Taylor Swift's music includes references to famous novelists, playwrights, and poets, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, ...

The Beatles were a British band popular for changing the world of music with their powerful songs and unique style. The group sold millions of records and played sold-out shows worldwide. Their ...

Circa 1985, a pretentious young teenager in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I painstakingly typed out, on a typewriter, the lyrics to a song by an obscure English punk band—“Outdoor Miner,” from Wire’s 1978 ...

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In the land of gods and monsters, Lana Del Rey was an angel. Everything from her enchanting melodies to her captivating lyrics will forever haunt the collective soul of our generation. The Lana Del ...

Cigarettes After Sex is an American dream pop band formed in 2008 in El Paso, Texas, by singer-songwriter Greg Gonzalez. Known for their unearthly, slow, and melancholic sound, the band blends dream ...

Because I use pop lyrics in my poems and review records for SPIN and elsewhere, people sometimes ask me whether I think of song lyrics as poetry. Looked at in certain ways, they obviously are; in ...

K-pop has introduced a plethora of love songs over the decades, from cute rhymes hinting subtle confessions, to deep narratives that make you feel the love as you listen to the song. While catchy ...

Most bands want their vocals to sound crisp and clear for maximum singalong purposes. How the hell are you going to lead a stadium of people to sing your lyrics at you if they don’t know what you’re ...

Most commonly misheard song lyrics of the 1980s You’re belting out your favorite ’80s anthem at the top of your lungs, ...

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, renewing an old debate: Are pop lyrics poetry? (Lex Van Lieshout/European Pressphoto Agency) Michael Lindgren is a frequent contributor to The ...