Emo for Sensory Sensitivity

Emo is mostly sensory-safe. 96 of the 200 songs analyzed land in the safe range.

4.5
Avg Intensity
96
Safe
97
Moderate
7
Intense

Safe for sensitive ears (96)

A Lack of Color
Death Cab for Cutie
safe
I Remember Everything
John Prine
safe
Lua
Bright Eyes
safe
III. Urn
Childish Gambino
safe
Baby Boy
Childish Gambino
safe
Either Way
Chris Stapleton
safe
From the Dining Table
Harry Styles
safe
Blue
Joni Mitchell
safe
Heartbeats
José González
safe
Die Hard
Kendrick Lamar
safe
Fingertips
Lana Del Rey
safe
Still Beating
Mac DeMarco
safe
Halah
Mazzy Star
safe
I Need You
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
safe
Which Will
Nick Drake
safe
Moon Song
Phoebe Bridgers
safe
Love of My Life
Queen
safe
Blind
SZA
safe
For You
Tracy Chapman
safe
Crazy
Willie Nelson
safe
We're in Love
boygenius
safe
My Love, My Life
ABBA
safe
Livin' for You
Al Green
safe
A Song for You
Amy Winehouse
safe
Into the West
Annie Lennox
safe
ordinary things
Ariana Grande
safe
I Wish I Hated You
Ariana Grande
safe
Words
Bee Gees
safe
Love So Right
Bee Gees
safe
Broken-Hearted Girl
Beyoncé
safe

Controlled — moderate intensity (97)

Clementine
Elliott Smith
moderate
John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Sufjan Stevens
moderate
The Ultracheese
Arctic Monkeys
moderate
Holocaust
Big Star
moderate
Mythological Beauty
Big Thief
moderate
History of Touches
Björk
moderate
Maggie's Song
Chris Stapleton
moderate
Too Much
Drake
moderate
The Biggest Lie
Elliott Smith
moderate
Summer's End
John Prine
moderate
Crosses
José González
moderate
Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
moderate
Everybody
Mac Miller
moderate
Long Distance Call
Muddy Waters
moderate
Hurt
Nine Inch Nails
moderate
lacy
Olivia Rodrigo
moderate
I Fall to Pieces
Patsy Cline
moderate
Savior Complex
Phoebe Bridgers
moderate
Bad Communication
Sufjan Stevens
moderate
Carin at the Liquor Store
The National
moderate
Back to the Old House
The Smiths
moderate
Half a Person
The Smiths
moderate
All the World Is Green
Tom Waits
moderate
Modern Romance
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
moderate
RLNDT
Bad Bunny
moderate
Hold Up
Beyoncé
moderate
I Threw It All Away
Bob Dylan
moderate
Brilliant Disguise
Bruce Springsteen
moderate
Hate
Cat Power
moderate
Be My Wife
David Bowie
moderate

Intense — proceed with awareness (7)

Martha
Tom Waits
intense
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
intense
We Cry Together
Kendrick Lamar
intense
Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
intense
Borderline
Ed Sheeran
intense
Needle in the Hay
Elliott Smith
intense
Never Had No One Ever
The Smiths
intense

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