Why do songs replay in your mind with no off switch? A music psychologist explains earworm triggers, repetition, and ...

Ever had a song just...lodge itself in your brain? You're not alone! That's an earworm, and science has figured out why they happen. Researchers at the University of St Andrews developed a formula ...

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they ...

Have you ever found yourself listening to the same song on repeat for hours, days, or even weeks? That magnetic pull to hit the replay button isn’t just a quirky habit, it’s rooted in neuroscience and ...

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was a tireless, energetic performer who skillfully interacted with the rock band’s massive crowds. In the mid-1970s, they took this band-crowd relationship one step ...

Along with being a musician, one iconic band's lead singer is also a scientist, which led him to a miraculous day in the lab when the idea for a hit song emerged. Truly, a band never knows when the ...

A new study that reviewed Billboard hits from the past 73 years found a steady simplification of rhythm and pitch. Credit... Supported by By Alexander Nazaryan “Well, we’re all in the mood for a ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You know that feeling when you just can’t get a song out of your head—just a short part of it playing over and over?

Composer Marc Neikrug watches a rehearsal for the Philadelphia debut of his chamber opera ‘’A Song by Mahler’’ at the Kimmel Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The singer chastises their paramour for loving for ...

Musicologist Joe Bennett explains the common components of the most enduring Christmas songs, from "Jingle Bells" to "All I ...

Humans must have learned to sing early in our history because “we can find something we can call music in every society,” says musicologist Yuto Ozaki of Keio University in Tokyo. But did singing ...