My primary reason for this claim is that Gladwell only focused on one characteristic of music—lyrics—and its role in the perception of sad music. Perhaps, though, that was part of his intent.

People with depression listen to sad music because it makes them feel better, according to a small study that is one of the first to investigate why people turn to tearjerkers when they’re ...

You can cry about a breakup, polar icecaps melting, a pandemic or the presidential election for all of 2020 with this sad song playlist. Here are some tracks from Soccer Mommy, Billie Eilish, Mac ...

Tear-jerkers such as Adele’s Someone Like You frequently top the charts these days, while gloomy classical compositions like Mozart’s Requiem have moved people for centuries. Both portray and bring ...

And in movies, music can actually propel a narrative and take on a persona, Masterson says. "Composers, particularly in the last 30 to 40 years, have done a fantastic job being that unseen ...