ZME Science on MSN

Pop song lyrics have gotten darker and more morally charged since the 1960s, study finds

A new analysis of hundreds of thousands of English-language hit songs suggests that popular music lyrics have shifted over ...
PsyPost on MSN

Pop music lyrics have become more rebellious and less empathetic over the past six decades

A recent analysis of popular music from the past six decades suggests that song lyrics have become increasingly focused on ...
Inc

How This Country Music Star Is Taking on Data Centers—and Winning

A good country singer can move his fanbase to tears. A country superstar can rally those fans to action. A Nashville developer is learning that the hard way. Brad Paisley, whose hits include Whiskey ...
The Hollywood Reporter

SXSW London Presents New Music in Unorthodox Settings at a Time “Algorithms Are Flattening the Way We Experience Culture”

"You can get away from those screens and experience real music cultures, distinct diasporic cultures alongside each other" and hear "what's next," says head of music Adem Holness about the second ...
Yahoo

“The algorithm is destroying the music industry”: Lizzo claims it’s the reason you don’t know about her new album

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Lizzo has a new album, ...
The Daily Northwestern

Barrish: Malcolm Todd’s music is an algorithm’s dream — and my nightmare

I was introduced to Malcolm Todd’s music when he came up as a recommended “next track” on Spotify. At the time, I dismissed him as a bland TikTok bedroom pop artist. But after he was announced as the ...
Yahoo

Lizzo Says Social Media Algorithms Are ‘Destroying the Music Industry’ & Messing Up Her Album Promo

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lizzo is feeling frustrated by the state of social media music marketing, which she says is cutting off her ability to properly ...
Phys.org

Western music is getting simpler and more repetitive by the day and data prove it

Ever had that moment when a song comes on and it feels strangely familiar, like it reminds you of another song that came out just a few months ago? If you feel this phenomenon has become more frequent ...
AOL

10 Ways We Found New Music Before Algorithms Told Us What to Listen To

Before playlists refreshed themselves overnight and recommendations arrived without effort, finding new music took a bit more curiosity. People followed instincts and small clues scattered across ...
Slate

I Was in a Music Rut. I Blame the Algorithm. I Found a Simple Way to Break Out Of It.

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. I am useless without background music. A writer by day and an avid concertgoer by night, I relied for years on Spotify to provide my soundtrack ...
Pew Research Center

Music on religious radio

The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, ...
Engadget

Spotify’s new Taste Profile feature lets users fine-tune their algorithm’s recommendations

You're responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify's co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the Taste Profile feature, which allows users to personally customize exactly ...