"We truly have no major summer hits": Netizens have mixed reactions to Spotify's Songs of Summer 2025 prediction

Spotify recently announced its "Songs of Summer 2025" list. The entire list contains a total of 30 songs that:

"Capture many musical movements across regions and styles".

These tracks were not chosen randomly and according to Spotify's newsroom. It says:

"With a proven track record of predicting the summer’s biggest songs, Spotify’s editorial team blends cultural expertise, editorial instinct, and streaming data to curate our annual Songs of Summer list".

Pop Base posted a photo of the full song list on X, and netizens have expressed their thoughts in the comments. The post has garnered a million views at the time of writing. However, not everyone is excited about the 30 tracks mentioned on the Songs of Summer 2025 list. One user commented:

"A bunch of nothing..we truly have no major summer hits this is just sad" - @eternalcumslimz said.

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How did netizens react to Spotify's "Songs of Summer 2025"?

The comment section saw a mix of reactions from netizens regarding the new summer track list the music streaming platform just dropped. Some were excited about the artists and their songs highlighted on the list, while others think that all of the tracks mentioned are a flop.

Have a look at what users had to say.

A user mentioned some of their favorite artist on the list and said:

"Llady gaga, tyla and bad bunny saving this list" - @arianatorswildt commented.

While another said:

"I’m not seeing enough ariana grande" - @buffys wrote.

Another user who listed artists they think are the best from the list commented:

"Bad Bunny, Charli, Drake, Lorde, Jennie and Gaga carrying this year" - @horejsiii stated.

One user thought the list was 50-50. They wrote:

"50% chops and 50% potential hits. The best contenders so far are “party 4 u” and “Dark Thoughts.” The likely contender is “Ordinary.” And I’m not seeing “dandelion” or “supernatural” by Ariana Grande, @Spotify you better fix that!" - @arianaunext commented.

Here are a few comments from people who think that the list is a flop:

"No pinkpantheress, no addison rae, no kali uchis this is no proper summer" - @exsdys wrote.

"This is probably the worst song of the summer list i’ve ever seen" - @impxrfectforyou added.

One user posted a screenshot of their playlist and said:

"What a sad list! My song of the summer playlist is better and only features songs actually released this year" - @itgetsbretter posted.

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List of all the songs included in Spotify's Songs of Summer 2025

Here is a list of all 30 tracks from the Songs of Summer 2025 list arranged in alphabetical order:

• All The Way – BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman
• back to friends – sombr
• Blue Strips – Jessie Murph
• Brunette – Tucker Wetmore
• Dark Thoughts – Lil Tecca
• Gnarly – KATSEYE
• How Bad Do U Want Me – Lady Gaga
• La Plena – W Sound 05 – W Sound, Beéle, and Ovy On The Drums
• like JENNIE – JENNIE
• Love Me Not – Ravyn Lenae
• Mystical Magical – Benson Boone
• My Darling – Chella
• MUTT – Leon Thomas
• No One Noticed – The Marías
• NOKIA – Drake
• NUEVAYoL – Bad Bunny
• Ordinary – Alex Warren
• party 4 u – Charli XCX
• Running Around – Ely Oaks
• Sally, When The Wine Runs Out – ROLE MODEL
• Say My Name – Remix – Morgan Seatree and Florence + The Machine
• Shake It To The Max (FLY) – Remix – MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, and Shenseea
• Show Me Love (with Tyla) – WizTheMc, bees & honey, and Tyla
• Summer Sweat – Hannah Cohen
• Super – Bb trickz
• What I Want – Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae
• What Was That – Lorde
• With You – Davido and Omah Lay
• YA BABA – DYSTINCT and French Montana
• You’ll Be in My Heart – Spotify Singles – NIKI

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Spotify's Songs of Summer 2025 list has mixed reviews online. While some say that the entire list is not worthy to be called a "summer" playlist, a few others have mentioned some of their favorite artists, salvaging the list for them.