Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic location at a key junction on ...

My research collaborators at Yale University and I tried to figure out why we like sad art when we hate experiencing sadness in real life. We pay good money to see depressing movies and listen to Sad ...

He and his twin brother are behind many Mandopop classics, from Jacky Cheung's 'A Thousand Reasons To Be Sad' (1995) and Hong ...

Myanmar’s military claims it has taken back control of a major district capital in northern Shan State more than a year after ...

Taylor Swift has released her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl”, on October 3, making fans go gaga over her new tracks from the much-anticipated album. It is reportedly full of upbeat and ...

Taylor Swift has released her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl”, on October 3, making fans go gaga over her new tracks from the much-anticipated album. It is reportedly full of upbeat and ...

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian ...

Country music is a genre known for hitting you right in the feelings, and that's true both in terms of the lyrics and in the real lives of the people who write and perform these often sad songs.

Please don't yell at me I hate putting anything down this low. It's songs like this -- and "Vigilante [Expletive]" from her Midnights album -- that take her career power struggles and lay them out for ...