Arts & Culture Staff Writer Amelie Galbraith argues that sad music offers connection, comfort, and emotional honesty in a ...

It's not a practice that's brand new by any means: from The Beatles to Nirvana to the Spice Girls to Rihanna, there have been plenty of artists who have offered up deceptive lyrics behind a tonally ...

It's totally normal to need a good cry sometimes, and there's nothing that does the trick quite like the best sad songs can. Hearing your favorite artists of all time singing the saddest lyrics and ...

It’s that time of the year: the temperature has dropped 30 degrees to now an unpredictable back-and-forth of somewhere between 50 and 60, the sun goes down by the time it’s 6 p.m. (and I haven’t even ...

While you might think listening to sad music is just depressing, researchers have found that it can have many therapeutic benefits. While you might think listening to sentimental music is depressing, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I think I was happiest this year when I was really fucking sad. Or, at the very least ...

What is it about music that makes us feel so good? We know that music can have a profound effect on us and that listening to music can induce various emotions. We “feel it” when we hear a beautiful ...

There's something about a powerful woman singing a devastatingly sad song. It's unlike any other sort of pop music communion. The lights dim. The curtains part. The crowd is on its feet. The tears ...

In its first week of release in the U.S., Adele's latest album, 25, sold more than 3 million copies. An Adele song, as most of you undoubtedly know, can be a real tearjerker. So then what is the ...

Meghan Trainor's new single "Still Don't Care" is her remedy for online hate, and now she wants her fans to believe it as ...