Pop music really ain’t what it used to be

Today’s lyrics are simpler than 40 years ago If you’re forever thinking that music was better in your day, you may be right. New research has revealed that pop music lyrics really have been dumbed down over the last 40 years. The words in English-language tracks have become ‘simpler’ and ‘more repetitive’ since 1980, say scientists. Dr Eva Zangerle and her colleagues analysed the lyrics of 12,000 English-language rap, country, pop, R&B, and rock songs released between 1980 and 2020.

Pop songs have been ‘dumbed down’ according to researchers Dr Zangerle, from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, said: ‘While the use of longer words has increased in rap songs, general increases in the repetitiveness of lyrics across multiple genres has led to lyrics becoming simpler overall.’ The research team suggest that the trend towards simpler lyrics could reflect changes in music consumption, such as increases in songs being played as background music.

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