Yami songs in Western music: recommended masterpieces and popular tracks
Music can lift your mood, but it can also bring it down.
While many of us would prefer to listen to songs that lift our spirits, some might occasionally want to dive into darker, more melancholic tracks.
For those listeners, we’ve selected a range of depressive-themed songs in Western music.
From subtly somber tunes to seriously heavy tracks that evoke a sense of despair, we’ve curated a wide variety.
Why not explore and find the songs that resonate with how you’re feeling?
Please sit back, relax, and enjoy.
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Foreign (Western) depressing songs: Recommended masterpieces and popular tracks (41–50)
What’ll You Do About MeRandy Travis
Randy Travis, a leading figure in American country music.
When sung in his warm, polished baritone voice, it sounds like a devoted love song, but in reality it’s about one-sided obsession.
The track appears on his May 1987 album “Always & Forever,” a masterpiece that produced four singles which all reached No.
1 on the U.S.
country charts.
Unable to let go of the person he spent a night with, the protagonist chases them relentlessly, blurring the line between pure love and madness.
The gentle melody and sweet vocals seem to highlight the underlying menace of the lyrics all the more.
There’s even a story that when Doug Supernaw later covered the song, the lyrics were considered problematic and some radio stations refused to play it.
Perhaps even pure affection can corner someone once it crosses a certain line.
She (Ft. Frank Ocean)Tyler, The Creator
This song, with Frank Ocean’s luscious vocals and a sticky, lingering track, is the work of the American maverick Tyler, the Creator, also known as the leader of the hip-hop collective Odd Future.
Despite its beautiful R&B-tinged sound, the story it tells is one of warped affection: a man peering through the window into his beloved’s room, creeping toward her as she sleeps.
Some listeners may feel a chill down their spine at the raw obsession and madness narrated over the sweet melody.
Released in May 2011 on the acclaimed album Goblin, this track vividly depicts a perverse form of love and has achieved the equivalent of 4 million units in sales in the United States.
It’s the perfect song for a night when you want to gaze into the thrilling darkness of romance.
Fade to BlackMetallica
A sentimental ballad that sings about losing everything and questioning whether life is worth living.
It was released in 1984 by the American heavy metal band Metallica.
It has been covered by artists such as Apocalyptica and was sampled in Lil B’s 2011 track “Beat the Cancer.”
Love The Way You Lie ft. RihannaEminem
Created by American rapper Eminem, this work is a shocking piece that candidly portrays the complexities of a violent romantic relationship.
Through a collaboration with Rihanna, it expresses the intertwining emotions of love and hate from both male and female perspectives.
Released in June 2010, it spent seven consecutive weeks at No.
1 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100.
It topped the charts in more than 22 countries worldwide and became the best-selling single of Eminem’s career.
While it resonates with those suffering from dependent and destructive love, it also serves as a warning about the dangers of such relationships.
How To Disappear CompletelyRadiohead
A track included on Radiohead’s 2000 album Kid A.
It was inspired by a conversation between frontman Thom Yorke and R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, and features a string section performed by the St.
John’s Orchestra.
She Cheated AgainDax
This work lays bare the despair of being betrayed by a lover and the heart’s cry that rises from it.
Dax, a Canadian artist with the unconventional background of transitioning from basketball player to rapper, channels that journey here.
The track portrays with painful realism the soul’s trajectory: discovering a partner’s infidelity, mentally falling apart, and pleading for salvation from God.
Released in November 2018, the song tackles a heavy theme—so much so that Dax himself has spoken about how difficult it was to make.
If you’ve ever carried wounds you couldn’t share with anyone or suffered in a forbidden relationship, you’ll likely find yourself resonating with its anguished outcry.
Alone I BreakKorn
An achingly lyrical ballad woven by the American nu-metal band Korn.
It stands apart from their usual aggressive sound, highlighting vocalist Jonathan Davis’s delicate, clean voice as it quietly portrays the loneliness and anguish sinking to the depths of the heart.
The anguished cry of “falling apart alone” seems to reflect a soul collapsing from within, burdened by despair that no one can understand.
When you feel crushed by inescapable loneliness and listen to this song, you may sense it simply staying beside your pain.
It’s a tear-inducing track that gently loosens a taut heart.