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 ...

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A recent study conducted by psychologists at the University of Vienna has shown that pop music has become sadder and darker ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The internet and social media have transformed the way in which we hear and understand music today—and online communities and ...

Sleigh bells have long acted as convenient shorthand for composers to tell their listeners that this piece belongs to the ...

The study shows that color, light, and music interact to shape how listeners emotionally experience the same songs.

The right ’70s song does more than trigger nostalgia, it feels like it could drop into a 2025 playlist without missing a beat ...