The year in pop pivoted around a trio of artists — Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — whose music hinged upon assertions of creative ambition and admissions of romantic weakness. This ...

Pop music has grown steadily gloomier over the past 50 years. Hit songs are now packed with more misery, stress and emotional pain than their ...

“Pop music is dead.” You’ve heard the refrain dropped by nostalgic music lovers at backyard barbecues. And it’s no surprise. Everyone thinks the tunes of their generation marked a sort of cultural ...

Pop music has long been stigmatized for being, well, empty. Some unfairly view pop merely as fluff music, something light and irreverent and fun to dance to. And while there's plenty of pop music that ...

When the realities of life get hard, does music get ... happy? “Recession pop” is currently trending as people reach for the music of the mid-2000s for a mood boost. And you know what? It worked.

For almost two weeks now, a debate around the term “urban” has roiled the music industry. Some believe it’s a barely veiled synonym for black that actually ends up harming and limiting the black ...