The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will light up Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, February 2, 2025, with Trevor Noah (tentatively confirmed) returning as host for the fifth year.
For seven consecutive years, I’ve crafted Grammy-themed cycling profiles for the Indoor Cycling Association. Each playlist celebrates a variety of genres—even those outside my usual rotation. Since musical preferences vary, feel free to explore the ICA Bucket Playlist (with 174 songs) at the end of this post for alternative song choices. (Note: Some tracks may contain explicit lyrics, so please review them for your facility’s guidelines.)
This year’s profile is a progressive ride featuring three intensity-building sets, each followed by recovery. Shifting cadence and effort levels challenge riders to experience Zones 3, 4, and 5 at different tempos, revealing how intensity feels at varying leg speeds.
You may notice a few familiar tracks from our recent Best of 2024 ride—an unavoidable overlap since Grammy nominees often top the best-of lists. Clearly, Fern and I share great taste in music! The profiles are distinct enough to keep things fresh, and the songs are so good no one will mind hearing them again. And, as always, the Grammy 2025 Bucket Playlist is ready for you if you’d like to make any swaps.
I want to highlight two personal favorites from this year’s Grammy nominations. “Selfish” by Justin Timberlake tops my list of songs of the year. I’ve used it in multiple ways—warm-up, cool-down, recovery, and now in this profile as a moderate flat road. Its chill, laid-back vibe makes it perfect for easing into the working efforts.
Another standout is “Bed on Fire” by Teddy Swims and Ingrid Andress. Here, it serves as a cool-down and stretch track, but its versatility makes it equally fitting as a warm-up or gentle flat road at 80 rpm.
Let’s ride to the rhythm of music’s biggest night!
ICA members can access the profile, class playlist, and bucket playlist below.
EDIT BY JENNIFER SAGE…
I’ve always loved teaching Julianne’s Grammy nominations rides, and my riders enjoy them too—especially since they’re a fun departure from my usual music choices. However, my class runs for a full hour, so I needed to extend this ride by 10 minutes. To stay true to Julianne’s profile structure, I added a fourth block that mirrors the first—a fast flat followed by two climbing songs, one at 61 rpm and the other at 69 rpm. I also added another recovery track between the extra set. The only playlist change I made to Julianne’s original was swapping out one of the Benson Boone tracks for a different, shorter song by him to make everything fit.
I know some of you also have 60-minute classes so I wanted to share this version with you so you didn’t have to scramble to add songs. You’ll find my 60-minute version right below Julianne’s original 50-minute ride.
I also added a little trivia element, quizzing my class on the artists—and to my surprise, very few recognized them! My 9 a.m. suburban crowd skews a bit older, which might explain it. But regardless, they still loved the ride! I’ll definitely bring this one back in the summer—because great current music and a solid workout aren’t just for Grammy season.