In the chorus, she sings about not being able to help anyone else out with their issues, because she’s too busy trying to weather hers. Anyone who has been through heartbreak knows it’s a suffocating ...

When you listen to music, many brain regions fire up to help you analyze the sound and make sense of the emotions you feel in ...

One of the most mutual feelings of being a music fan is knowing every word to a song but not knowing the title. It is a painful inconvenience, and if not for Google and Shazam, it would be quite ...

Ariana Grande says “We Can’t Be Friends,” in her new song of the same name. But don’t let the title fool you. It’s upbeat, it’s poppy, and it’s meant to make you happy, even after you break up and are ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Last year, the Academy Awards' race for best original song could be fairly boiled down to a two-horse race between two deeply different — and equally excellent — songs from the blockbuster Barbie ...

I am obsessed with the songs I remember the best. The songs whose lyrics immediately come to mind upon the ring of the first chord. The songs I first heard many years ago, and continue to listen to ...