On the red carpet at the 2025 Golden Globes, the founder and lead singer of Nine Inch Nails was short and direct when he spoke about what the best song of 2024 would be.
Iconic member of industrial rock Nine Inch Nailsknown for songs like “Even Deeper,” “Closer” and “The Hand That Feeds,” Trent Reznor always gives his opinion on various pop culture topics, such as inspiring films and streaming. Now, the 59-year-old artist has said, in his opinion, what is the best song of 2024.
The choice of the founder and vocalist of Nine Inch Nails was one of the main pop hits of last year: “Espresso,” from Sabrina Carpenterpresent on the disc Short n’ Sweet. Node Grammys 2025the track appears in Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performancewhile carpenter was also named in Song of the Year (“Please Please Please”), Album of the Year, Revelation of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.
During radio interview Alt 98.7 on the red carpet Golden Globes 2025an award in which he won Best Original Film Score for the work (done with Atticus Rosscolleague Nine Inch Nails) in Rivals, Reznor was asked to choose the best song from the previous year. “I’ll have to choose”Espresso,'” he said without giving much explanation.
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