Are we intentionally making ourselves feel worse by listening to sad music? Studies show that the reason we always go back to ...

Have you ever gotten home from a bad day and immediately ran to your room to put on your favorite sad songs playlist just so you could have a good cry? Or maybe you thought you were doing fine, but ...

Since its release on Jan. 8, Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" has been comfortably sitting atop of nearly every music chart there is, including four weeks at #1 on the coveted Billboard Hot 100 — an ...

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 ...

Let’s talk about “sad-girl pop,” music’s most infuriating new subgenre. Over the last five or so years, “sad-girl pop” has become a catch-all for female singers who blend their confessional ...

Sad bangers and other songs that get us through. By Melissa Kirsch To get through the pandemic, the writer Hanif Abdurraqib has relied on “sad bangers”: “songs whose lyrics of grief, anxiety, yearning ...

Summer is over. Temperatures have dropped. The leaves have changed colors. And as the pumpkin spice lattes have returned, so, too, has the concept of “Sad Girl Autumn.” At least, that’s according to ...