by Sufjan Stevens Many of the songs in Sufjan Stevens’ extensive Songs For Christmas have a level of melancholy to them. Lyrically, “That Was the Worst Christmas Ever” leans into the heartbreak.

Hits by Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles and Doja Cat are bucking the trend for slower, melancholy songs "This ... The charts are suddenly crammed with pop songs that celebrate joy and sensuality ...

Her band, Japanese Breakfast, will drop their new LP For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) on March 21 via Dead Oceans. To accompany the announcement, the indie pop band released the lead single ...

or orchestral pop – ran from 1966 to the turn of the ’70s. It used string quartets, harpsichords and woodwinds to create a summer-into-autumn melancholy that was quite new, and quite far removed from ...