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 ...

Congratulations, grumps of the world! Turns out you’re right: According to a just-published study, modern music is simpler and more repetitive than it used to be. It’s also getting increasingly angry ...

Research finds pop songs are speeding up to cater to listeners’ shorter attention spans. Streaming is making it quicker not only to play music. A new study finds that pop songs themselves are getting ...

Beginning in 1950, the group studied the top five songs on the Billboard chart at the time, all the way to 2023. Studying the rhythm and pitch of each batch of songs, the researchers found that the ...