US pop music has grown darker and more stressed over 50 years: Words related to stress, anxiety and pressure increased 81% from 1973 to 2023, tracking rising depression and anxiety. Lyrics became more repetitive and less complex, tracking declines in education test scores and cognitive measures. 🎶😟📉
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Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
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Analysis of 377,812 songs from 1960-2023 reveals a shift in moral themes appearing in popular music lyrics over the last 60 years, with an increase in references to vices (language linked to harm, cheating, subversion and degradation) and decline in mentions of virtues (such as care and decency)
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From virtue to vice: how the morality of popular music lyrics has changed since the 1960s
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London found that the moral themes in popular music lyrics shifted over the past 60 years, with moral vices appearing more frequently than virtues.
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