Jul 4, 2019 46 min

Pop Music

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http://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/23 This week we're talking about pop music. Follow us @usefulsci or email us at [email protected]. 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.

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