A data firm analysed 25 years of Billboard Hot 100 lyrics and confirmed what we've all been feeling—pop music is getting way sadder and angstier. They tracked moods like heartbreak, joy, angst and love across thousands of songs, and tracks invoking angst and heartbreak are dominating the charts now (hello Billie Eilish, Sam Smith, and Die With A Smile). Love songs are still hanging in there, but here's the kicker: "despair" started spiking sharply after 2020. Apparently the pandemic really said let's make everything a vibe check, and pop music took notes.

A data firm analysed 25 years of Billboard Hot 100 lyrics and confirmed what we've all been feeling&mdash;pop music is getting way sadder and angstier. They tracked moods like heartbreak, joy, angst and love across thousands of songs, and tracks invoking angst and heartbreak are dominating the charts now (hello Billie Eilish, Sam Smith, and Die With A Smile). Love songs are still hanging in there, but here's the kicker: "despair" started spiking sharply after 2020. Apparently the pandemic really said let's make everything a vibe check, and pop music took notes.

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Ricki‑Lee &amp; Tim make waking up in Sydney genuinely fun, jumping head‑first into stories the city can&rsquo;t stop talking about. Their chemistry is instant, their friendship is real, and the laughs? Guaranteed. Ricki‑Lee brings the star power, the music chops and the unmistakable glam, while Tim Blackwell brings the lightning‑fast wit and the pop‑culture brain no one can keep up with.

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Data Shows Pop Music is Getting Sadder

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Huge artists who hate their own biggest hits opens up a very personal can of worms. Ricki reveals she genuinely cannot stand Don't Miss You, a breakup song she wrote on autopilot in a bad writing session that her label made the lead single, and Unbothered, which her label picked over an entire album of songs she actually loved. She now runs her own label for exactly this reason. Also on the hate list: Kurt Cobain hated Smells Like Teen Spirit, Billie Eilish isn't fussed on Bad Guy, Charli XCX hates Boom Clap, Liam Gallagher is over Wonderwall, and Lorde is done with Royals. We played it anyway.

Huge artists who hate their own biggest hits opens up a very personal can of worms. Ricki reveals she genuinely cannot stand Don't Miss You, a breakup song she wrote on autopilot in a bad writing session that her label made the lead single, and Unbothered, which her label picked over an entire album of songs she actually loved. She now runs her own label for exactly this reason. Also on the hate list: Kurt Cobain hated Smells Like Teen Spirit, Billie Eilish isn't fussed on Bad Guy, Charli XCX hates Boom Clap, Liam Gallagher is over Wonderwall, and Lorde is done with Royals. We played it anyway.

Ricki Hates Two of Her Own Songs and We Finally Know Which Ones

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We're about to head on a bit of a break, but before we do, get ready to be hit in the face with the ultimate competitiveness of Ricki as she braves through MULTIPLE rounds of 'Quickie with Ricki'. Quickie-mogging at its peak.

We're about to head on a bit of a break, but before we do, get ready to be hit in the face with the ultimate competitiveness of Ricki as she braves through MULTIPLE rounds of 'Quickie with Ricki'. Quickie-mogging at its peak.

Full Show: The Longest Quickie With Ricki You'll Ever Hear

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Neil Perry stops by fresh off landing number two on the world's 101 best steak restaurants list to share his Sydney picks: Esther in Chippendale for the potato bread and Jersey cow tartare, VN Street Foods in Marrickville for the fermented rice noodle rolls, and Happy Chef in the Haymarket food court for wonton noodle soup deconstructed. He also dropped a bombshell: pepper on a steak before cooking is wrong. It burns and goes acrid. Pepper is a finishing spice only. We are devastated and will never recover.

Neil Perry stops by fresh off landing number two on the world's 101 best steak restaurants list to share his Sydney picks: Esther in Chippendale for the potato bread and Jersey cow tartare, VN Street Foods in Marrickville for the fermented rice noodle rolls, and Happy Chef in the Haymarket food court for wonton noodle soup deconstructed. He also dropped a bombshell: pepper on a steak before cooking is wrong. It burns and goes acrid. Pepper is a finishing spice only. We are devastated and will never recover.

Neil Perry Just Told Us We've Been Cooking Steak Wrong This Whole Time

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Data Shows Pop Music is Getting Sadder

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