K-pop Songs For When Life Gets Hard
Q: What is a song that helped you through a difficult time?
Contrary to the title of this post, I know it's not K-pop, but Coldplay's 'Fix You' is always the first song I think of. Here's a little excerpt from my journal when I did an intentional listening exercise with the song:
“Simple lyrics, but it just hits the right spot when one is feeling down, dejected, spiralling. Gives me a wave of calmness.. the instrumentation builds: sad → slightly more hopeful (seeing the light) → opportunity for all the emotions to be released (“tears stream down your face”).”
Music is the universal language & communicates emotions without having to say anything; it brings us together & knows no barriers. Thank you to the artists who are brave enough to explore the depths of their own discomforts, feelings & traumas, who bare their souls to strangers in their art. It's through this art that we can find validation, release & comfort.
October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Music is a powerful source of therapy, with the right songs finding you at the right moments of your life — as a cathartic release for the pain you hold, carrying you through the dark to the light towards better days. The feeling that the artist understands exactly what you are going through, giving you the encouragement you need & telling you that you are never alone in your battles. That it’s okay to be feeling this way.
I hope these songs find you at the right time ♡
— xx thia.
