André 3000 has pointed out that people ignore the message entirely because the beat is so joyful. The song describes couples ...

In 1980, when the Police were working on their third album, Sting was thinking about nonsense.

The drift towards more downbeat music has been long-lasting. Recent analysis in Scientific Reports found a similar pattern ...

For those of a certain age, these pop gems from 1989 are guaranteed to take you all the way back to high school.

In the pop music world, songwriting credits and demos get passed around quite a bit. Some major artists decide to give a track a chance, while others opt to pass it along to the next musician. These ...

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

Pop music sounds more homogenous and inoffensive than ever before. Venture capital hoovers up publishing rights and record labels lean hard on TikTok trends, desperate to build as many data points as ...

If you look at the Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about ...

Dance pop is a genre that combines both pop and dance influences. Its song structures tend to be more similar to pop arrangements, and songs in this genre emphasise melody and catchy hooks. Due to ...