2025 delivered major pop culture moments across film, music, television and celebrity scandals. Wicked dominated cinemas while Taylor Swift's 12th album broke records, Netflix's K-pop demon hunter animation became the platform's most-watched film, and various celebrity controversies captivated global audiences. The year featured everything from Katy Perry's space flight to Sydney's rare corpse flower bloom, culminating in the viral phrase 'six, seven' being named word of the year.