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: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind
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Then, the earworm English lesson broke the bounds of TikTok entirely.
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Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
The earworm record provokes a sense of longing, one that is uplifting, cathartic and beautiful.
—Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The track’s melody, a signature Pharrell earworm, is as undeniably catchy as some of his early Neptunes hits.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2025
Had the song not been up against a tear-jerking earworm from a Pixar movie that saturated the culture for months on end, this would have been a welcome win for Warren.
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—Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
The earworm record provokes a sense of longing, one that is uplifting, cathartic and beautiful.
—Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The track’s melody, a signature Pharrell earworm, is as undeniably catchy as some of his early Neptunes hits.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2025
Had the song not been up against a tear-jerking earworm from a Pixar movie that saturated the culture for months on end, this would have been a welcome win for Warren.
4.
—Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Earworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earworm. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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