From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

Sometimes, you only need a few intentional words to get a point across. These three songs say more in one line than entire tracks often do.

Megadeth are now three songs deep into their self-titled final album and we’ve got the new song and lyrics for “Let There Be ...

Lyrics of successful songs in the United States have become simpler and more negative over recent decades, according to a ...

The ghost of a Christmas past will forever live within the author, a reminder of the betterment for which we all should ...

Taylor Swift fans spotted lyric changes to 'Reputation' songs 'I Did Something Bad' and 'Delicate' on Apple Music after the ...

Researchers found that lyrics in each of five popular music genres were becoming more repetitive and charged with negative emotions. Desi Mendoza via Wikimedia Commons In recent years, the growing ...

Swift did release at least one “Taylor’s Version” Reputation track: “Look What You Made Me Do,” which appeared in a May 2025 ...

Though music is proven to speak to all of us, according to experts, there are two different types of listeners: those who ...

It barely made waves when it debuted, but this 1970s Beach Boys song later became a cult favorite and one of the band’s most ...

The “six-seven” shrug—so viral that it has been tapped as the 2025 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com—is the latest of the unending stream of nonsensical jokes, rituals, and competitions that spread ...