Is the punk all the same?

A data-driven exploration of punk lyrics across the world

Filip Vopálenský

19. 5. 2026

Data & Methodology

AZLyrics
Global 100 bands · 1237 albums

Písničky Akordy
Czech 40 bands · 361 albums

Lyrics 19 672 songs

Static analysis
Python word count, profanity,
pronouns, lexical diversity

LLM analysis
Qwen 2.5 emotions, topics, entities,
narrative, rebellion, irony

Statistics 35 features per song

D3.js

Band activity timeline

There is no joy in Joy division

Artist: Show baseline

Polygon area = emotion prevalence

Hover dots for details

Dashed line = global baseline

Primary Topics across Bands

Show top 15 topics

Year range: all

Country

Arc width = topic frequency

Ribbon = shared topic between bands

Hover arcs/ribbons for details

mother, jesus and johnny

Unique per band

Word size = mention frequency

Hover for band breakdown

Profanities across artists

Min avg. profanities per 1000 words: 90

Band nodes: Solid

Language: Academic