Why Is Music Getting Sadder? - by Ted Gioia
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Songs are a cultural indicator—so what are they telling us right now?
I’m told that the top search term at Spotify among teens is “sad.” And it’s more than music. Sadness is so widespread among youngsters (especially teen girls) that the Centers for Disease Control is now tracking it. So we shouldn’t be surprised that music and cultural indicators reflect the same reality. Even the candidates for song of the summer are filled with quiet despair—so much so that Spotify declared it the “bummer summer.” Feeding the trend, the platform serves up countless sad playlists. It’s hard to put a positive spin on this. But Spotify did its best. “Gen Z has brought a…
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