Elton John turned his saddest song into a heartfelt tribute to Princess Diana. He performed it once at her funeral and never ...

Skrilla's ACL Fest performance was painful to watch, but somehow "6 7" became the 2025 Word of the Year. Are we sad, confused or all of the above?

The Twilight Sad have released their new song, "WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL," featuring The Cure's Robert Smith on guitar.

Almost exactly 19 years ago, heavy-hearted Scottish indie rockers the Twilight Sad became a Stereogum Band To Watch. All ...

Smith plays guitar on “Waiting for the Phone Call,” the comeback single from his longtime tourmates, who will tour Europe in ...

Though it may seem masochistic, our indulgence in sad music is actually for good reason. Research suggests that music filled ...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem slammed country music artist Zach Bryan on Tuesday after hearing a portion of his upcoming song that featured lyrics seeming to criticize ...

Welcome to “The Lyrics of a Showgirl.” Any Taylor Swift album is endlessly quotable, and her 12th is far from the first exception, even if you have to go a few tracks in to “The Life of a Showgirl” to ...

Curious about the lyrics to Taylor Swift's new song, "Cancelled!"? Same, so we analyzed them. The song is largely about Taylor singing about liking her friends cancelled, and relating. Note: Taylor ...

Keith Urban took a little time to tweak his song. Just days before Nicole Kidman and the country star’s breakup was confirmed, he made an eyebrow-raising change to the song "The Fighter," inspired by ...

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 ...

Barney is a well-known children’s character who became famous through the long-running TV show Barney & Friends. The show’s simple songs about friendship and learning turned Barney into a household ...