The songs nominated for the 2022 Emmy for original music and lyrics are each haunted by something. Some are lively, even wacky homages that resurrect sounds of the past — the grand, old ...

Spotify has just revealed the streaming platform’s biggest songs of the year. While a catchy beat and a hypnotic melody are usually what draws people in, the lyrics are what make a long-lasting impact ...

Musicians put their heart and soul into the lyrics they write, but they don't always resonate with the people who hear their words. In fact, some listeners actually take offense to an artist's lyrics, ...

If you are going just by Billboard stats, the biggest song of 2022 wasn’t even released this year — great work, Glass Animals! And that’s often how the music world works these days, with artists ...

We asked Anamaria Sayre of NPR's Latin music podcast Alt.Latino: Was there a lyric from 2022 that stayed with you all year? She chose a line from Bad Bunny's "Me Porto Bonito." A clever piece of ...

Pithy earworms are the connective tissue from The Lumineers to Billy Joel. Schultz, lead singer, guitarist and pianist in the duo along with Jeremiah Fraites (or “Jer,” as Schultz references him) on ...

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Hip-hop, like any art form, is a means of creative expression. And while rap music is often semi-autobiographical, when Kanye West recorded in 2018, “I thought about killing you / Premeditated murder, ...

Not only has Beyoncé steered music trends since the early 2000s – or even the late '90s, if you’re a Destiny’s Child devotee – but she has done so with fierceness and innovation. Her 2003 album, ...

SZA appears to have “no guilt” about getting her “body done.” The R&B singer, whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe, seems to confirm she got plastic surgery in several pointed lyrics from her new ...