André 3000 has pointed out that people ignore the message entirely because the beat is so joyful. The song describes couples staying together out of habit rather than happiness. That theme feels even ...

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 ...

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Guns N' Roses have a reputation as the world's most dangerous band and while a majority of the credit can be given to their reckless, badass rock 'n' roll nature, it didn't come without the help of ...

When Brett Young went into the co-writing session that produced "Don't Wanna Write This Song," the last track on his sophomore album, Ticket to L.A., he knew he wanted to walk out with a song that ...

Circa 1985, a pretentious young teenager in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I painstakingly typed out, on a typewriter, the lyrics to a song by an obscure English punk band—“Outdoor Miner,” from Wire’s 1978 ...

For some songs, the lyrics are futile and pointless, as the groove, rhythm, and beat of the song take over and make everything else irrelevant. That being so when a song like this comes around every ...

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 ...