Bruce Springsteen has released his fair share of emotionally devastating songs, with The River and Jungleland being among his ...

I know what you're thinking: Every Radiohead song is sad. Well you're wrong! Data scientist Charlie Thompson has mapped out every Radiohead song by how sad each song sounds (and how sad the lyrics are ...

While people's individual experiences are different, many music listeners can find common ground in the lyrics or tune of a song. Certain studies suggest that listening to sad music is a form of ...

Breakups are hard to get through, no matter the circumstances. Music can almost always help you move past the pain. Some of the best breakup songs are those that are happy and empowering, but ...

As you'll see on this sad songs list, love is a universal subject in popular music. Most of the songs on this list have to do with the loss of love, from dealing with heartache or the pain of ...

Here are 10 of the saddest lyrics from Swift's album, out of all 31 tracks from the full The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology edition. By Ashley Iasimone “Come one, come all, it’s happening ...

Taylor Swift has perfected the art of the breakup song, from early hits like "Should've Said No" to recent ballads like "Loml ...

Taylor Swift has written some pretty cutting lyrics over the years — and even some diss tracks. Here are some of her best.

Where does sad music get its sadness from? And whom should you ask—a composer or a cognitive psychologist? Scientific American recently reported on a Tufts University study that purportedly lends ...