Today’s popular music is noticeably different from the popular songs of the 1960s and 1970s. Now a new study reveals that it’s not just the music itself that is different; today’s music consumers seem to prefer songs that express darker emotions in both lyric and tone.
The findings, published in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, show that the expression of anger and sadness in popular music has increased gradually over time, while the expression of joy has declined.
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2019/01/25/todays-popular-music-is-more-angry-sad-and-less-joyful/142306.html
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