From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

Lyrics of successful songs in the United States have become simpler and more negative over recent decades, according to a ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Pop music lyrics have transformed over the past 50 years, revealing troubling patterns that mirror society's mental health struggles.

The research team say it could be due to more positive and complex music being used as a "form of escapism" during stressful ...

Song lyrics have a way of seeping into the public consciousness. You can not have heard a song in a decade and perfectly sing along to it when it comes back on. They stick in some rarified corner of ...

When comparing today’s hit tunes with the top 40 of past decades, strong opinions are never in short supply. Every generation seems to lament its successor’s musical tastes and listening habits.

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 ...

From Adele, The Beatles, Selena Gomez, Jimi Hendrix and Bon Jovi, these artists couldn't escape from having one of their song's lyrics mistaken by fans. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor It’s not ...

Starting today, Deezer users can have more than 10,000 songs translated as an in-app feature. With that, the music streaming service is the first one to offer this function, which usually requires ...