The songs nominated for the 2022 Emmy for original music and lyrics are each haunted by something. Some are lively, even wacky homages that resurrect sounds of the past — the grand, old ...

Bruce Springsteen performs in Los Angeles, California with an American flag behind him. The word mondegreen is defined as a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, ...

Musicians put their heart and soul into the lyrics they write, but they don't always resonate with the people who hear their words. In fact, some listeners actually take offense to an artist's lyrics, ...

Some of the stars behind summer’s hottest new music found themselves in hot water when listeners and disability advocates spoke out against a lyric viewed as an ableist slur. Backlash came quickly, ...

It ain’t over until Kelsea Ballerini sings it. During the first stop of her “Heartfirst Tour” at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Saturday, the 29-year-old country star changed the lyrics to ...

We asked music critic Kiana Fitzgerald, a frequent contributor to NPR Music: Was there a lyric from 2022 that stayed with you all year? She chose a line from the SZA song "Blind." One of the last big ...

The song itself is a poetic ode to Argentina’s profound respect for soccer and its solidarity and empathy as a nation. It mentions the late sports legend Diego Armando Maradona cheering on Lionel ...

Apple Music is expanding on its popular real-time lyrics feature with an all-new karaoke-style mode. Called Apple Music Sing, this new feature “allows users to sing along to their favorite songs with ...