André 3000 has pointed out that people ignore the message entirely because the beat is so joyful. The song describes couples staying together out of habit rather than happiness. That theme feels even ...

If it ain’t baroque, don’t fix it – if you think all pop music sounds similar, you might be right. But what was the original ...

There are pop singers, and then there are pop icons of modern music who are so influential to the genre you can’t ignore their presence. These superstars have produced hit after hit over their careers ...

For those of a certain age, these pop gems from 1989 are guaranteed to take you all the way back to high school.

In 1980, when the Police were working on their third album, Sting was thinking about nonsense.

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

Pop music sounds more homogenous and inoffensive than ever before. Venture capital hoovers up publishing rights and record labels lean hard on TikTok trends, desperate to build as many data points as ...

You may have heard of recession meals and wardrobes. Now, we have "recession pop" - bangers from 2008-2010 gaining popularity with a younger audience. Let me take you back to the fall of 2008. The ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

Dance pop is a genre that combines both pop and dance influences. Its song structures tend to be more similar to pop arrangements, and songs in this genre emphasise melody and catchy hooks. Due to ...

What's on your best K-pop songs of 2024 list? Maybe you followed the ongoing girl group renaissance to new music from NMIXX and aespa, with a sprinkle of ILLIT's debut. Maybe you embraced exciting ...