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Pop songs aren’t often disturbing. But sometimes, a song will make it to the top of the pop charts that boasts a particularly strange or unsettling backstory. Let’s look at a few examples, shall we?

"[It's] so upbeat and [has] such a happy-sounding tune. Then you find out the song is about poverty and the Brixton riots." "The backstory to the song was inspired by an elderly couple who just took ...

This 1994 grunge hit from the ever-underrated Toadies has a disturbing backstory that is rooted in modern folklore, of all things. “Possum Kingdom” is based on Possum Kingdom Lake in northern Texas.

A lot of 1970s music was just good old-fashioned fun, while some of it was disturbing beyond all measure. One 1970s classic rock song tackled a deeply upsetting subject. However, it spoke about a ...

King and Gerry Goffin worked together to write hits like The Monkees’ “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” The Shirelles’ “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” and Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion.” According to Rolling ...

The Uber driver accused of “maliciously” sparking the deadly Palisades Fire repeatedly watched a French rap video that features the artist setting multiple fires as he talks about “despair and ...

Artists choose to write shockingly upsetting music for a number of reasons: To express extreme emotions or to provoke a visceral response in listeners or say something about a particular issue or for ...

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