Project iMuse: an Interactive Visualizer of Lyrical Sentiment

Abstract

Our interactive visualization, Project iMuse [SA22a], provides the unique ability to view the most used words in popular music over the past 50+ years in conjunction with how they were used in songs through sentiment analysis. To aid in more detailed analyses, Project iMuse has the ability to dynamically consider a variety of user defined subsets. These subsets are created through the user interaction, which includes changing the range of years considered and selecting particular word types.