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These Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time, According to AI and Human DJs

Got a song stuck in your head? Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds is still a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade until 2 a.m., we took the graduates on chartered buses to a private all-ages nightclub in downtown Seattle. It boasted free unlimited fountain soda and snacks, a photo booth with props, a trivia contest, glo

Spotify's free tier just got a major upgrade - here's what's new

Anadolu/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Spotify is upgrading its free tier with several new features. The features give you more control over how you listen to songs. Users will start to see the new options today. Less than a week after debuting long-awaited lossless audio and a few weeks after adding direct message capability, Spotify is rolling out some more good news. This time, it's for free users. In an announc

‘Wicked: For Good’ Director Jon M. Chu Promises New Songs Will Hit All the Right Notes

As anticipation builds for Wicked: For Good, the second act to 2024’s Oscar-winning Wicked, director Jon M. Chu has revealed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that the upcoming film will feature not one, but two new bespoke songs—that’s one tune for each witch. While Chu didn’t announce the songs’ titles, the outlet teased that the new tracks by composer Stephen Schwartz are no “mere bids for a Best Original Song nomination.” In fact, Chu says the new songs are deeply needed addition

These Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time, According to AI. Do You Agree?

Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds is still a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade until 2 a.m., we took the graduates on chartered buses to a private all-ages nightclub in downtown Seattle. It boasted free unlimited fountain soda and snacks, a photo booth with props, a trivia contest, glow necklaces and, best of all, a

These Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time, According to AI

Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds is still a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade until 2 a.m., we took the graduates on chartered buses to a private all-ages nightclub in downtown Seattle. It boasted free unlimited fountain soda and snacks, a photo booth with props, a trivia contest, glow necklaces and, best of all, a

AI Can't Dance. But It Says These Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time

Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but it's still a mystery makes a song stick in our minds. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade until 2 a.m., we took the graduates on chartered buses to a private all-ages nightclub in downtown Seattle. It boasted free unlimited fountain soda and snacks, a photo booth with props, a trivia contest, glow necklaces and, best of all, a da

AI Says These Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time

Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds remains a bit of a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade until 2 a.m., we took the graduates on chartered buses to a private all-ages nightclub in downtown Seattle. It boasted free unlimited fountain soda and snacks, a photo booth with props, a trivia contest, glow necklaces and, best o

AI vs. Human DJs: What Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time?

Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds remains a bit of a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's high school. After hanging out at an all-games-and-rides-free arcade until 2 a.m., we took the graduates on chartered buses to a private all-ages nightclub in downtown Seattle. It boasted free unlimited fountain soda and snacks, a photo booth with props, a trivia contest, glow necklaces and, best o

Spotify copies Apple Music’s AutoMix feature before iOS 26 even ships

One of my favorite features in iOS 26 is AutoMix for Apple Music, which uses artificial intelligence to create DJ-like transitions between songs. Ahead of iOS 26 being released to everyone next month, Spotify is looking to steal some of Apple Music’s thunder with its own new spin on creating unique transitions between songs. In a blog post, Spotify explains that the feature allows users to create unique transitions between playlist songs by customizing things like volume, EQ, and effect curves

I’ve been a Spotify user since 2008, and these are the 5 tricks everyone should know

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority I received my invite to join Spotify back in November of 2008 — yes, back then, you couldn’t sign up by yourself; another user had to invite you with a personalized link first. I created an account, used my free trial, and finally had access to the world’s largest music streaming platform. For the first few years, though, I kept switching between Spotify and my personal music collection, canceling and restarting my subscription, until Spotify won, and it was g

10 Best Fake Songs From Fake Movie Bands

This summer has seen some pretty catchy needle drops in movies, from Superman‘s Mighty Crabjoys to KPop Demon Hunters flash mob fandoms for Huntr/x and the Saja Boys. The latter Netflix release has reached not only Billboard music charts but also become the most streamed animated feature ever. With that in mind, we look back at our favorite fake bands’ best songs of the past 30 years. While half the list includes incredible recent music from hit movies, the other half (and our number one slot)

What JD Vance, Pam Bondi, and Sam Altman Can’t Stop Listening to, According to the ‘Panama Playlists’

From JD Vance's dinnertime Bieber to Sam Altman's Shazaming of incredibly popular hit songs, a website claiming to have published the Spotify listening habits of members of the Trump administration, tech leaders, and journalists is making the rounds. “We’ve been scraping their accounts since summer 2024. Playlists, live listening feed, everything. We know what songs they played, when, and how many times,” the Panama Playlists site reads, alleging, “With a little sleuthing, I could say with near

What JD Vance, Pam Bondi, and Sam Altman Can’t Stop Listening To, According to the ‘Panama Playlists’

From JD Vance's dinnertime Bieber to Sam Altman's Shazaming of incredibly popular hit songs, a website claiming to have published the Spotify listening habits of members of the Trump administration, tech leaders, and journalists is making the rounds. “We’ve been scraping their accounts since summer 2024. Playlists, live listening feed, everything. We know what songs they played, when, and how many times,” the Panama Playlists site reads, alleging, “With a little sleuthing, I could say with near

RIP Ozzy Osbourne, Music Legend and Master of the Macabre

Ozzy Osbourne, famed heavy metal singer, has died at the age of 76—just a few weeks after performing in Black Sabbath’s last official concert. He also enjoyed a robust solo career as well as fame that went beyond music. That included stints as a reality TV superstar thanks to MTV’s hit series The Osbournes, but also as a touchstone figure for fans who revered his notorious antics over the years as “the Prince of Darkness.” While many obituaries will go out today highlighting Osbourne’s many con

How Knox Morris went from TikToker to rock star

Knox Morris stands onstage, stares out into the depths of the famed 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, and raises his arms to the heavens. The backing track to his song, a synth-heavy pop-punk number called “Going, Going, Gone,” begins to play at an absolutely deafening volume. Morris grins through the first few staccato bars of the track, arms still up, then grabs the mic and starts to sing. In only 12 hours, Knox will perform this song for more than a thousand people, on the opening night of his fir

Apple Music wraps up its countdown of the top 500 tracks from the past decade

To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, Apple Music has just revealed the final batch in its “Top 500” countdown, ranking the most-streamed songs globally since the service launched in 2015. Here’s the full list. After unveiling the list in chunks over the past week, the full playlist is now live, with Ed Sheeran’ Shape of You taking the top stop. As reported by Variety, Shape of You spent over 1,000 days at the top of at least one country’s chart, while also holding the record for biggest globa

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Poll: Do you like AI music?

Like a modern version of the tree-falling-in-the-woods conundrum, AI is giving us new philosophical questions. For example, if AI music sounds genuine, is it okay to enjoy it? This debate has gained momentum recently, as a new band called The Velvet Sundown just reached over 500,000 listens on Spotify. The problem is that they don’t actually exist. Everything about them — from their echoey, classic rock-inspired tracks to their Instagram pictures — appears to be AI-generated. I’ve been listeni

Instagram now lets you share Spotify songs with sound to Stories

Instagram announced Monday that it’s finally adding the ability for users to listen to previews of songs that they’ve shared from Spotify to Stories. While Instagram has long allowed users to share Spotify songs to their Stories, it would do so without sound, and simply provide a link to the song on the streaming platform. Now, when a user posts a song to their Story, viewers will be able to listen to a preview of the song right within Instagram. The small change, yet notable change makes it e

Songscription launches an AI-powered ‘Shazam for sheet music’

A small company called Songscription launched last week with AI models that automate music transcription, turning an audio file of a song into sheet music within minutes. Operating on a freemium model, the product is geared toward both professional and hobbyist musicians. “We hope to make playing music more enjoyable,” Andrew Carlins, CEO of Songscription and a student in Stanford’s MBA/MA in Education program, told TechCrunch. “We imagine a future where a rural Nebraska high school band teache

Apple Music marks 10 years of streaming with a new all-time Replay list

Apple Music is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its streaming service by giving users a throwback to their favorite hits over the last decade. “Replay All Time” — a special version of Apple Music’s annual Replay experience — is being launched for subscribers that allows them to view and listen to their most played songs since joining the platform. The personalized Replay All Time playlist will be available from the Apple Music Home tab. If you joined the service back when it first launche

Can Music Really Help You Sleep? Here's How to Build a Playlist for Deeper Slumber

Music fuels my life. Whether I'm writing, reading, working, running, driving or sitting around the house, music is usually flooding my ears or playing softly in the background. Choosing a song or playlist is the first thing I do in the morning, and if I have my AirPods in, you can count on Spotify playing my favorite podcasts. To me, music is a form of love. It boosts moods, soothes heartache and reaches audiences across language barriers. Music can also help you sleep at night, easing anxiety