Brandy Clark's Your Life is a Record is a heartbreak project through and through. With the exception of a couple more lighthearted moments, the project examines every stage of a breakup, from the ...

Dating these days happens at a faster pace and with heightened emotions. Several melancholy ballads nominated for Grammys seem to reflect that. By Sadiba Hasan The slew of emotions that comes with a ...

Amy Winehouse performs during the 46664 concert in celebration of Nelson Mandela's life at Hyde Park on June 27, 2008 in London. Sadness takes on different forms, from regret to depression to loss; ...

Some of the most romantic-sounding hits hide much heavier truths. Over the years, millions of listeners have slow-danced, ...

Since magic is a fictional concept (Gasp! I know!), I think the closest thing we have to it IRL is music. Music can make us feel better when nothing and no one else seems to be able to. Sad love songs ...

Let’s begin with the obvious: the song that infiltrated every corner of TikTok for months, inspiring other songwriters on the app to duet the original chorus with musings of their own. The most ...

Bob Dylan is the definitive singer/songwriter with a career that has spanned six decades and hundreds of songwriting credits. Poetic, introspective, and experimental, his lyrics are held close to the ...

We talk a lot about sob-inducing movies, but personally, I don’t think enough attention is paid to the best sad songs to cry to, from Adele ballads—duh—to offerings from Mitski and Enya (trust me on ...

When you're in the mood for a gut-wrenching cry and need to pick the song to act as the soundtrack, country music is the ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. For a stretch of ...