Holiday music is getting sadder. Artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Sabrina Carpenter, and Ed Sheeran are driving the shift with ...

If you were to ask my friends to create a playlist for me, there would be a lot of slower tunes on the list. In fact, when I first met my current neighbor and we got around to talking about our music ...

Tune into these sad Christmas songs from some of your favorite artists, from Taylor Swift and Coldplay to Elvis Presley and more ...

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...

Music can heal you in many ways, but nothing comes close to the salve of sad songs when you’re at your lowest. Imagine Emma, who comes home after a long and stressful day at work, dealing with tight ...

The 1990s just might be the definitive era of sad country music. Legends like Garth Brooks, George Strait and Alan Jackson were at the top of their game during that decade, and young bucks — like an ...

Limiting your holiday playlist to your standard “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” denies you one of the best musical offerings of the yuletide season: sad Christmas songs. Indeed, not every ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always preferred sad music. As a child, I used to force my mom to listen to me belting along to karaoke tracks of “My Heart Will Go On” and “I Will Always Love ...

A few years ago, Paste looked at the 50 saddest songs of all time, but as the need for new music to help you grieve—to show you that you’re not alone in your pain and to give you the space to process ...

Bob Dylan is the definitive singer/songwriter with a career that has spanned six decades and hundreds of songwriting credits. Poetic, introspective, and experimental, his lyrics are held close to the ...

People who come to therapy after experiencing a difficult breakup often mention that they have been turning to music as a source of emotional release. They sometimes ponder questions like: “Why am I ...

The study shows that color, light, and music interact to shape how listeners emotionally experience the same songs.