There's nothing like a sad, slow song to aid in a post-breakup cry or be the soundtrack to a bad day. It's a well-known fact that music is made to bring out emotions in all of us, but what may come as ...

While you might think listening to sad music is just depressing, researchers have found that it can have many therapeutic benefits. While you might think listening to sentimental music is depressing, ...

Sad music can provide enjoyment, comfort or pain to different people, according to new research looking at the effects of melancholy songs on the emotions. Researchers at Durham University, UK and the ...

For most people, sad music helps lighten their mood by evoking pleasurable or comforting memories. But for others, such music can produce intense negative emotions — emotions that are not cathartic ...

"What came first — the music or the misery?" That sad-sack line from High Fidelity more or less sums up most people's relationship with sad music: necessary and potentially indulgent. But as it turns ...

When everything is going wrong, there’s nothing like listening to a few melancholy bars of your favorite sad song. Buy why do we find pleasure in sad music? If the goal is to stay upbeat, why would we ...