when Rosalía elegantly dunked on ex Rauw Alejandro , or when Taylor Swift allegedly sang about Charli XCX . But there’s one track this year that manages to lap all of these supposed diss tracks, and it can’t be found on any pop album from the past few months. It’s a little tune called “I Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes Then Drown You to Death),” off the soundtrack for Hades II .

Hades II , like any good sequel, ups the ante in every possible way. The 2020 roguelike Hade

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