The Troubling Trend Hiding In America’s Favorite Songs
Sadness is fading from popular music — but so is joy. Instead, artists’ lyrics grow more anxious over the course of their careers, and newer artists write with more anger than their predecessors, according to a new study. Analyzing 38,467 s
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Sadness is fading from popular music — but so is joy. Instead, artists’ lyrics grow more anxious over the course of their careers, and newer artists write with more anger than their predecessors, according to a new study.
Analyzing 38,467 songs by 230 popular artists, a Michigan State University study tracked music trends across genres ...
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