We categorized songs in the Billboard Top 10 to see if love songs are on the decline.
  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s not thet they are down it’s that the meaning of a “love song” changed. Now it’s about how they fuck so good and how they buts are big. Love songs like they were before don’t reflect the current culture

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Now it’s about how they fuck so good and how they buts are big

      I’ve not really listened to pop music for a decade or two, but they all sounded like that at least as far back as the 90s!

  • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    So after removing the categories that I disagree with (love for yourself is not the same emotion as romantic love for another person, songs about how you’re glad you broke up are clearly about the emotions that replaced romantic love, and songs about lust may be about someone you also romantically love, but love and lust are different emotions) I can conclude that love songs are, in fact, declining in popularity, but also still make up a large percentage of popular songs.