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Is pop music really being dumbed down? A music professor explains what the science really says

Defining “popular music” is the easy part. The study uses the lyrics to 353,320 English-language songs sourced from Genius.com, released in the years 1970 to 2020 and belonging to the most popular ...
Arizona State Press

When 'indie' isn't indie: How pop has infiltrated the underground

As music becomes more accessible, new indie artists have started to adapt the qualities of whatever is popular at the moment to attain more engagement and clicks. But when indie artists start to ...
CNN

Pop music is messier — for the better — because of Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter

This year brought us new albums from some of the biggest artists in the world: Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift all put out music that thrilled fans. And yet some of the most ...
NPR

A new wave of pop songs are drawing on music you might hear at church

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...