NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped.

After a few years away, Justin Bieber made a strong return in 2025 with “Daisies,” a breezy, guitar-leaning single from his ...

This year's defining songs include a pop gem from Taylor Swift's latest album, Olivia Dean's breakout hit, and Kendrick Lamar's best duet with SZA.

YouTube Music introduced the ability to share lyrics last year and is now upgrading the background options with generative AI.

Several Gershwin classics, plus cartoons like Betty Boop and Blondie, have reached the U.S. copyright maximum.

Indeed, the Grammy winner made some subtle revisions to her lyrics in "I Did Something Bad" and "Delicate," which were included in the version of Reputation with Dolby Atmos sound released by Apple ...

Taylor Swift surprised fans with revised lyrics to two songs on her 2017 album, Reputation, via Apple Music. Eagle-eyed fans took to social media early Friday, December 12, to point out lyric changes ...

High Desert musicians, from the international stage to backyard shows. Here is the music that was released this year from ...

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

The two artists at the center of VOWWS came to their death-pop sound naturally. It can be heard in the music on the band’s new album, I’ll fill your house with an army, as it travels through layers of ...

The original lyrics to songs on Taylor Swift‘s Reputation may not have been end game after all. After Apple Music updated all of the pop superstar’s music to Dolby Atmos, fans noticed a few tweaks to ...