Psychologists and philosophers have long puzzled over why people enjoy songs about sad topics. Even more paradoxically, some of the saddest songs are set to upbeat tunes—The Beatles’ “Hello, Goodbye,” ...

Halsey's lyrics to her latest single "You Should Be Sad" bring all of the feels. The new song shows the singer's country side. The track features an acoustic guitar and a country twang in her vocals.

The expression of anger and sadness in pop music lyrics is on the rise, according to a recent language-based quantitative analysis (Napier and Shamir, 2018) of the emotional sentiment contained in ...

Each and every song on Kacey Musgraves’ albums are a lyrical masterpiece. But one thing that stands out after listening to each one start to finish is that she knows her way around lyrics that make ...