Over the past 50 years, U.S. pop music lyrics have become simpler, more repetitive, and increasingly focused on stress and negative emotions.

From "Bad Reputation" to "Misery Business," let's look at the energetic, iconic, and sometimes chaotic goal songs defining each PWHL team's best moments.

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Filmmaker Craig Brewer of 'Hustle & Flow' returns with a quirky music biopic about a Neil Diamond cover band that opened for Pearl Jam only to be stricken with bad luck.

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From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

Country music has always prided itself on telling the truth about life. Country songwriters have cornered the market on life lessons. Though “three chords and the truth” is a tad cliché at this point, ...

This Pew Research Center report examines Americans’ views on religion’s role in public life, including questions about religion’s influence in society, conflict between religious beliefs and ...

Another “record” for Taylor Swift: Her new album The Life of a Showgirl has become the first album ever to place all of its songs uninterrupted from the No. 1 to No. 12 spots on Billboard‘s Hot 100.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For better or worse, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, is unlike anything the megastar ...