From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay. Right about now, music critics are sharing their favorite albums of the year or ...

Carly Pearce dives head-on into the traditional country sound she's loved since the beginning of her career, and it might ...

Sometimes you need a challenge as a songwriter. These are three classic rock songs that feature lyrics with made-up words.

Songs have gotten more repetitive and angrier since the 1980s, according to a new study, furthering research that suggested songs have gotten shorter, simpler and more negative over the years due to ...

Researchers found that lyrics in each of five popular music genres were becoming more repetitive and charged with negative emotions. Desi Mendoza via Wikimedia Commons In recent years, the growing ...

Song lyrics: confusing music lovers since the beginning of time. Whether you're among the hordes of lyrically challenged susceptible to such doozies as “I’m a lion, I’m a vinyl, I’m a skittle, I’m a ...

These musicians seemed to have predicted the future with their songs. I’m not saying they were clairvoyant, but it’s a crazy ...

YouTube Music introduced the ability to share lyrics last year and is now upgrading the background options with generative AI. Since the launch, YouTube Music has let you choose different colors for ...

NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped. Lyrics of a song can reach us in ways that no other speech ...