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Song Lyrics Have Become Simpler and More Repetitive Over the Last Five Decades
lundi 15 avril 2024, 20:05 , par Slashdot
We find that pop music lyrics have become simpler and easier to comprehend over time: not only does the lexical complexity of lyrics decrease (for instance, captured by vocabulary richness or readability of lyrics), but we also observe that the structural complexity (for instance, the repetitiveness of lyrics) has decreased. In addition, we confirm previous analyses showing that the emotion described by lyrics has become more negative and that lyrics have become more personal over the last five decades. Finally, a comparison of lyrics view counts and listening counts shows that when it comes to the listeners' interest in lyrics, for instance, rock fans mostly enjoy lyrics from older songs; country fans are more interested in new songs' lyrics. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/04/15/1719250/song-lyrics-have-become-simpler-and-more-r...
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