Viral Hits

Social media hasn’t just changed how we communicate, but also what we listen to and how we hear it. With that, here’s our up-to-the-minute playlist of tracks making the leap from your social channels into the broader cultural stream. On top now is Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5. In her first official return to country since 2021’s “I Bet You Think About Me,” Swift enlists longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff for the sweetly nostalgic tune that tugs at your heart—or pull—strings. “And I remembered I loved you/Came back when it mattered/I saw you, standing there in the light of the window/Wearing that same smile/Man, it’s been a while,” she sings. Because there’s no schedule for going viral, our editors update these selections throughout the week as needed, so if you hear something you want to hang on to, add it to your library. If it’s trending there, you’ll hear it here.