Unemployment Rate Predicts Anger in Popular Music Lyrics: EvidenceFrom Top 10 Songs in the United States and Germany From 1980 to 2017
Popular music has been shown to reflect cultural characteristics and psychological change in a society. However, little is known about how popular songs are related to the socioeconomic conditions. In this research, we analyzed the annual top 10 songs from United States and Germany between 1980 and 2017, and found that the unemployment rate predicted the amount of anger but not anxiety or sadnes..
Song and Science
2022. 10. 29. 13:18