For the most part, the animated world doesn’t get too heavy. Unless you’ve called up some Ghiblian tragedy on your streaming service of choice, you can rest relatively assured of a soothing few hours ...

Sad songs can actually cause the release of a hormone in the body called prolactin. It's released when we feel true grief or ...

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 ...

If feeling sad is uncomfortable, why do we like listening to sad music? We do, because science has confirmed this fact. The University of New South Wales in Australia recently conducted a study of 50 ...

Alan Jackson makes us cry even when he's trying to be a nice guy. "I'll be the S.O.B. / If that's what you need from me / So you don't have to love me anymore," he sang in 2011, and good golly, that's ...

Everyone loves "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside," but not all Christmas tunes are uplifting. In fact, some are downright sad. Because sometimes you really do want to get your cry on ...

Whether you suffer from seasonal depression or the year-round variety (whoop whoop, where my people at?!), sometimes the best thing to do is close your eyes, breathe, and lean into the sad b*tch ...