After maxing out our listening in May and June, July 2025 saw us cutting back a bit, whether it was a conscious effort or just the way things worked out over thirty-one days. Before we get to July's most listened-to songs, we wanted to answer a question from a viewer who asked if we ever listen to "anything new" or "just the same old songs over and over". While we do have a constantly evolving digital music library on a dedicated NAS drive that we listen to primarily, we also listen to a select few new releases as they come out each month, as well as recently discovered new-to-us older releases. Some songs may end up getting added to our music library. In July 2025, we listened to the new release albums pictured below:
Even with the greatly reduced number of scrobbles (2903 in JUL vs 4476 in JUN), our list of most listened to songs for July 2025 features two ties: a two-way tie for most listens and a forty-three-way tie for second most listens. Put them all together, and what we have here is The Hideaway 45.
For our flashback chart this month, we thought about doing a Hideaway 20 from some point in the past. Then we received a text from a friend who asked if our most played artists, as determined by our scrobbles, matched up with our top-of-the-head list of favorite artists. Curious, we pulled up a couple of lists and ran some comparisons. We're keeping it simple with our Top 30 Most Listened To Artists from July 2025 compared to our Top 30 Most Listened To artists from All-Time.
This is a mostly accurate snapshot of my favorite artists. The first all-time favorite artist I noticed missing was Queen, ranked #3. Then Springsteen (#18), The Cars (#16), The Who (#27), The Clash (#24), The Police (#25), Bee Gees (#29), and Hall & Oates (#26). No surprises here. We like what we like. One week, either at the end of June or the beginning of July, I was skimming through the personalized New Music Mix playlist on Apple Music. A song caught my ear, and I let it play through until the end, which is rare. I brought up the album the song was pulled from and played it a couple of times that weekend, followed by a second album from the same artist. I enjoyed the music, the groove, and the vibe of the band as they sounded like a blend of some of my favorite classic rock artists, but I found some of the lyrics really awkward. A lot of the words simply made no sense together, and I thought maybe English was the group's second language and they were literally translated from their native tongue. When I finally looked the group up on the interwebs, I found they were at the center of a huge controversy. The artist? The Velvet Sundown.
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