Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Music makes life better. Music is used across cultures and ages as a powerful mood regulator. We regularly use music to soothe our souls and comfort our pain. The emotional power of music is one of ...

There is no mystery to feeling sad when you are faced with disappointment, loss, or stressful situations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Census Bureau began sending weekly questionnaires to over ...

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 ...

Need a good cry? In the mood to revel in your own misery? There are plenty of songs that make such an experience even worse! Though, we won’t judge you for indulging in a few heartbreaking songs if ...

Spotify's mood playlists and music therapy-informed apps are the latest context-based listening tools. But do they work? The comedian Martin Mull once said, “Writing about music is like dancing about ...

Even the award-winning vocalist, Jungkook, gets sad sometimes. When he does, though, this BTS member shared that the best thing to do is just “wallow in his sadness” by listening to sad music. Here’s ...

Soul Asylum once suggested that sad people might start a company called Frustrated Incorporated. Misery loves company, they say. The band critiqued how sadness was getting packaged and sold in the ...