We all know Auld Lang Syne from bleary-eyed New Year’s Eve renditions, but have you ever wondered exactly what the words mean, and where they come from? And what about the tune? Most of us will know ...

The history of music is filled with songs that never mention their titles in the lyrics. From the earliest recorded reports, songs were named "ballads" or "hymns" or something similar to reflect their ...

Hip-hop celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, and from its early renegade beginnings to becoming a big fish in the mainstream, many a clever lyric has been turned out by talented rhymers who ...

One of the most popular traditional songs in Ukraine is titled "Гей соколи" (Hej Sokoły, in Polish), which roughly translates to "Hey, falcons." Interestingly, this song, also known as "Sorrow for ...

Eminem has never seemed real. Pressing play on one of his songs has always felt like gaining admission into a house of mirrors inside of a house of horrors. A twisted distortion of the human ...

Some of the best Taylor Swift friendship quotes come from her song lyrics that remind us so much of issues that we can all relate to. It's so easy to love fully and unconditionally as a kid. You feel ...

Carrickfergus is one of the most beloved Irish songs, performed by hundreds of international artists, but why are the lyrics so confusing? ... Or are they? "Carrickfergus" is one of the most haunting ...

After J.I.D’s verse, Eminem zeroes in on the recent allegations that Diddy sexually assaulted women. “I’m like a R-A-P-E-R,” he says, and the typo is intentional. “Got so many S-As [sexual assaults]… ...

Taylor Swift released a new album Friday, but not all listeners are loving a controversial line from her new song, "I Hate It Here." In the track off of "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology," ...

No, it’s not about the video game. “Fortnight,” the first single from Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” is a duet with Post Malone. Before we delve into the lyrics, let’s get some ...

Taylor Swift is the ultimate girl's girl. Between Super Bowl box seats and surprise mid-concert cameos, the songstress spends a considerable amount of time with her friends by her side — friends that ...

Researchers found that lyrics in each of five popular music genres were becoming more repetitive and charged with negative emotions. Desi Mendoza via Wikimedia Commons In recent years, the growing ...