Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2025
Well, Todd in the Shadows made his list. Time to make mine.
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Cancelled! - Taylor Swift
There have only been two songs that made me think Taylor Swift is a terrible human being: this and "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me." Even if the latter didn't really chart as high and was from last year, I'm putting "Cancelled!" at number one because it straight up deserves it.
This is a woman who finally had everything she wanted: the respect of the critics, the attention from the media, a devoted fanbase, the control of the music industry, and her own career. And yet. She is now making an anti-cancel-culture song on an album where she is whining about internet trolls and dissing Charli XCX by pure misunderstanding.
This is the type of song that would already be laughable by anybody else, but by the biggest artist of the decade and arguably the 21st century? It's not only childish, it's also insulting, insulting for the people who wanted you to make it big, insulting for the critics who finally were supporting you and now are obligated to think this was good, insulting to the long-time fans who liked you for better stuff that at this point seems more like a fluke than anything (Folklore and Evermore), and insulting for Taylor Swift herself because what exactly is she so afraid of? Her haters? Like they could ever stop her? Her feuds? Like they could care about her even more? Her family? Her main supporting people?
I don't even have an answer, man. This song is so bad it just makes me question why she would even make something like this. It's the worst song from her worst album, and it still counts as a hit because she is so unstoppable nobody cares to give her a proper quality control alarm to tell her directly, "Your music sucks."
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Blue Strips - Jessie Murph
Look, I know in these kinds of lists people are always expecting the quirky one-liners, the deep analysis, or the straight rage about how music hasn't been good since the 18th century and everything sucks, but I'm gonna keep this one short.
This is the musical equivalent of a whiteface.
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I'm the Problem - Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen is the new Drake, a guy who spawned to pop stardom thanks to mixing two genres with a more honest and downbeat personal approach. He succeeded at it and then became a generic entity who appeared yearly to release 30+ songs, with only an eighth of them being any good.
The comparison with Drake doesn't stop because this is easily his most Drake-ish song. It is a song where he tries to speak about his alcohol addiction and how it's making his partner suffer, but whose partner also drinks, so he shouldn't feel bad for himself as much as for her.
Yeah, dude, you still have a problem, and nobody outside of country radio will ever care for you. See you in the 2030s where a new Drake has replaced you.
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Actually Romantic - Taylor Swift
People were comparing this to Jax's Victoria's Secret (some boring 2022 OHW which is about body positivity and failed miserably) instead of Pixies' Where Is My Mind? (which was the obvious inspiration, sample, interpolation, or rip-off). It's pretty much a showing into how bad this thing was.
Starting a diss track against Charli XCX and failing at it. Congrats on losing the respect of a crossover fanbase and the attention of somebody who never gave it to you previously, Taylor.
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Your Way's Better - Forrest Frank
This song is so fascinating because it might objectively be the worst sounding song from this list, but it's also the most adorable. It's not even like Ordinary, which also had a similar topic but was so dull and generic it wasn't even worth paying attention to.
No, it's just amazing how terrible this song is at everything, and how borderline cute it is thanks to its terribleness. Also, poor Jesus, man. He suffered enough back in the days, and he is still suffering 2000 years later with this slop.
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Miami - Morgan Wallen, Lil Wayne & Rick Ross
The other musical equivalent to a whiteface that was made this year.
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Residuals - Chris Brown
The return of Chris Brown to proper RnB is terribly painful. The generic music and Brown's terrible delivery are enough, but man, those lyrics. Oof, he didn't directly remind us who he was, but his terrible behavior will never be forgotten. Also, who calls their exes residuals? Even mathematicians would be ashamed, dude.
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Ordinary - Alex Warren
A lot of people will probably put it even higher, and I was also tempted to do it. But it's really not worth it. It's a boring song made by a boring guy with nothing to say. Once this year is finally over, we will never hear it again, nor the guy who made it.
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Mystical Magical - Benson Boone
Objectively, I guess it should be higher, but I don't know. Maybe it's destined to become a "so bad it's good" type of song. I mean, it will never be good, obviously. Boone's delivery is almost painful to even imagine him doing, but there's such a charm in how hilariously terrible this one is.
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Anxiety - Doechii
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Rather Lie - Playboi Carti & The Weeknd
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What Did I Miss? - Drake
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Nobody's Son - Sabrina Carpenter
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Eldest Daughter - Taylor Swift
Yeah, very cute, Taylor. Quite a shame I will never take you as an underdog ever again.
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Golden - Huntrix
The most overplayed song of 2025.
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Soda Pop - Saja Boys
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Evil J0rdan - Playboi Carti
