Useful Science

Pop Music

Episode Summary

This week we're talking about pop music.

Episode Notes

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This week we're talking about pop music.

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Show Notes

• From 1986 to 2016, billboard-reaching pop music songs became more "attention grabbing" with faster tempos, shorter titles, less time before singing began, and less time before the title of the song was mentioned.
• From 2014 to 2016, songs with atypical lyrics (lyrics that defied genre conventions) were downloaded more on large streaming services than songs with typical lyrics.