It's been A Year. I don't really need to recap why, do I? To exist in 2020 is to comprehend why. But we were all reminded of how much of A Year it has been this week when Spotify released to users ...

Whether your year was more “people, I’ve been sad,” “certified freak, seven days a week,” or “fetch the bolt cutters,” the best songs of 2020 provided a brief escape from the turmoil outside our ...

If Spotify Wrapped 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that everyone was all over the place when it came to their best songs of 2020. While many of us sought comfort in nostalgia, listening to music ...

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 ...

Source: David S. Soriano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Emotion, in particular sadness, has played an important role in art and music throughout human history and across human cultures. Music, ...

Limiting your holiday playlist to your standard “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” denies you one of the best musical offerings of the yuletide season: sad Christmas songs. Indeed, not every ...