It was fitting that Lorde made her comeback this year with a lead single called “What Was That”—there’s perhaps no better phrase to describe the weird, wild year that was 2025. In the span of 12 ...

This was the year of rot, slop and rage. Everything that happened in pop culture in 2025 felt like a huge deal, and not all of it made sense. Perhaps you joined the national barfight over Sydney ...

From Labubu's global takeover to the TikTok "goodbye," 2025 was a never-ending loop of shocking (sometimes peculiar) news and social media trends. Remembering what happened yesterday, much less at the ...

It felt like much of pop culture this year was running on pure adrenaline. Everything from music to film, fashion to memes and even politics seemed to collapse into one ongoing feed of viral spectacle ...

2025 is coming to an end, and it's been a wild year on social media. Every year, viral trends, videos, and memes take the world by storm, with the public either jumping in or being incredibly confused ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coldplay "kiss cam," Labubu and 6-7. (Photo illustration: Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/Yahoo News; photos: Grace Springer via Storyful; ...

Cheers to standing on business this year! By Hannah Dailey A lot happened this year. Sure, one could say that about any year, but between all of the unhinged moments that went down these past 12 ...

The past calendar year has seen Katy Perry shooting off to space, the ubiquity of a fluffy gremlin doll and a mind-boggling set of interviews from the unending ‘Wicked’ press tour. Ellie Muir takes a ...

Nothing but the truth now. Nothing but the proof of what we are: We have reached the end of 2025 and we still don't really get the whole six-seven thing. Sorry ...

On a typical day, you experience numerous fleeting exchanges with people you don’t know, often without a word: a quick smile of acknowledgement as someone holds the door, a moment of eye contact to ...

The internet continues to transform how cultural moments unfold. Words, products, and pop culture mishaps can explode into viral phenomena overnight, and 2025 was no exception—especially across art, ...