Songs have gotten more repetitive and angrier since the 1980s, according to a new study, furthering research that suggested songs have gotten shorter, simpler and more negative over the years due to ...

Today's popular music often celebrates excessive drinking as a fun, beneficial pastime, even highlighting select booze brands in many lyrics, a new study finds. Hip-hop, rap, R&B and country songs ...

The recession is making us sick, and fat, and hungry, and ugly. But what is it doing to our pop music? It's making the lyrics more thoughtful (via Ryan Avent): The lyrical content of Billboard No. 1 ...

“Bad Moon Rising” is one of CCR’s biggest hits, complete with their signature upbeat vibe and happy energy. A lot of diehard fans have been listening to this song since 1969. But, many haven’t really ...

I've got a proud confession: I'm a pop music junkie. Drizzy Drake, Britney, Adele, Nicki, Ke$ha, you name it. I love it. But I've got to admit, after awhile it all ...

Still, I keep coming back. I'm fascinated with pop culture, and why pop music is, well, popular. Undoubtedly, there are a large number of reasons why songs would rise in the charts, including ...

And yes, I am about to list some of those beautiful songs now. This line catches my attention every time I listen to this song: You walk to where I might not see you/Reach out to the wind/Looking to ...

Doja Cat is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter known for her creative music and bold style. She became popular through her catchy songs and unique videos shared on social media. Doja Cat mixes ...

Zach Top is slated to perform his song "Guitar" at the 2025 CMA Awards, and the lyrics describe his lifelong fascination with ...

Has the music we’ve been listening to since our teenage years become progressively sadder and angrier with every decade? Have we gone from “See You Later, Alligator” by Bill Haley, “Be-Bop-A-Lula” by ...

Circa 1985, a pretentious young teenager in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I painstakingly typed out, on a typewriter, the lyrics to a song by an obscure English punk band—“Outdoor Miner,” from Wire’s 1978 ...

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, renewing an old debate: Are pop lyrics poetry? (Lex Van Lieshout/European Pressphoto Agency) Michael Lindgren is a frequent contributor to The ...