Are we intentionally making ourselves feel worse by listening to sad music? Studies show that the reason we always go back to ...

There is no mystery to feeling sad when you are faced with disappointment, loss, or stressful situations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Census Bureau began sending weekly questionnaires to over ...

Much of recent pop music has been mired in emotional pain and existential dread. Sabrina Carpenter is having none of it: The cover image for her new album “Man’s Best Friend” shows the singer on her ...

Sabrina Carpenter‘s new album Man’s Best Friend is full of tongue-in-cheek lyrics and lighthearted bops, but at its core, the pop star says the project is actually about something more serious: ...

Hedonism can be a tricky topic in pop music. Indulgence can tip over into self-indulgence all too easily; holding back can result in a timidity that makes a song sound at odds with its subject. On her ...

It would be too easy to shunt indie-pop idea machine Japanese Breakfast’s records into categories — here’s the sad one, the science fiction one, the happy one — especially given the title of her ...