The 2020s: Soundtrack to the End (or Beginning)
Pick a song released from 2020 to 2025 that captures the mood of a world in transition--isolation, renewal, protest, hope, or chaos, or any vibe that feels like this strange new decade.
Oct 25, 2025
PlaylistHighlights
- Winner
- Brandon Nohara with 11 points
- Scoring
- 14 scored submissions imported
Submissions
- #111 pointsFirst-time
Black Summer most directly refers to the bushfires in Australia, but this song also references the pandemic and uncertainty about the current state of things in general
- T210 pointsFirst-time
Intoxication and reckless.
- T210 pointsFirst-time
- #39 pointsFirst-time
- #48 pointsFirst-time
- T57 pointsReturning
- T57 pointsFirst-time
While this is about one relationship, I think it also captures a mood of the decade.
- T66 pointsFirst-time
Nostalgia has been huge the last few years and I’m all for it. Give me what was big when I was a kid and I’m happy. That feels kinda indicative of what people have been feeling for the last few years. This song felt like a good representation of that.
- T66 pointsFirst-time
Anxious and frenetic energy in the song reflects living in these chaotic and changing times.
- T66 pointsFirst-time
A song about two lovers who must embrace change and go their separate ways. Although seemingly sad, the song gives hope that they will someday reunite. I found this message poignant in a time where people are being separated from their loved ones and communities.
- T75 pointsFirst-time
I have never listened to this very popular song. I read about it. Apparently, no humans made this song. That’s 2025 fer ya. Maybe it’s cool, maybe it’s not, but it’s “got no soul.”
- T75 pointsFirst-time
- T84 pointsReturning
Harry Popstar and the Quarantine Protocol