Those Youngsters’ Pop Songs Today Really Do All Sound The Same

“Parents who find their children’s thumping stereos too much to bear will also be comforted to know that it isn’t just the effect of age: modern songs have also grown progressively louder over the past 50 years. … While loudness has steadily increased since the 1950s, the [research] team found that the variety of chords, melodies and types of sound being used by musicians has become ever smaller.”