Sometimes, the need for a sad song trumps the requirement to lose yourself in happiness. Whether it is sticking on REM when faced with a new break-up or looking towards The Smiths when teenage life ...

Springsteen was the lyricist of the downtrodden working class, kept down by the man. Swift sings about the man, too, but from ...

Alternative rock songs often have diverse subject matter, but a few breakup songs through the years can really hit if you're in your feelings.

In the 2010s, country music revamped the definition of what a sad country song could be. Sure, there were still quite a few traditional heartbreak ballads about the end of a relationship ...

“Country” is more than just a steel guitar. It’s a lifestyle. A mindset. A cold beer, hot grill, the game on and the great ...

Next up on our list of sad country songs ... this ballad sees Swift pour her heart out in the wake of a breakup. The redux version of the song, released in 2021, adds even more narrative heft ...

Christmas isn't always so merry for everyone. The holiday season can be a hard one for many people, especially since there's so much pressure to enjoy the magic of the big day. It's hard to get in ...

Some of the songs are celebratory, some are sad, and some are angry ... hard to think of the good times you had together during a breakup. You might not hate each other, but you can’t remember ...

Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia have broken up after more than a year of dating, but the relationship drama ...

The break-up of Perpetual is a story of mismanagement, but it also speaks to the structural changes sweeping across Australia’s financial sector. It would be easy to dismiss the break-up of the ...