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Study Suggests , Lyrics Have Gotten , Simpler Over Time.<br/>According to a recent study, the lyrics <br/>of modern-day music have become more <br/>repetitive over the course of the last 40 years. .<br/>'Newsweek' reports that the study found <br/>English-language songs have become not only <br/>more repetitive but also simpler over time.<br/>Music is ubiquitous in our everyday lives, and lyrics play an integral role when we listen to music. , Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>Researchers looked at lyrics of over 12,000 English-<br/>language songs across a number of genres, including rap, <br/>country, rock and pop, released between 1980 and 2020.<br/>The complex relationships between lyrical content, its temporal evolution over the last decades, and genre-specific variations, however, are yet to be fully understood, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>The findings suggest that lyrics became easier <br/>to understand and the number of different <br/>words used in the songs also decreased. .<br/>In this work, we investigate <br/>the dynamics of English lyrics <br/>of Western, popular music over <br/>five decades and five genres, <br/>using a wide set of lyrics descriptors, <br/>including lyrical complexity,<br/> structure, emotion, and popularity, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>In this work, we investigate <br/>the dynamics of English lyrics <br/>of Western, popular music over <br/>five decades and five genres, <br/>using a wide set of lyrics descriptors, <br/>including lyrical complexity,<br/> structure, emotion, and popularity, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>According to the authors, the findings <br/>suggest how music is largely being used as <br/>background noise in the modern day. .<br/>The study also found that the meaning expressed <br/>in lyrics has also changed in the past four decades.<br/>We confirm previous analyses <br/>showing that the emotion described <br/>by lyrics has become more negative <br/>and that lyrics have become more <br/>personal over the last five decades, Study authors, via 'Newsweek'.<br/>The team's findings were published <br/>in the journal 'Scientific Reports.'