--- description: Find out why Hozier is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. title: Hozier: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63bf91ce55900537/6998c5bfd32e933100cd6e94/time100-2025-hozier.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Hozier by Noah Kahan  AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 28: Hozier (Andrew John Hozier-Byrne) performs on stage at Ziggo Dome on November 28, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns) AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 28: Hozier (Andrew John Hozier-Byrne) performs on stage at Ziggo Dome on November 28, 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns)Paul Bergen—Redferns/Getty Images When an artist can create a sound so beautiful and melancholy, so full of symbolism and truth that you feel they must be from a different time, or a better world, you can’t help but believe in magic. Hozier had me believing from the first note. His music became the barometer for my own: How can I make a song feel like an extension of my soul, the way Hozier does? How can I create a voice, a language, like he has? It was easy to imagine Hozier as a folk deity in the forests of Ireland until I met him. At a festival in 2023, he asked if I wanted to sing together. I ran into him in a hotel lobby, in sweaty golf clothes with a bag of fast food in my hand—not how I envisioned this moment. Fortunately, he is as kind as they come. We spoke about the performance, and I pinched myself as I stuffed fries in my face on the way upstairs. Performing with him was one of the greatest moments of my life. And when we collaborated on my song “Northern Attitude,” I didn’t believe it was truly happening until I heard his voice on the track. I’m not sure where my life would’ve gone if I hadn’t been [exposed to his music](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/arts/music/hozier-too-sweet.html "undefined"). Thank you, Hozier, for sharing your gift with us mere mortals. _Kahan is a Grammy-nominated musician_ Hozier Is on the 2025 TIME100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273830/hozier/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273830/hozier/"},"headline":"Hozier","datePublished":"2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:46:29.897Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273830/hozier/","keywords":["TIME100","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","t100artists2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63bf91ce55900537/6998c5bfd32e933100cd6e94/time100-2025-hozier.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63bf91ce55900537/6998c5bfd32e933100cd6e94/time100-2025-hozier.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273830/hozier/","name":"Hozier"}}]}] ```