From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

It only makes sense that some of the greatest musicians of our time wanted their own lyrics etched into their gravestones when their time on this earth came to an end. For some musicians, the choice ...

It’s hard to imagine a songwriter as legendary as Paul McCartney ever stealing lyrics to a song. It’s even harder to imagine that McCartney would admit to the theft. However, the famed Beatles ...

Researchers found that lyrics in each of five popular music genres were becoming more repetitive and charged with negative emotions. Desi Mendoza via Wikimedia Commons In recent years, the growing ...