Everyone knows these three '00s pop songs for their choruses. Far fewer know the rest of the words. How much do you know of ...

My 2025 10-best list is heavy on storytelling songwriters of all stripes, from country to rock to hip-hop to dance-pop. The ...

These pop albums might have "flopped" critically and not commercially, but the hate they got back in the day was totally unfounded.

Debating the merits of today’s popular music versus the hits of the past is largely a matter of taste. But regardless of your opinion on the subject, one thing is clear: pop music is objectively ...

Among some of the deep cuts included in the deluxe version of Industry & Seduction are tracks from the band’s first album, ...

What was the greatest decade in pop music? Well, we think that’s easily the ’60s. Motown, the Beatles, and psychedelic rock, are all game-changing moments in popular music. But the greatest single ...

Blending haunting visuals with undeniable pop soundscapes, horror-inspired music videos have become a staple of the Halloween season. From unsettling imagery to gothic aesthetics, these videos use the ...

The year is 2008, and the Great Recession has settled in. With the bursting of the housing bubble, the collapse of major investment banks like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, as well as the rise in ...

Katy Perry’s breakout moment, in the late two-thousands, had a type of frivolity and irreverence that feels difficult to summon now. Her début single, “I Kissed a Girl,” from 2008, is just what it ...

It’s Australia’s Great Poptism Era. After decades of our rock stars commanding the world’s stages and airwaves, and industry ...

Pop music critic Kim Young-dae died on Wednesday at the age of 48. “We regret to inform you of the passing of Kim Young-dae,” ...