The 50 best albums of 2025
Topped by Rosalía’s multilingual, ultra-ambitious Lux, here are the best albums of the year as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers
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DARK SECRETS: De casier | Vintage Vibes
‘Rethink it all!’ Why is one Danish school producing nearly every cool alt-pop star?
Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory finds common ground between Ella Fitzgerald and Charli xcx – and its free-thinking alumni are thriving. We go on a tour to see what’s in the water there (aside from shipwrecks)
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R&B sensation Erika de Casier: ‘I don’t know if I ever think – yep, I’m a musician’
One of pop’s most sought-after artists, de Casier has written for K-pop stars and remixed Dua Lipa, but hid behind her bolshie alter ego Bianka for her own music. Now she’s finally found the confidence to drop the act
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