Study Suggests , Lyrics Have Gotten , Simpler Over Time.<br />According to a recent study, the lyrics <br />of modern-day music have become more <br />repetitive over the course of the last 40 years. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that the study found <br />English-language songs have become not only <br />more repetitive but also simpler over time.<br />Music is ubiquitous in our everyday lives, and lyrics play an integral role when we listen to music. , Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br />Researchers looked at lyrics of over 12,000 English-<br />language songs across a number of genres, including rap, <br />country, rock and pop, released between 1980 and 2020.<br />The complex relationships between lyrical content, its temporal evolution over the last decades, and genre-specific variations, however, are yet to be fully understood, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br />The findings suggest that lyrics became easier <br />to understand and the number of different <br />words used in the songs also decreased. .<br />In this work, we investigate <br />the dynamics of English lyrics <br />of Western, popular music over <br />five decades and five genres, <br />using a wide set of lyrics descriptors, <br />including lyrical complexity,<br /> structure, emotion, and popularity, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br />In this work, we investigate <br />the dynamics of English lyrics <br />of Western, popular music over <br />five decades and five genres, <br />using a wide set of lyrics descriptors, <br />including lyrical complexity,<br /> structure, emotion, and popularity, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br />According to the authors, the findings <br />suggest how music is largely being used as <br />background noise in the modern day. .<br />The study also found that the meaning expressed <br />in lyrics has also changed in the past four decades.<br />We confirm previous analyses <br />showing that the emotion described <br />by lyrics has become more negative <br />and that lyrics have become more <br />personal over the last five decades, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br />The team's findings were published <br />in the journal 'Scientific Reports.'
