Pop songs have taken a dark turn in the past 50 years

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

Pop Music Has Grown Darker And More Stressed Over 50 Years, Tracking With America’s Rising Distress

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

Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories

The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives. By Jon Pareles The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories. And that ...
NPR

A new wave of pop songs are drawing on music you might hear at church

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 ...