Lykke Li Shares “Knife in the Heart,” Her “Brutalist Nursery Rhyme Anthem”

Lykke Li has shared the latest single from The Afterparty. Listen to “Knife in the Heart” below. The song, she says in a press release, is “my brutalist nursery rhyme anthem—the emo girl in me, fully ...
All That's Interesting

Inside The Contested Origins Of The ‘Jack And Jill’ Nursery Rhyme

A few interpretations of the rhyme are light-hearted, but many are far darker — like the theory that it’s a metaphor for the ...
neonmusic

The Darkest Nursery Rhymes Ever Written (And Which Origins Are Actually True)

Most people learn at some point that nursery rhymes are not quite what they seem. Ring a Ring O’ Roses is supposedly about plague. London Bridge involves child sacrifice. Oranges and Lemons ends with ...
Mental Floss

The Murky History of 'Rock-a-bye Baby'

"Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop..." sounds harmless enough, until you consider the historical tension hidden between the lines. A breeze becomes blustery, a branch snaps, and down comes baby, cradle ...
WESH

Osceola County nursery hit by fire twice in 3 years

NO APARTMENTS WERE DAMAGED, AND THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES. A FIRE AT A KISSIMMEE NURSERY IS NOW UNDER CONTROL. BUT YESTERDAY IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY. FORCING SOME EVACUATIONS. THIS ...