23: Pop Music

This week we're talking about pop music.

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From 1986 to 2016, billboard-reaching pop music songs became more "attention-grabbing" with faster tempos, shorter titles, less time before singing began, and less time before the title of the song was mentioned.

Persuasion

From 2014 to 2016, songs with atypical lyrics (lyrics that defied genre conventions) were downloaded more on large streaming services than songs with typical lyrics.

Persuasion

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Joshua Jackson

Joshua Conrad Jackson is a PhD student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies how culture changes over time, and the impact of cultural change on human cognition and behavior. Outside of research, he enjoys traveling and long-distance running.

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Cameron Spencer

Cameron is a designer and web developer. He is the founder of Lab 43.

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Julia Talbot-Jones

Julia is a lecturer (Asst. Prof) at Victoria, University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her work bridges economics, ecology, and natural resource management.

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