When it comes to sad songs, there's nothing more classic than a song about a breakup. And when Lewis Capaldi writes one, you end up with a song so packed with emotion and vivid descriptions of ...

And sorrowful art can bring solace. "When I'm sad and I listen to Elliott Smith, I feel less alone," Sachs says. "I feel like he understands what I'm going through." 'It makes me feel human' ...

Japanese Breakfast: Not Sad, Just Brilliant Michelle Zauner’s latest, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), is another example of her eclectic indie-pop excellence ...

This is the paradox of sad music: We generally don’t enjoy being sad in real life, but we do enjoy art that makes us feel that way. Countless scholars since Aristotle have tried to account for it.