Interpreting HTML Tags in Javascript String Literal

Interpreting HTML Tags in Javascript String Literal

I make an AJAX call that gives me a string within a JSON object containing
text formatted like this:
Your girl was in Berkeley with a communist reader. <br> Mine was entombed
within boombox and walkman. <br> I was a hoarder, but girl, that was back
then. <br> The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out. <br> What you on
about? <br> I can feel it in my bones. <br> I can feel it in my bones.
<br> I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house. <br> Such a modest mouse.
<br> I can't do this alone.
I use this string to populate a div on my webpage, such that it appears
like this:
<div class="lyrics-container>{{ the text in the JSON string }} </div>
However, when populating the div with that text, I get the exact string,
meaning that the
s show up as text. I want them to actually perform their function and
break the line. Is there a way to coerce the browser into interpreting
HTML within a string?
I'm using Angular to grab the data and populate the div if that makes any
difference.