Bad Bunny

Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Bob Dylan, Mitski, Green Day, and more of the most essential tickets of the year.

The year in dembow, raptor house, corridos tumbados, pop-flamenco, Brazilian funk, and everything in between.

Featuring Ice Spice, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, Troye Sivan, Amaarae, NewJeans, and more

In this episode of The Pitchfork Review podcast, our critics dissect Bad Bunny’s latest and highlight a few new queer artists from Puerto Rico who are taking the island’s music to exciting new places.

SZA’s unkillable hit, Bad Bunny’s take on club rap, “Padam Padam,” and all strains of weed-smoking anthems: Here are 20 selections to soundtrack the season.

Muna (with Boygenius), Metro Boomin (with the Weeknd, Future, and more), Kaytranada, and lots more kicked off this year’s festival in the desert

From Atlanta to Memphis to Detroit; from lightspeed Jersey club rap to diamond-hard New York drill; rap overflowed with energy again this year. 

Featuring Björk, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Rosalía, the Weeknd, Alex G, and more

From a Bad Bunny banger to Beyoncé's house revival to Kate Bush's Netflix-fueled return to pop success, we take the temperature on 12 of this year’s contenders.

Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Big Thief, the Weeknd, the Smile, FKA twigs, and more of the best music of the first half of 2022

From the rise of Tokischa and Bizarrap to the leveling-up of Helado Negro and Xenia Rubinos, these were the artists and stories from the Latin music universe that demanded our attention in 2021.

From Bon Iver to J Dilla to Beyoncé, these are the musicians who made the biggest impact across Pitchfork’s lifetime so far.