Everyone knows these three '00s pop songs for their choruses. Far fewer know the rest of the words. How much do you know of ...

The lyrics of more than 6,000 songs were analyzed. This is an Inside Science story. "Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth," sings Pharrell Williams in "Happy," but the joyful sentiments ...

Modern pop songs are more negative than tracks made 50 years ago, a study shows. References to stress and negative sentiment have become more common in modern songs, according to an analysis of 20,000 ...

Over the past 50 years, U.S. pop music lyrics have become simpler, more repetitive, and increasingly focused on stress and negative emotions.

Debating the merits of today’s popular music versus the hits of the past is largely a matter of taste. But regardless of your ...

To understand the role of storytelling in contemporary pop music, researchers at UC Berkeley created a machine learning ...

“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 ...

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they ...

The expression of anger and sadness in pop music lyrics is on the rise, according to a recent language-based quantitative analysis (Napier and Shamir, 2018) of the emotional sentiment contained in ...