The Evolution of Song Lyrics: An NLP-Based Analysis of Popular Music in Germany from 1954 to 2022

Music is an indispensable cultural product, reflecting changes in social, psychological, and cultural contexts. This study analyzes the historical evolution of topics and conveyed affect in popular music lyrics in Germany from 1954 to 2022, using LDA-based topic modeling and transformer-based sentim...

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Published in:Music & Science
Main Authors: Til Hunke, Florian Huber, Jochen Steffens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-04-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043251331155