"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"
~High Fidelity
IMO, its our need to feel connection/unity in the world. One of the best ways to feel better when you're miserable is too know that there are other people out there that are or recently have been miserable too. The music is just one way to vent and understand those feelings. The music doesn't make you dwell on the feelings, it just brings them more to the surface.
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