60 Sad Songs to Blast When You’re Feeling Hella Moody

There’s a good chance that you first heard this tune on Euphoria, and trust, it was putting us in our angsty feels. But then he added Billie to the track, so it’s a pretty obvi choice for your sad vibes playlist.

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Celeste makes singing about loss so hauntingly beautiful in this 2019 track. If the lyrics “From strangers to friends/ Friends into lovers/ And strangers again” doesn’t evoke some kind of emotion in you, maybe (just maybe) it’s time to get your pulse checked.

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G.C. Cameron may have created this song, but when Boyz II Men debuted this cover, they truly made it theirs. It’s pretty easy to say that this tune has been on our sad playlists ever since we heard it on repeat from the backseat of our parents’ car.

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Sabrina stans know this song is about the harsh rumors she faced after fans made her the villain in a love triangle between Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett. But it’s also relatable to any girl who’s experienced shaming for simply liking a boy.

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When Noah and Lizzy joined forces on this track, we didn’t stand a chance. The heartfelt ballad recalls life’s darkest moments and support for those living with mental health issues. Heck, even Noah himself struggled to perform it live.

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Nobody is doing it for girls who need to cry like Joni. She taught Emma Thompson in Love Actually how to feel. She did that!

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Lizzy McAlpine has been dominating the sad-girl music scene for a while now. And while this song has become sort of joyful thanks to TikTok, it’s still really friggin’ sad. It’s still about a relationship that’s over and imagining something that is no longer real in the present

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This song has a good dose of sad sad: “So I’ll dance with your ghost in the living room/And I’ll play the piano alone/But I’m too scared to delete all our videos/’Cause it’s real once everyone knows” and angry sad: “Ain’t it funny how time shows you, you know nothing/’Cause I used to love you, but now you’re dead to me/Strangers to lovers to enemies.” That makes it kind of the perfect breakup song.

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People looooove to make jokes about this song. You know, the “it’s October 1, tell Billie Joe Armstrong to wake up” jokes? That’s lowkey rude, IMHO. This is a song about how depressing the anniversary of a traumatic event is. Sometimes, all it takes to remind you of something horrible is a crisp in the air. It’s not about taking a nap.

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It’s a sad song that tells a sad story—not about romantic heartbreak, necessarily, but about the heartbreak one might feel from family and childhood trauma. Does it make it a little less sad to think about how it may be inspired by the Roald Dahl book? Not really! That girl had a sad life! Everybody say, “Thank you, Harry.”

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Now THIS sad song is for belting along. Try to listen without doing so, I dare ya.

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Don’t let the title fool you. Adele’s telling her son about why his parents divorced, and everyone on the planet heard the lyrics and immediately burst into tears. It’s effective.

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Sour is full of teenage rage anthems, and then, all of a sudden, on the last track, she becomes a geriatric millennial sipping wine, scrolling Facebook, and thinking about the friends she lost touch with. It’s so sad, but it’s also so sweet. Many tears.

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Nobody:

You: Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I would recognize anywhere.

Me: 😭

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I mean, it’s probably not a coincidence Shawn came out with this right after he broke up with Camila Cabello, since this song discusses the possibility of ending a romantic relationship. “I will love you either way.” Immediate recipe to burst into tears.

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Have you ever broken up with someone, started seeing someone new, and not been able to get your ex out of your mind? This basically captures it perfectly.

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This one goes out to all the depressed extroverts out there and the popular and/or perpetually happy kids who are hurting inside. Burnt out from putting on a brave face? Belt this song out.

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Etta James is one of the most indulgent, emotional performers. She’s perfect for wallowing in your biggest feelings. Even “At Last,” her most famous song, sounds sad even though it’s technically a happy song. But “Stormy Weather” is for sure sad. It’s the musical equivalent of a big, healing cry session.

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Bringing out the big guns, obviously. Chances are you’ve cried to this song *at least* once, don’t even lie.

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Literally rip my heart out and throw it on the floor because I cannot deal with how gut-wrenching this iconic duet is. Reduce me to a puddle, why don’t you!

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