Songs of this genre can affect those who listen to them in different ways (Photo: Stock Images)
Listening to music is something common, but it has the potential to change our day – so much so that, in this sense, many people love listening to sad music, whether to help them feel better or even to feel better about a specific situation. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why? If so, a scientific study by Plos One Magazine brought you the answer.
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So, for those of you who want to understand more about the effects of songs on our brain, continue reading this text prepared by NSC Total.
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Do we really like sad songs?
Some of the most common genres to hear sad music is country music, with emblematic songs such as Amor Para Recomeçar, by Jorge and Mateus (Photo: Banco de Imagens)
Pop artists, like Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran, also tend to create more melancholic songs (Photo: Banco de Imagens)
And one thing is certain, they awaken different emotions in those who listen to them (Photo: Banco de Imagens)
It can cause feelings of sadness and commotion (Photo: Image Bank)
Or even joy and well-being (Photo: Image Bank)
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What’s the reason we like sad music?
This question has intrigued researchers for a long time. According to data present in the research in question, between 25% and 50% of people reported that most of the songs they like generate a feeling of sadness. So the natural question is: why do people like listening to music that arouses bad feelings?
To answer this, a test was carried out with 50 participants who chose songs of their choice. They were then asked to imagine what it would be like to hear that song “removing” the feeling of melancholy. The majority were able to do this mental exercise and 82% of participants revealed that it would not be as pleasurable to listen to music without the feeling of sadness.
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Differences between sadness and commotion
However, Professor Emery Schubert, author of the study from the Laboratory of Empirical Musicology at the University of New South Wales in Australia, points out an interesting reason for this. In a press release, the theorist revealed that some previous studies postulate that sadness is part of the feeling of commotion that the song brings.
According to Schubert, the previous analyzes refer to a so-called indirect effect hypothesis. According to this line, people feel sadness as part of another feeling, commotion, which brings a mixture of good and bad sensations. The professor points out that research carried out by defenders of this thesis reveals that sadness and commotion overlap.
In this way, it is possible to say that it is a cycle: “sadness brings commotion and commotion brings sadness”, says the scholar.
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Research limitations
However, this study published in Plos One has its limitations. This is because asking participants to choose songs that they love and find sad at the same time can give a clue as to what the test is about and bias participants. Knowing this, Professor Emery Schubert said in the statement what he and his team did to mitigate the problem.
“We did not mention the objective of the research during recruitment, we screened the selected excerpts and controlled the conditions”, points out the author.
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