Kameron Marlowe, a self-admitted happy person, is enamored by sad songs and finds that he writes more sad songs in a year than any other song.

Music helps to channel one’s frustration or purge (catharsis) negative emotions (anger and sadness). When we listen to sad music (or watch a sad film), we are disconnected from any real threat ...

Researchers are proposing we listen to sad music simply because we find pleasure in feeling the sadness that such music evokes. “I guess part of being human is that we just can’t cope with the ...