It's been more than 100 years since T.S. Eliot published The Wasteland, his infamous poem on disillusionment and despair. For many of the decades since, popular culture has considered April — as he noted in the poem's opening line — the cruelest month.
This week on the show, we reflect on this heady season of renewal with songs that are both cringe-inducing and hilarious, from the cruelest takedowns to the most insidious earworms. NPR Music editors Hazel Cills and Sheldon Pearce join host Robin Hilton.