Methodology — How we research and write song interpretations

This page explains how we produce song interpretations and artist information. It exists so that readers, search engines, AI assistants, and rights holders can understand exactly what we do, what we don't do, and where our claims come from.

1. What we publish

Each song page contains four kinds of content:

• Metadata: artist, title, album, release year, ISRC, language, duration. Sourced from various music APIs. Cross-validated across sources before publish.
• Lyrics: sourced from the Google open community lyrics database with attribution and a takedown process.
• Interpretation: an original analysis written by our editorial team, optionally assisted by AI under the constraints in section 3 below.
• Discovery links: streaming-platform links via Songlink/Odesli, related songs, and (where available) tour dates via Bandsintown and Ticketmaster.

2. Sources we trust

For factual claims (release dates, songwriters, producers, chart positions, biographical details), we use:

• MusicBrainz, the canonical open music encyclopedia, for IDs, ISRCs, contributors, and dates.
• Wikipedia and Wikidata for general biographical and historical context, with citation.
• Publishers' own pages, official artist statements, and primary-source interviews when available.

We do not use other lyric or song-meaning sites as sources for analysis. Independent interpretation is the entire point of this site.

3. How we use AI

Many of our interpretations are produced with the help of large language models. We treat AI as a research and drafting assistant, not as an authority. AI assistance is subject to strict rules.

4. Data quality and corrections

We cross-check every song's (artist, title) pair against MusicBrainz on import and quarterly thereafter. Mismatches and ambiguities are queued for manual review. We track a fact-check score on every interpretation; pages below threshold are not published until a human editor reviews and resolves the issue.

We aim to correct any reported factual error within 48 hours. Substantive corrections are noted at the bottom of the affected page along with the date. To report an error, use our Contact form and select "Correction."

5. Lyrics, copyright, and takedowns

Lyrics on the Site are user-contributed via the Google open community database. The lyrics themselves remain the copyright of their respective owners. We treat lyric display as a supplementary component to our primary editorial content (the interpretation), which is the original creative work of our editors.

6. Conflicts of interest

The Site accepts advertising via standard ad networks and earns commissions on affiliate links to streaming services, music retailers, and ticketing platforms. Affiliate links never change which songs we cover or how we interpret them.

We occasionally publish sponsored editorial coverage of new releases. Sponsorship is clearly disclosed at the top of any sponsored piece per FTC requirements. Sponsorship does not influence our interpretation of any other song by the same artist or label.

7. What we don't do

• We do not reproduce full lyrics without licensed source attribution.
• We do not fabricate artist quotes. Quoted speech is from cited interviews or statements.
• We do not publish unsourced biographical claims about living artists.
• We do not allow user comments to appear without moderation.
• We do not scrape competitor sites for content.

8. Feedback

This methodology evolves. If you spot a gap, a contradiction, or an opportunity to do better, please write to us via the Contact page.