Earworms Trap a Loop—Nobody Fully Explains Why

Almost everyone gets a song fragment looping for hours or days, yet science still cannot fully explain the involuntary loop that traps a few bars and refuses to release them.Streaming, short-form clips, and algorithmic hooks make earworms a daily shared annoyance—perfect timing for an evidence-led explainer on a mystery people feel in real time.Edward and Lily strip away the hype, follow the ev…