Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Sad songs can be helpful when someone has been bottling their emotions up,” says adolescent therapist Dr. Courtney Conley. “They ...

Beyond feeling sad, depression can leave a person feeling hopeless, apathetic and worthless. Some people deal with major clinical depression all of their lives, while others suffer from situational ...

Hip-hop has been cranking out living-it-up bangers for decades, but the average historian is (or should be) aware that dark thoughts aren’t a foreign concept for the genre. After all, Grandmaster ...

Lizzo’s music has helped her to navigate depression. The multi-Grammy winner has become an advocate for mental health awareness through her openness about personal struggles. The 37-year-old singer ...

Grunge had no pretension. The rock subgenre from the late 1980s and early 1990s wasn’t afraid to speak its mind. Its biggest names wrote songs about disillusionment, drugs, and depression. And yet ...

Lately, Kane Brown has been leaning into the idea that people, more often than not, are better together. During a recent celebration for his country hit “I Can Feel It,” the musician revealed that he ...

If you’ve never experienced depression, consider yourself a very lucky person. If you have, then you know that it can be crushing, debilitating, and devastating. It’s one hell of a mean disease and it ...

In general, the genre of classic rock is meant to make you happy. There’s a reason that every city around the country has whole radio stations dedicated to this type of music. When you’re driving in ...

Time and time again, Boston-based musician Alisa Amador has found the right words for the moment — a challenging skill, even for many practiced songwriters. Last year, her song “Milonga Accidental” ...

The popular belief that a song can be so sad that it can trigger suicide has a long history. Written in 1933 by Hungarian composer Seress and lyricist Janvor, Gloomy Sunday tells of the despondency of ...

Veteran music composer and singer Anand Raaj Anand has opened up about one of the most difficult phases of his life, ...