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; ...

Sure, there are plenty of feel-good songs that get you dancing or put you in the mood for amour. But music can also rip those ...

Sad songs say so much, as Elton John once opined. But sad movies, well, they can totally wreck you for days. Weeks. Years. Sad movies can make you cry, they can make you emotional, and it doesn't ...

Don't judge too quickly — this one's complicated. We all know people who just can't seem to cry. They are usually men, although women aren’t immune to this issue entirely. We all also know that ...

We've all been there. You're alone in your room feeling glum, so what do you do? Turn on sad music and cry, of course. Though this might lead you to wonder why you cry when you listen to sad music in ...

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 ...

The best sad movies are no joke. They make you cry—a lot—and that’s exactly what audiences are betting on. Weepies, as they used to be called in the classic Hollywood era, remain a popular genre to ...

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 ...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts I understand that tears ...