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Music fans, prepare to lose a few minutes, possibly hours, with the latest in time-sucking music data entertainment. This is a massive list that pairs nearly 1400 genres with the words that are most distinctive to the song titles from each genre, from Spotify data alchemist Glenn McDonald <\/p>\n
\u2018Genres In Their Own Words\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n If you\u2019re anything like\u00a0us<\/a>, it will make for surprisingly compelling reading \u2014 we say \u201csurprising,\u201d because nobody wrote these words; they simply emerged out of the data, as being associated with certain genres of music.<\/p>\n Alternative Pop<\/a> comes off as about sweet as one might expect, with titles including (ranked by frequency): \u201cit\u2019s down pretty song star like girl little around everything your don\u2019t than never here baby time what this you\u2019re.\u201d\u00a0Brutal Death Metal<\/a>, on the (very) other hand, is all about \u201cflesh dead blood collapse wrath death chaos suffering slaughter existence upon torture souls reign within divine human remains weak oblivion.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s all kinds of odd trivia to glean from this list, including regional insights.\u00a0Chinese Indie Rock<\/a> is about the city: \u201ccity live song love night don\u2019t your.\u201d\u00a0Chinese Opera<\/a> is more about the country: \u201caria spring story mother river song.\u201d\u00a0Chinese Traditional<\/a> is even\u00a0more\u00a0about the country: \u201clowing plum spring autumn blossom silk lake mountains tune yang village variations moon palace ensemble lotus melody river flowers water.\u201d<\/p>\n Another one that caught our eye:\u00a0Chill Lounge<\/a>, which has a lot to do with the sun and the sea \u2014 quite relaxing indeed: \u201csunset beach sunrise remix original ocean love slow summer rain soul your instrumental come time days mind away part lost.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the states of Texas and Oklahoma come in first and second as most distinctive toCowboy Western<\/a> titles, as do\u00a0honky-tonk, lonesome riders, trucks, and more: \u201ctexas oklahoma honky truck boogie cowboy tonk lonesome riders trail country i\u2019ll recorded guitar rose don\u2019t heart that again valley.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a\u00a0really fun list<\/a> is fun to explore on your own, if you\u2019re the type.<\/p>\n You can spend minutes or hours working through the above list, and you won\u2019t even be done. McDonald built\u00a0another\u00a0list out of this data \u2014 this time going from the words to the genres \u2014 called \u201cWords In Their Own Genres<\/a>.\u201d (You can also get there by clicking on any word in \u201cGenres In Their Own Words<\/a>,\u201d so it\u2019s possible to jump back and forth, ostensibly for days.)<\/p>\n There, you can find out that the genres that most concern themselves with\u00a0fools<\/a> tend to be southern, or northern, or soulful. In order, songs about a \u201cfool\u201d are:\u00a0Neo-Rockabilly<\/a>,\u00a0Blues-Rock Guitar<\/a>,\u00a0Soul Blues<\/a>,\u00a0Southern Soul<\/a>,\u00a0Doo-wop<\/a>,\u00a0Deep Southern Soul<\/a>,\u00a0Memphis Soul<\/a>,\u00a0Chicago Soul<\/a>, and\u00a0Northern Soul<\/a>.<\/p>\n For songs about being \u201cfoolish<\/a>,\u201d however, your best bet is\u00a0Adult Standards<\/a>. Want to hear a song about bears? Try\u00a0Nursery<\/a>. Songs about getting \u201crich?\u201d That would be\u00a0Hyphy<\/a>. Looking for \u201caction?\u201d Try\u00a0Punk Blues<\/a>,\u00a0Trash Rock<\/a>,\u00a0Garage Rock<\/a>, or\u00a0Protopunk<\/a>.<\/p>\n For whatever reason, the genre most associated with\u00a0\u201cLarry\u201d<\/a> is\u00a0Smooth Urban R&B<\/a>.<\/p>\n These lists go on and on, to the probable delight of music nerds and the curious:<\/p>\nBack The Other Way<\/a><\/h2>\n