Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For the past 50 years in music, it’s often been cool to be sad. The countercultural phenomena that ...

Emo rap is massive, and there’s no other way to put it. Candid lyrics centered on emotional and confessional subject matter make up the sub-genre, which, at times, merges hip-hop and rock music. Sad ...

Silverchair was where I jumped off. I just couldn't do it anymore. When that band showed up, the entire idea of alternative rock, and of grunge in particular, just started to seem irredeemably corny.

Every now and then I swear that I’m officially over all those wounded croons and melancholy piano riffs that have become standard in Southern pain rap. Then I find myself back on YouTube, smashing ...