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

Modern pop songs are more negative than tracks made 50 years ago, a study shows. References to stress and negative sentiment ...

A study in Singapore found that, contrary to expectations, study participants rated pop songs labelled as AI-generated more highly in positive emotions compared to pop songs (which were also ...

Today’s music is sad and simple compared to decades past. In A Nutshell Stress language surged: Words related to stress, anxiety, and pressure increased 81% from 1973 to 2023, tracking alongside ...

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

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

Presenting: 15 of the highest-performing songs in music history. "Bohemian Rhapsody" isn't just a song; it's a journey ...

A new study shows most listeners can't tell human and AI songs apart, industry professionals warn of challenges in the fast-moving AI boom.

Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” landed with the force of an atomic bomb. Released last month, the thumping diss track hit the Billboard Hot 100 in a flash but went dynamite across X, Instagram, ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...