and how songs are being used increasingly as background noise. The meaning behind lyrics also appears to have changed, the authors report. "We confirm previous analyses showing that the emotion ...

The study also found that contemporary music lyrics convey more negative emotions ... “It would make sense that if it’s in the background, you don’t necessarily want things that are going ...

The fullscreen lyrics interface on the Mac shows the song’s album art, a visualizer background based on the color of the album, and playback controls. You can mouse over the playback controls to ...