Dave discusses the best music of 2025 by sharing his top 10 albums (0:51), top 10 songs (17:49), and top 10 K-Pop songs of the year (29:40).
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Dave shares his top 10 TV shows of 2025. Television series discussed include 'The Studio', 'Pluribus', 'Andor', 'The Pitt', and more.
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Dave reviews Amazon Prime Video's post-apocalyptic drama series 'Fallout' Season 2 (0:57), HBO's comedy series 'I Love LA' Season 1 (6:23), Paul Feig's erotic thriller film 'The Housemaid' starring Sydney Sweeney (14:23), Mamoru Hosoda's anime film 'Scarlet' (23:20), and James Cameron's science fiction film 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' (29:48).
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Dave explains Disney's investment in OpenAI (1:09) and reviews J Hus's 3rd EP 'Half Clip' (8:50), Nas and DJ Premier's collab album 'Light Years' (11:57), 21 Savage's 4th album 'What Happened to the Streets' (21:04), James L. Brooks's comedy-drama film 'Ella McCay' (27:33), Brazilian historical political thriller film 'The Secret Agent' (38:22), and Netflix's mystery film 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' (50:30).
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Dave reacts to the 2026 Golden Globes nominations (1:07), Spotify Wrapped 2025 data (13:21), and Netflix's planned acquisition of Warner Brothers (28:40). Dave then reviews WayV's winter special album 'Eternal White' (41:49), AllDay Project's self-titled EP (44:54), and Noah Baumbach's drama film 'Jay Kelly' starring George Clooney (49:45).
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Dave reviews A$AP Ferg's 4th album 'Flip Phone Shorty' (1:17), Netflix's historical drama miniseries 'Death by Lightning' (8:54), Disney animated film 'Zootopia 2' (17:02), Netflix's science fiction series 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Volume 1 (24:16), and Park Chan-wook's black comedy thriller film 'No Other Choice' (39:33).
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Dave reviews ILLIT's 1st single album 'Not Cute Anymore' (0:52), Stray Kids' 2nd mixtape 'Do It' (4:12), the action war film 'Sisu: Road to Revenge' (7:18), Netflix's drama film 'Train Dreams' (13:11), Hikari's comedy-drama film 'Rental Family' (20:29), A24's romantic comedy film 'Eternity' (27:56), the musical fantasy film 'Wicked: For Good' (38:00), and Chloé Zhao's historical drama film 'Hamnet' (52:20).
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Dave reviews Danny Brown's 6th album 'Stardust' (0:57), NCT Dream's 6th EP 'Beat It Up' (6:51), historical drama film 'Nuremberg' (12:03) , heist film 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' (22:27), Edgar Wright's dystopian thriller film ' The Running Man' (28:02), Richard Linklater's comedy-drama film 'Nouvelle Vague' (36:05), and Joachim Trier's comedy drama film 'Sentimental Value' (41:14).
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Dave reacts to the 2026 Grammy nominations (1:03) and reviews ITZY's 11th EP 'Tunnel Vision' (11:36), Rosalía's 4th album 'Lux' (15:31), 'Star Wars Visions' Season 3 (22:46), Apple TV's science fiction series 'Pluribus' (33:03), Lynne Ramsey's comedy-drama film 'Die My Love' (39:47), Netflix's gothic drama film 'Frankenstein' (45:25), and Dan Trachtenberg's science fiction film 'Predator: Badlands' (56:56).
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Dave reviews Netflix's psycholigical thriller film 'Ballad of a Small Player' starring Colin Farrell (1:16), Jafar Panahi's thriller film 'It Was Just an Accident' (9:40), and Dave's 3rd album 'The Boy Who Played the Harp' (9:40). Dave then shares his 2026 Grammy nominations predictions (28:45).
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Dave reviews Le Sserafim's 1st single album 'Spaghetti' (1:03), Amazon Prime Video's superhero series 'Gen V' Season 2 (4:28), Netflix's political thriller film 'A House of Dynamite' (14:05), Kelly Reichardt's heist film 'The Mastermind' (25:35), the music biopic film 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' (32:46), and Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist black comedy film 'Bugonia' (42:29).
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Dave reviews Hearts2Hearts' debut EP 'Focus' (0:52), Aziz Ansari's comedy film 'Good Fortune' (7:11), Luca Guadagnino's psychological thriller film 'After the Hunt' (15:40), HBO's superhero series 'Peacemaker' Season 2 (28:33), and HBO's crime drama miniseries 'Task' (35:09).
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Dave reviews Chance The Rapper's 'And We Back' concert tour (0:42), BABYMONSTER's 2nd EP 'We Go Up' (9:05), the crime comedy film 'Roofman' starring Channing Tatum (17:25), and Disney's science fiction film 'Tron: Ares' starring Jared Leto (23:41).
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Dave reviews the psychological drama film 'Anemone' starring Daniel Day-Lewis's return to acting (0:49), Chinese historical drama film '731' (7:06), and Taylor Swift's 12th album 'The Life of a Showgirl' (15:25).
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Dave reacts to the announcement of Bad Bunny as the next Super Bowl Halftime show performer (0:56) and reviews Zara Larsson's 5th album 'Midnight Sun' (8:23), Doja Cat's 5th album 'Vie' (15:36), Paul Thomas Anderson's crime thriller film 'One Battle After Another' starring Leonardo DiCaprio (22:22), and A24's biographical sports drama film 'The Smashing Machine' starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (38:51).
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Dave reviews Kogonada's romance film 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell (0:51), Amazon Prime Video's black comedy superhero series 'Gen V' Season 2 (6:29), FX's science fiction series 'Alien: Earth' (13:04), and Cardi B's 2nd album 'Am I the Drama?' (23:33).
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Dave recaps the 2025 Emmys (1:04), HBO's crime drama miniseries 'Task' starring Mark Ruffalo (14:02), Chaeyoung's debut solo album 'Lil Fantasy Vol. 1' (18:14), Aespa's 6th EP 'Rich Man' (24:11), Joey Badass's 4th album 'Lonely at the Top' (29:21), and Sabrina Carpenter's 7th album 'Man's Best Friend' (38:32).
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Dave reviews Bryson Tiller's 5th album 'The Vices' (0:57), Kaytranada's 4th album 'Ain't No Damn Way' (5:50), the Chinese historical drama film 'Dead to Rights' (10:41), Jay Roach's black comedy film 'The Roses' (21:31), Darren Aronofsky's crime thriller film 'Caught Stealing' starring Austin Butler (27:28), and Spike Lee's crime thriller film 'Highest 2 Lowest' starring Denzel Washington (33:10).
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Dave reviews IVE's 4th EP 'IVE SECRET' (0:58), Stray Kids' 4th album 'Karma' (5:26), Offset's 3rd album 'Kiari' (10:53), Earl Sweatshirt's 5th album 'Live Laugh Love' (16:56), BigXthaPlug's 3rd album 'I Hope You're Happy' (23:13), David Mackenzie's thriller film 'Relay' starring Riz Ahmed (29:30), and DC's superhero series 'Peacemaker' Season 2 (35:12).
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Dave reviews the action thriller film 'Nobody 2' starring Bob Odenkirk (0:52), Rich Brian's 3rd album 'Where Is My Head?' (5:18), Chance The Rapper's 2nd album 'Star Line' (12:23), and the FX science fiction series 'Alien: Earth' (23:12).
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