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Jadey O’Regan

Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia

Jadey O’Regan is a lecturer in Contemporary Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia. She is co-author of Hooks in Popular Music (2022).

Written by Jadey O’Regan

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What is it about musical hooks that makes them so catchy?

From hummable riffs to striking lyrics, the catchiest hooks tell us something about the limits of human attention and memory

by Tim Byron & Jadey O’Regan