The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (21st ...

A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around age 17.

The AI chatbot went on to cite repeated choruses and hooks, simple melodies and a strong beat as contributing to catchiness, also noting "if the average person can belt it in the car or shower without ...

It has been a couple months since musician Paulie Z visited a group of 5th graders at Cincinnati Public's Oyler School, but ...

The mind is freewheeling, circling around the repeated fragment with no reason to stop. Some researchers have found people enjoy their earworms, but there are also reports of song fragments being ...

Young people like following trends; it's a fact of life. Older people tend to age out of what's hip, preferring to stick with what they know. One example of this comes from the music people listen to.

Think about a song that’s gotten stuck in your head. Maybe it’s Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” the State Farm theme song, or, if you’ve already listened to Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a ...

Emery Schubert receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Pause and think about it for a moment. For those unfamiliar, nothing will come to mind. But if you’ve heard the song of the same ...

If you've watched the movie KPop Demon Hunters and see the word "golden," what happens? Pause and think about it for a moment. For those unfamiliar, nothing will come to mind. But if you've heard the ...

Max Martin is one of Taylor Swift’s favorite collaborators — as on her soon-to-be blockbuster The Life of a Showgirl, where he and Shellback co-produced and co-wrote the whole album. Martin, the ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...

Though movies are built around strong performances, stellar writing, and great direction, music also plays an integral role in the success of a film. Filmmakers spend a lot of time making sure their ...