Did you vibe with 2025?

This year was One Battle After Another. There were Stranger Things. We lived through some epic Eras. Were you tuned in? Test yourself with our quiz.

- Natasha Rego

This Tortured Poet happens to be a Showgirl and the wealthiest female musician.

She shook off her past relationships, swore she'd never get back together. Then, she found a Lover and got engaged. It was a moment for the Eras. Whose Love Story?

Tyla Doechii

Selena Gomez Taylor Swift

Yay for women in film! Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies was India's official selection for the Oscars. Anuparna Roy won the Orizzonti Award at Venice for Songs of Forgotten Trees. Payal Kapadia got on the 2025 Cannes jury after winning the Grand Prix in 2024 — for which movie?

Cinema Bandi

All We Imagine As Light

The Great Indian Kitchen

Girls will be Girls

Tickets in India vanished at The Speed of Sound. Resale value: Up to ₹10 lakh. A record 1.34 lakh people showed up at Ahmedabad. Jasleen Royal opened for them in Mumbai. A CEO and a coworker were caught canoodling under A Sky Full Of Stars at their US concert. Say a Hymn for the Weekend, at whose concerts?

Oasis Porcupine Tree

Coldplay Radiohead

Everyone looked like they stepped into a Miyazaki frame. OpenAI's 4o generator converted photos into dreamy, magical, almost hand-drawn portraits. It went viral and was dubbed the —style, after Miyazaki's Studio. The Italian word actually means a hot dust-bearing wind of the North African desert.

Naruto Mononoke

Kodama Ghibli

Owen Cooper was stunning as a murderous 13-year-old in Adolescence. Stephen Graham directed, wrote and acted. But Matthew Lewis's cinematography stole the show. The behind-the-scenes got attention for the same reason Russian Ark did in 2002. Hitchcock's Rope sort of invented it. Four episodes. How many takes per episode?

1 4 20 200

Round up the ARMY. Stock up on ARMY bombs. The Bulletproof Boy Scouts are out of the military. The new album is recorded. The comeback tour is planned. Apobangpo! If you purple them, name the boy band.

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