44 Facts About Music and Musicians That Are Holding Space for ‘Defying Gravity’

Good music can elicit every feeling in your emotional repertoire. Which is why it’s strange that we’ve dubbed one specific genre “emo.” Yes, emo is pretty emotional, but it’s never given us emotions like happiness or fear before. Sadness, yes. And anger when it gets too whiny, but we’re sure they didn’t mean to elicit that one. 

You could definitely label this list “emo,” because we’ve included a genre for every emotion in you — including gratefulness, contentment and pride for having learned all these sweet new facts!