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Bec Zajac and Anna Kelsey-Sugg for Life Matters

Sad music can bring us to tears, yet we enjoy listening to it. These people have been trying to work out why

It's not uncommon for audience members to tell musician Kate K-S they cried during her performance. (Photo: M Cooper)

US author Susan Cain is a big fan of sadness.

More specifically, she is deeply interested in sad music, and the "mysterious and seemingly paradoxical" joy or pleasure that it can elicit.

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