Olivia Rodrigo is slowly revealing details about her upcoming third album, telling British Vogue that it's full of "sad love songs." ...

Exactly 50 years ago today, on March 19, 1976, a song widely considered to be one of the most depressing to listen to was No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It seems poetic that such a heartbreaking ...

Many country artists use songwriting to tell a story about someone else. The singer isn't the main character in these country songs.

Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq performed “I Lied to You,” a musical centerpiece of “Sinners" during the Academy Awards Sunday ...

Most people of a certain age can probably say they’ve at least heard of, if not watched many popular disaster films of the 1970s such as Airport, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and The Poseidon ...

Student bands like Jett Cruz and the Bahama Mamas had only three hours to practice for Jukebox, an event at Elks Lodge in town where student bands perform student recommended songs on Feb 27.

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 ...

My research collaborators at Yale University and I tried to figure out why we like sad art when we hate experiencing sadness in real life. We pay good money to see depressing movies and listen to Sad ...

The kind of music you listen to can vary from day to day but there is one thing that is certain: Sometimes, a good "sad girl" tune really can make you feel seen. Part of the joy of finding the right ...

Get ready to jam – and cry it out. At Super Sad Song Show, the founders, Ashton Edminster and Piper Byers, aim to showcase local musicians’ most personal work. Edminster first conceived the idea for ...

Summer and sadness: Two words that should never go together, right? But unfortunately, heartbreak and hard times don't always plan around your vacation schedule. Oftentimes, hard times in the summer ...

A timeless classic by Lata Mangeshkar, capturing the fear of losing a loved one. The haunting melody leaves an unforgettable mark on your heart. An emotional track from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, ...