The number one rule in comedy states that the best way to kill a joke is to explain it. But that doesn’t account for Lyric Genius, which has mastered the art of comedy in over-explaining music.
And the internet is extremely here for it.
Spotify users are probably familiar with the Behind the Lyrics service provided by the crowd-sourced music annotation website Lyric Genius. But you might have missed the full scope of its brilliance, which brings the scholarly rigors of footnoting to the nonsense lyrics of modern pop music.
Amateur music scholars on Twitter shared their appreciation, and a Twitter moment gathered the most illuminating pieces of information gleaned from the Spotify and Lyric Genius partnership. They are nothing short of wiiiiiiild (and you can fact check us on that). Read more…
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