Lorde's new song "What Was That?" was written amid a painful breakup. Here's a breakdown of what the lyrics could mean.

Song lyrics can become a lifeline in times of crisis In times of crisis, people often seek distractions or escapism. The right words at the right time can become a lifeline.

Billy Joel decided he wanted to try writing a modern folk song. "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" came out of that effort.

The most famous John Prine and Steve Goodman story is when the two wrote the hit country song “You Never Even Called Me By My Name”. Goodman released the single under his name, but it became a bona ...

Thinking of or listening to another song can help us get rid of the one stuck in our head, Jakubowski said. “It’s super hard ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on how people around the world turn to music—specifically its ...

Very noticeably slipped inside the show’s well-liked theme song ... be figurative, perhaps indicating an instinctive longing ...

His songs were big hits in the 1970s especially. Pee Sao Krub tells the story of a young boy who is now a grown man, and while an older girl was more like a sister to him before, he now has romantic ...

Welsh musician Gwenno (full name Gwenno Saunders) has announced a new album, Utopia, which is her first solo LP sung mainly in the English language, and shared its first single, “Dancing On Volcanoes, ...

Here we've got the lyrics for the new Sleep Token song "Caramel." The track is the second song to be released from the band's upcoming new album Even In Arcadia, which is due May 9. The mysterious ...