Bittersweet Music

Bittersweet music hits a specific emotional register. This collection spans 16 songs with complete sensory profiles — so you can find the feeling you want without a sudden sensory ambush.

The calmest bittersweet songs (5)

Birds
Neil Young
safe
Oh Very Young
Cat Stevens
safe
All of Our Yesterdays
Mac DeMarco
safe
Thinking About You
Norah Jones
safe
bye
Ariana Grande
safe

Moderate intensity (11)

Old Money
Lana Del Rey
moderate
Happy & Sad
Kacey Musgraves
moderate
Honeymoon Avenue
Ariana Grande
moderate
So Long, Marianne
Leonard Cohen
moderate
Waiting for the Miracle
Leonard Cohen
moderate
Hot & Heavy
Lucy Dacus
moderate
Brando
Lucy Dacus
moderate
happier
Olivia Rodrigo
moderate
Baby Bye Bye
Mac DeMarco
moderate
If You Leave
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
moderate
The Breaking of the Fellowship
Howard Shore
moderate

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