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Pop song lyrics grew more self-focused in the US and Germany over 50 years, research reveals

  • June 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Pop song lyrics grew more self-focused in the US and Germany over 50 years, research reveals
Over five decades, popular songs in the U.S. and Germany have become more self-focused—as indicated by the use of pronouns such as "I," "me" and "mine"—while no such trend was seen for the most popular songs in Japan and Hong Kong. Marius Golubickis of United Arab Emirates University and colleagues present these findings in PLOS One.

Originally published at Phys.org

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