The five songs I list below represent the complex emotions one feels when loving someone or longing to be with that person, whether you are searching for that special someone, reliving the times ...

Her songs often addressed difficult issues of civil rights, social and racial injustice. The emotional content of her songs challenged audiences as a form of social protest. Your brain's response ...

The songs we love are very personal, whether they’re meaningful, pleasure-inducing or bangers. How do you choose what you ...

While some celebrate love on Valentine’s Day, others may be wallowing in a sea of heartbreak. The Women in the Music Industry Club on Tuesday offered a creative way to embrace both emotions ...

Her name is Cleopatra [= Kleopatra]. Both these videos illustrate the idea that the musical recalling of a memory is the "same thing" as the reliving of an experience, with all its emotions. If you ...

Her songs also capture alcohol’s role as an escape, particularly when emotions become overwhelming. In “Cruel Summer,” Swift sings: “I’m drunk in the back of the car / And I cried like a ...

So why are these sorrowful songs so powerful? It is because they acknowledge the negative emotions we have, in a society that trivialises them. It is common to celebrate the happy moments in our ...