{"id":1763076,"date":"2026-02-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1763076"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:00:00","slug":"music-is-for-lovers-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1763076","title":{"rendered":"Music Is for Lovers Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/rKWXdwKF3GHOE1LpGBbqMck-xRQ=\/1500&#215;0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Social-3f454c17177a4cd3adbc55a3adce3679.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main id=\"main_1-0\" class=\"comp main layout-body--continuous-scroll mntl-block\" data-tracking-container=\"true\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"beauty-article--sc_1-0\" class=\"comp beauty-article--sc beauty-article mntl-article mntl-article--three-column sc-ad-container\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp article-header mntl-block article-top\">\n<h1 id=\"article-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp article-heading mntl-text-block\">Music Is for Lovers Again<\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-meta_1-0\" class=\"comp article-meta mntl-article-meta mntl-block\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp bylines beauty-bylines mntl-bylines\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__group_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__group mntl-block mntl-bylines__group--author\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__item_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__item mntl-attribution__item mntl-attribution__item--has-date\"><span class=\"mntl-attribution__item-descriptor\">By<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-tooltip=\"Robyn is a fashion and beauty editor with nearly a decade of experience. She has served as style &amp; beauty editor at StyleCaster, senior beauty &amp; style editor at Us Weekly, and associate editor at People.\" data-inline-tooltip=\"true\"> Robyn Merrett<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-author-tooltip_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-author-tooltip mntl-tooltip mntl-group\">\n<div class=\"mntl-author-tooltip__top mntl-author-tooltip__top--no-image\">\n<div id=\"mntl-author-tooltip__name_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-author-tooltip__name mntl-attribution__item \">\nRobyn Merrett\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-author-tooltip__social-nav_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-author-tooltip__social-nav beauty-social-nav mntl-social-nav social-nav--tooltip\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<ul class=\"social-nav__list\">\n<li class=\"social-nav__item social-nav__item--instagram\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-author-tooltip__bio\">\nRobyn is a fashion and beauty editor with nearly a decade of experience. She has served as style &amp; beauty editor at StyleCaster, senior beauty &amp; style editor at Us Weekly, and associate editor at People.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-author-tooltip__bottom\">\nByrdie&#8217;s Editorial Guidelines\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-attribution__item-date\">Published on February 11, 2026 09:00AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-left-rail\">\n<div id=\"beauty-sticky-toc_1-0\" class=\"comp beauty-sticky-toc mntl-block js-sticky-container sticky-toc__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"sticky-toc_1-0\" class=\"comp sticky-toc mntl-universal-sticky-toc mntl-sticky-toc mntl-block sticky-toc-widget\" data-desktop-bp=\"70em\">\n<div id=\"toc-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp toc-wrapper mntl-toc mntl-block\" data-chop-mobile=\"false\" data-offset=\"60\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__inner_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__inner mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__heading mntl-block js-toc-toggle\"><span id=\"mntl-toc__heading-text_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__heading-text mntl-text-block\">In This Article<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-toc-toggle_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc-toggle mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc-toggle__btn_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc-toggle__btn mntl-text-block js-mntl-toc-toggle text-label-300\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" data-collapsed-text=\"View All\" data-expanded-text=\"View Less\">View All<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__mobile-toggle_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__mobile-toggle mntl-block js-sticky-toggle\"><span id=\"mntl-toc__heading-text_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__heading-text mntl-text-block\">In This Article<\/span><\/div>\n<ul id=\"mntl-toc__list_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list mntl-toc__list-heading expert-content text-utility-300\">\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">Why Is Music In Its Yearning Era?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">How the Pandemic Influenced Artists<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">A Feminine Return to Romance Is Also Happening<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">How Social Media Is Fueling the Yearn<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__broad-video-jw_1-0\" class=\"comp article__broad-video-jw mntl-jwplayer-broad mntl-block is-hidden\" data-pixel-depth=\"100\">\n<div id=\"mntl-jwplayer-broad__title_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-jwplayer-broad__title mntl-block\"><button id=\"mntl-jwplayer-broad__title-icon--close_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-jwplayer-broad__title-icon--close mntl-block text-label-100\" data-click-tracked=\"false\"><span id=\"mntl-text-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-text-block\">Close<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-block article__body right-rail\">\n<figure id=\"mntl-universal-primary-image_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-universal-primary-image primary-image\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/yeCsvxl-bcw8E2UP3kG5vWfKzSo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_LeadRecirc-4de44ee431b3404e9c59c41ad7ab08f6.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Collage featuring singer Raye\" class=\" primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/yeCsvxl-bcw8E2UP3kG5vWfKzSo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_LeadRecirc-4de44ee431b3404e9c59c41ad7ab08f6.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"loaded primary-img--noscript primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry\" alt=\"Collage featuring singer Raye\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"125\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"16\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"5\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> A few months ago, my boyfriend and I saw Leon Thomas at the Brooklyn Paramount as part of his &#8220;Mutts Don&#8217;t Heel World Tour.&#8221; It was one of the best shows I&#8217;d seen in a long time, with the musician belting out hits like &#8220;Mutt,&#8221; alongside tracks like &#8220;I Do,&#8221; which features the lyrics, &#8220;God and losing you are the only two things I fear&#8221; and &#8220;If I could spend more private time with you, then I&#8217;ll sell everything I have.&#8221; As I leaned against my boyfriend, both of us singing in harmony, I thought to myself: they&#8217;re finally making music like they used to. The people are <em>yearning<\/em> again.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, I&#8217;ve noticed a shift in my own listening habits, drifting away from what my friends and I call &#8220;rowdy&#8221; music toward warm, soothing tunes. Music I can work to, clean to, and daydream to. Music that lets me imagine my future with my boyfriend, marriage, kids, the house\u2014the whole thing. And I&#8217;m not alone. In addition to my friends, yearning music fills my feed. From Instagram to TikTok, it&#8217;s almost impossible not to hear artists like Thomas, Naomi Sharon, Mariah the Scientist, Laufey, and, of course, Olivia Dean. Her &#8220;Best New Artist&#8221; Grammy win, and Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Traditional Pop Vocal Album&#8221; award feel like proof that we&#8217;re in the midst of a real shift\u2014and, if I may say, <em>this<\/em> is the adulthood I was promised: beautiful, vulnerable, and soft.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> But what does this shift say about society as a whole? Why are we longing to hear love like never before? Is it simply the evolution of growing older? Or is it a response to living in such turbulent times? <strong>Ahead, we tapped a couple of experts to explain why music is for lovers again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-callout--meetourexpert beauty-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block theme-meetourexpert\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\">Meet the Experts<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Thach is a publicist who has worked with Alex Isley, Muni Long, and PartyNextDoor. He is also the founder of The Forefront Group, an agency that specializes in public relations, branding, and strategic partnerships.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tom\u00e1s Mier is a music journalist with bylines in People, Rolling Stone, Variety, and Vogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> Why Is Music In Its Yearning Era? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Culture is cyclical. What was once cool will certainly become cool again. We see this especially with beauty and fashion trends\u2014but music isn&#8217;t exempt. It&#8217;s why Kendrick Lamar sampled SWV in &#8220;The Heart Pt. 6,&#8221; and why Doechii&#8217;s &#8220;Anxiety&#8221; became an instant hit, transporting us back to where we were the moment we first heard Gotye&#8217;s &#8220;Somebody I Used to Know&#8221; in 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> And maybe the next step isn&#8217;t just revisiting the past through samples, but pulling from its spirit\u2014using earlier eras as emotional and creative blueprints. That influence is evident in today&#8217;s artists. Olivia Dean has cited Sade, Lauryn Hill, and the late Amy Winehouse as key inspirations behind her sound.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;History always repeats itself,&#8221; Thach says. &#8220;Nostalgia sells because it makes people think and reminisce, and music is the number one thing that allows people to drift away, to forget, to, well, yearn. We&#8217;re still not over <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill <\/em>or D&#8217;Angelo&#8217;s &#8216;Brown Sugar&#8217;\u2014and you can hear those references in Leon Thomas&#8217; music. Olivia Dean, in a way, reminds us of the lightness we felt when listening to Natasha Bedingfield. It&#8217;s why Hilary Duff can even have a musical comeback. The past is always welcome in the present when it comes to music.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier echoes similar sentiments. &#8220;There will always be an era when a certain style of music resonates with the culture, and there&#8217;s always going to be a pull toward it\u2014even if it&#8217;s before our time. If you watch something from the &#8217;80s, even if you didn&#8217;t live through those years, there&#8217;s still an excitement to experience it, to hear another artist tap into that sound.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How the Pandemic Influenced Artists <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It still feels like we&#8217;re recovering from the pandemic. Those were some of the longest, most disorienting years, and according to Thach, that lingering aftershock is a major reason yearning music is on the rise. &#8220;We&#8217;re coming out of a time marked by isolation, loss, and uncertainty,&#8221; he explains, adding that much of the music from that era mirrored a period of survival and emotional detachment. &#8220;People aren&#8217;t trying to perform invincibility anymore\u2014they&#8217;re craving connection and tenderness. Softer music allows space for vulnerability and complexity, which is missing someone, wanting someone, being afraid, and being hopeful. That right now feels cooler than being tough.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Beyond the pandemic, Thach also points to today&#8217;s political climate and a growing rejection of hustle culture. &#8220;There&#8217;s burnout, economic pressure, social media fatigue, and global tension. People are emotionally overstimulated, and tender music acts almost like regulation\u2014it slows down the system.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier adds, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for escapism, and music provides that. Love provides that,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s interesting because you look at data, and it says marriage is on the decline, but weddings are all we&#8217;re seeing on the FYP. The basis of love, the desire to experience love, will always exist.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Recent artists, songs, and albums that capture this feeling, according to Mier, include The Mar\u00edas, Ariana Grande&#8217;s <em>Eternal Sunshine<\/em>\u2014which taps into both optimism and the struggles that come with love\u2014and Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Blade of Grass&#8221; from <em>Mayhem<\/em>, a song about not needing anything more than a blade of grass around her finger to commit to her fianc\u00e9. &#8220;[That song] is such a beautiful metaphor,&#8221; Mier adds. &#8220;Like, in a world of mayhem, there is still love. There&#8217;s still a deep desire to hold onto that love\u2014and to be okay if there was nothing else but that.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> That same desire for closeness shows up even in how we hear heartbreak. Mier emphasizes vulnerability, highlighting breakup songs that still feel rooted in love and connection, like Kehlani&#8217;s &#8220;Folded,&#8221; in which she sings, &#8220;No matter what you do to switch the story up, I know I made my mark \/ And I would still choose you through it all.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier says, &#8220;That&#8217;s still love music. That&#8217;s longing. Being emotionally closed off or unable to articulate feelings is not the moment.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> A Feminine Return to Romance Is Also Happening\u00a0 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The term &#8220;girl boss&#8221; haunts me. It was an intense\u2014if well-meaning\u2014era, one that championed women for breaking molds, building empires, and rejecting traditional gender roles. And that progress matters. But somewhere along the way, worth began to feel increasingly tied to productivity. If you weren&#8217;t working hard enough or running 10 different companies, it could feel like you weren&#8217;t doing anything at all. This mindset created a severe culture of burnout.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, there&#8217;s been a quiet counter-movement\u2014especially among Black women\u2014toward rest, ease, and self-definition. One that recognizes that softness doesn&#8217;t cancel out strength and that wanting a gentler life doesn&#8217;t mean you lack ambition. That shift, Thach says, is showing up in music.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;There&#8217;s absolutely nothing wrong with being independent, being completely happy without a partner,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;In fact, women are romanticizing that. But there are also women saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want to be in love. I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want life to be a rom-com.'&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Artists today are writing songs that feel like these exact conversations and inner monologues. Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Falling Behind&#8221; captures the quiet ache of watching everyone else find love while wondering when it will happen for you. Meanwhile, Naomi Sharon&#8217;s &#8220;Can We Do This Over&#8221; turns heartbreak into a plea for another chance because sometimes love can be rewritten. And Raye&#8217;s chart-topping single, &#8220;Where Is My Husband?&#8221; offers an upbeat, playful commentary on the topic.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How Social Media Is Fueling the Yearn <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The return to yearning music isn&#8217;t just cultural\u2014it&#8217;s technological. In 2026, it comes as no surprise that the algorithm plays a role in shaping what trends. Platforms now reward atmosphere, emotion, and intimacy more than spectacle (sometimes).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Olivia Dean is somebody that the algorithm really enjoys, and I think that&#8217;s because it&#8217;s easy listening,&#8221; Mier says. &#8220;When you&#8217;re consuming something on TikTok, especially, the music is the background, and there&#8217;s something else happening in front\u2014someone speaking, telling a story, taking you somewhere with them, sharing their vacation.&#8221;\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It&#8217;s a big shift from the pandemic, which saw music guide posts more directly\u2014TikTok dances, challenges, and trend-driven formats that required upbeat, sing-songy, or in-your-face tracks. That kind of music was what went viral at the time. 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2026 Golden Globes.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card__content \"><span class=\"card__title\"><span class=\"card__title-text \">Amelia Gray&#8217;s &#8220;Fairy-Like&#8221; Golden Globes Look Is Going Straight to Our 2026 Moodboard <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"card-list__item_16-0\" class=\"comp card-list__item mntl-block \">\n<div class=\"loc card__top\">\n<div class=\"card__media mntl-image card__media universal-image__container\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Aryan Simhadri\" class=\"lazyload card__img universal-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/vahbA5Mz2wtzn6UEDPFmXvnq6uY=\/300x240\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_ByrBoy_AryanSimhadri_Lead-a3396115b2694dfe8bcd60cb13de280d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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Again<\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-meta_1-0\" class=\"comp article-meta mntl-article-meta mntl-block\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp bylines beauty-bylines mntl-bylines\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__group_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__group mntl-block mntl-bylines__group--author\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__item_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__item mntl-attribution__item mntl-attribution__item--has-date\"><span class=\"mntl-attribution__item-descriptor\">By<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-tooltip=\"Robyn is a fashion and beauty editor with nearly a decade of experience. She has served as style &amp; beauty editor at StyleCaster, senior beauty &amp; style editor at Us Weekly, and associate editor at People.\" data-inline-tooltip=\"true\"> Robyn Merrett<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-author-tooltip_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-author-tooltip mntl-tooltip mntl-group\">\n<div class=\"mntl-author-tooltip__top mntl-author-tooltip__top--no-image\">\n<div id=\"mntl-author-tooltip__name_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-author-tooltip__name mntl-attribution__item \">\nRobyn Merrett\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-author-tooltip__social-nav_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-author-tooltip__social-nav beauty-social-nav mntl-social-nav social-nav--tooltip\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<ul class=\"social-nav__list\">\n<li class=\"social-nav__item social-nav__item--instagram\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-author-tooltip__bio\">\nRobyn is a fashion and beauty editor with nearly a decade of experience. She has served as style &amp; beauty editor at StyleCaster, senior beauty &amp; style editor at Us Weekly, and associate editor at People.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-author-tooltip__bottom\">\nByrdie&#8217;s Editorial Guidelines\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-attribution__item-date\">Published on February 11, 2026 09:00AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-left-rail\">\n<div id=\"beauty-sticky-toc_1-0\" class=\"comp beauty-sticky-toc mntl-block js-sticky-container sticky-toc__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"sticky-toc_1-0\" class=\"comp sticky-toc mntl-universal-sticky-toc mntl-sticky-toc mntl-block sticky-toc-widget\" data-desktop-bp=\"70em\">\n<div id=\"toc-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp toc-wrapper mntl-toc mntl-block\" data-chop-mobile=\"false\" data-offset=\"60\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__inner_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__inner mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__heading_1-0\" class=\"comp 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mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">Why Is Music In Its Yearning Era?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">How the Pandemic Influenced Artists<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">A Feminine Return to Romance Is Also Happening<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-toc__list-item_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-toc__list-item-heading_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-toc__list-item-heading mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">How Social Media Is Fueling the Yearn<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__broad-video-jw_1-0\" class=\"comp article__broad-video-jw mntl-jwplayer-broad mntl-block is-hidden\" data-pixel-depth=\"100\">\n<div id=\"mntl-jwplayer-broad__title_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-jwplayer-broad__title mntl-block\"><button id=\"mntl-jwplayer-broad__title-icon--close_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-jwplayer-broad__title-icon--close mntl-block text-label-100\" data-click-tracked=\"false\"><span id=\"mntl-text-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-text-block\">Close<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-block article__body right-rail\">\n<figure id=\"mntl-universal-primary-image_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-universal-primary-image primary-image\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/yeCsvxl-bcw8E2UP3kG5vWfKzSo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_LeadRecirc-4de44ee431b3404e9c59c41ad7ab08f6.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Collage featuring singer Raye\" class=\" primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/yeCsvxl-bcw8E2UP3kG5vWfKzSo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_LeadRecirc-4de44ee431b3404e9c59c41ad7ab08f6.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"loaded primary-img--noscript primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry\" alt=\"Collage featuring singer Raye\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"125\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"16\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"5\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> A few months ago, my boyfriend and I saw Leon Thomas at the Brooklyn Paramount as part of his &#8220;Mutts Don&#8217;t Heel World Tour.&#8221; It was one of the best shows I&#8217;d seen in a long time, with the musician belting out hits like &#8220;Mutt,&#8221; alongside tracks like &#8220;I Do,&#8221; which features the lyrics, &#8220;God and losing you are the only two things I fear&#8221; and &#8220;If I could spend more private time with you, then I&#8217;ll sell everything I have.&#8221; As I leaned against my boyfriend, both of us singing in harmony, I thought to myself: they&#8217;re finally making music like they used to. The people are <em>yearning<\/em> again.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, I&#8217;ve noticed a shift in my own listening habits, drifting away from what my friends and I call &#8220;rowdy&#8221; music toward warm, soothing tunes. Music I can work to, clean to, and daydream to. Music that lets me imagine my future with my boyfriend, marriage, kids, the house\u2014the whole thing. And I&#8217;m not alone. In addition to my friends, yearning music fills my feed. From Instagram to TikTok, it&#8217;s almost impossible not to hear artists like Thomas, Naomi Sharon, Mariah the Scientist, Laufey, and, of course, Olivia Dean. Her &#8220;Best New Artist&#8221; Grammy win, and Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Traditional Pop Vocal Album&#8221; award feel like proof that we&#8217;re in the midst of a real shift\u2014and, if I may say, <em>this<\/em> is the adulthood I was promised: beautiful, vulnerable, and soft.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> But what does this shift say about society as a whole? Why are we longing to hear love like never before? Is it simply the evolution of growing older? Or is it a response to living in such turbulent times? <strong>Ahead, we tapped a couple of experts to explain why music is for lovers again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-callout--meetourexpert beauty-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block theme-meetourexpert\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\">Meet the Experts<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Thach is a publicist who has worked with Alex Isley, Muni Long, and PartyNextDoor. He is also the founder of The Forefront Group, an agency that specializes in public relations, branding, and strategic partnerships.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tom\u00e1s Mier is a music journalist with bylines in People, Rolling Stone, Variety, and Vogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> Why Is Music In Its Yearning Era? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Culture is cyclical. What was once cool will certainly become cool again. We see this especially with beauty and fashion trends\u2014but music isn&#8217;t exempt. It&#8217;s why Kendrick Lamar sampled SWV in &#8220;The Heart Pt. 6,&#8221; and why Doechii&#8217;s &#8220;Anxiety&#8221; became an instant hit, transporting us back to where we were the moment we first heard Gotye&#8217;s &#8220;Somebody I Used to Know&#8221; in 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> And maybe the next step isn&#8217;t just revisiting the past through samples, but pulling from its spirit\u2014using earlier eras as emotional and creative blueprints. That influence is evident in today&#8217;s artists. Olivia Dean has cited Sade, Lauryn Hill, and the late Amy Winehouse as key inspirations behind her sound.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;History always repeats itself,&#8221; Thach says. &#8220;Nostalgia sells because it makes people think and reminisce, and music is the number one thing that allows people to drift away, to forget, to, well, yearn. We&#8217;re still not over <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill <\/em>or D&#8217;Angelo&#8217;s &#8216;Brown Sugar&#8217;\u2014and you can hear those references in Leon Thomas&#8217; music. Olivia Dean, in a way, reminds us of the lightness we felt when listening to Natasha Bedingfield. It&#8217;s why Hilary Duff can even have a musical comeback. The past is always welcome in the present when it comes to music.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier echoes similar sentiments. &#8220;There will always be an era when a certain style of music resonates with the culture, and there&#8217;s always going to be a pull toward it\u2014even if it&#8217;s before our time. If you watch something from the &#8217;80s, even if you didn&#8217;t live through those years, there&#8217;s still an excitement to experience it, to hear another artist tap into that sound.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How the Pandemic Influenced Artists <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It still feels like we&#8217;re recovering from the pandemic. Those were some of the longest, most disorienting years, and according to Thach, that lingering aftershock is a major reason yearning music is on the rise. &#8220;We&#8217;re coming out of a time marked by isolation, loss, and uncertainty,&#8221; he explains, adding that much of the music from that era mirrored a period of survival and emotional detachment. &#8220;People aren&#8217;t trying to perform invincibility anymore\u2014they&#8217;re craving connection and tenderness. Softer music allows space for vulnerability and complexity, which is missing someone, wanting someone, being afraid, and being hopeful. That right now feels cooler than being tough.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Beyond the pandemic, Thach also points to today&#8217;s political climate and a growing rejection of hustle culture. &#8220;There&#8217;s burnout, economic pressure, social media fatigue, and global tension. People are emotionally overstimulated, and tender music acts almost like regulation\u2014it slows down the system.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier adds, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for escapism, and music provides that. Love provides that,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s interesting because you look at data, and it says marriage is on the decline, but weddings are all we&#8217;re seeing on the FYP. The basis of love, the desire to experience love, will always exist.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Recent artists, songs, and albums that capture this feeling, according to Mier, include The Mar\u00edas, Ariana Grande&#8217;s <em>Eternal Sunshine<\/em>\u2014which taps into both optimism and the struggles that come with love\u2014and Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Blade of Grass&#8221; from <em>Mayhem<\/em>, a song about not needing anything more than a blade of grass around her finger to commit to her fianc\u00e9. &#8220;[That song] is such a beautiful metaphor,&#8221; Mier adds. &#8220;Like, in a world of mayhem, there is still love. There&#8217;s still a deep desire to hold onto that love\u2014and to be okay if there was nothing else but that.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> That same desire for closeness shows up even in how we hear heartbreak. Mier emphasizes vulnerability, highlighting breakup songs that still feel rooted in love and connection, like Kehlani&#8217;s &#8220;Folded,&#8221; in which she sings, &#8220;No matter what you do to switch the story up, I know I made my mark \/ And I would still choose you through it all.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier says, &#8220;That&#8217;s still love music. That&#8217;s longing. Being emotionally closed off or unable to articulate feelings is not the moment.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> A Feminine Return to Romance Is Also Happening\u00a0 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The term &#8220;girl boss&#8221; haunts me. It was an intense\u2014if well-meaning\u2014era, one that championed women for breaking molds, building empires, and rejecting traditional gender roles. And that progress matters. But somewhere along the way, worth began to feel increasingly tied to productivity. If you weren&#8217;t working hard enough or running 10 different companies, it could feel like you weren&#8217;t doing anything at all. This mindset created a severe culture of burnout.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, there&#8217;s been a quiet counter-movement\u2014especially among Black women\u2014toward rest, ease, and self-definition. One that recognizes that softness doesn&#8217;t cancel out strength and that wanting a gentler life doesn&#8217;t mean you lack ambition. That shift, Thach says, is showing up in music.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;There&#8217;s absolutely nothing wrong with being independent, being completely happy without a partner,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;In fact, women are romanticizing that. But there are also women saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want to be in love. I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want life to be a rom-com.'&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Artists today are writing songs that feel like these exact conversations and inner monologues. Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Falling Behind&#8221; captures the quiet ache of watching everyone else find love while wondering when it will happen for you. Meanwhile, Naomi Sharon&#8217;s &#8220;Can We Do This Over&#8221; turns heartbreak into a plea for another chance because sometimes love can be rewritten. And Raye&#8217;s chart-topping single, &#8220;Where Is My Husband?&#8221; offers an upbeat, playful commentary on the topic.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How Social Media Is Fueling the Yearn <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The return to yearning music isn&#8217;t just cultural\u2014it&#8217;s technological. In 2026, it comes as no surprise that the algorithm plays a role in shaping what trends. Platforms now reward atmosphere, emotion, and intimacy more than spectacle (sometimes).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Olivia Dean is somebody that the algorithm really enjoys, and I think that&#8217;s because it&#8217;s easy listening,&#8221; Mier says. &#8220;When you&#8217;re consuming something on TikTok, especially, the music is the background, and there&#8217;s something else happening in front\u2014someone speaking, telling a story, taking you somewhere with them, sharing their vacation.&#8221;\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It&#8217;s a big shift from the pandemic, which saw music guide posts more directly\u2014TikTok dances, challenges, and trend-driven formats that required upbeat, sing-songy, or in-your-face tracks. That kind of music was what went viral at the time. Now, there&#8217;s a noticeable slowness to it all. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking at people cooking pies on a rainy day\u2014naturally, that pairs nicely with &#8216;A Couple Minutes,'&#8221; Mier says.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_48-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Tender, low-stakes visuals paired with romantic, slow-burn songs help romanticize even the most ordinary moments. And that impulse\u2014to find beauty in the mundane\u2014feels especially appealing during times of uncertainty.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_50-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> As social media continues to amplify mood-driven storytelling, music will continue to fuel our daydreams of past crushes, stolen glances, slow dances, and the love stories we&#8217;re still hoping to live. I&#8217;m genuinely excited for what this next chapter brings, from the artists already defining the sound to the new ballads still to come. Music is <em>officially<\/em> for lovers again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-post-content\">\n<div id=\"beauty-breadcrumbs--chips_1-0\" class=\"comp beauty-breadcrumbs--chips mntl-universal-breadcrumbs--chips mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-breadcrumbs__read-more_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-breadcrumbs__read-more mntl-text-block text-title-100\">Read more:<\/div>\n<ul id=\"mntl-universal-breadcrumbs_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-universal-breadcrumbs mntl-block text-label-300 breadcrumbs\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<li id=\"mntl-breadcrumbs__item_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-breadcrumbs__item mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">News<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"mntl-breadcrumbs__item_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-breadcrumbs__item mntl-block\"><span class=\"link__wrapper\">Celebrities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__broad-video-jw_1-0\" class=\"comp article__broad-video-jw mntl-jwplayer-broad mntl-block is-hidden\" data-pixel-depth=\"100\">\n<div id=\"mntl-jwplayer-broad__title_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-jwplayer-broad__title mntl-block\"><button id=\"mntl-jwplayer-broad__title-icon--close_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-jwplayer-broad__title-icon--close mntl-block text-label-100\" data-click-tracked=\"false\"><span id=\"mntl-text-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-text-block\">Close<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-block article__body right-rail\">\n<figure id=\"mntl-universal-primary-image_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-universal-primary-image primary-image\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/yeCsvxl-bcw8E2UP3kG5vWfKzSo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_LeadRecirc-4de44ee431b3404e9c59c41ad7ab08f6.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Collage featuring singer Raye\" class=\" primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/yeCsvxl-bcw8E2UP3kG5vWfKzSo=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_LeadRecirc-4de44ee431b3404e9c59c41ad7ab08f6.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"loaded primary-img--noscript primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry\" alt=\"Collage featuring singer Raye\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"125\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"16\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"5\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> A few months ago, my boyfriend and I saw Leon Thomas at the Brooklyn Paramount as part of his &#8220;Mutts Don&#8217;t Heel World Tour.&#8221; It was one of the best shows I&#8217;d seen in a long time, with the musician belting out hits like &#8220;Mutt,&#8221; alongside tracks like &#8220;I Do,&#8221; which features the lyrics, &#8220;God and losing you are the only two things I fear&#8221; and &#8220;If I could spend more private time with you, then I&#8217;ll sell everything I have.&#8221; As I leaned against my boyfriend, both of us singing in harmony, I thought to myself: they&#8217;re finally making music like they used to. The people are <em>yearning<\/em> again.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, I&#8217;ve noticed a shift in my own listening habits, drifting away from what my friends and I call &#8220;rowdy&#8221; music toward warm, soothing tunes. Music I can work to, clean to, and daydream to. Music that lets me imagine my future with my boyfriend, marriage, kids, the house\u2014the whole thing. And I&#8217;m not alone. In addition to my friends, yearning music fills my feed. From Instagram to TikTok, it&#8217;s almost impossible not to hear artists like Thomas, Naomi Sharon, Mariah the Scientist, Laufey, and, of course, Olivia Dean. Her &#8220;Best New Artist&#8221; Grammy win, and Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Traditional Pop Vocal Album&#8221; award feel like proof that we&#8217;re in the midst of a real shift\u2014and, if I may say, <em>this<\/em> is the adulthood I was promised: beautiful, vulnerable, and soft.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> But what does this shift say about society as a whole? Why are we longing to hear love like never before? Is it simply the evolution of growing older? Or is it a response to living in such turbulent times? <strong>Ahead, we tapped a couple of experts to explain why music is for lovers again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-callout--meetourexpert beauty-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block theme-meetourexpert\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\">Meet the Experts<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Thach is a publicist who has worked with Alex Isley, Muni Long, and PartyNextDoor. He is also the founder of The Forefront Group, an agency that specializes in public relations, branding, and strategic partnerships.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tom\u00e1s Mier is a music journalist with bylines in People, Rolling Stone, Variety, and Vogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> Why Is Music In Its Yearning Era? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Culture is cyclical. What was once cool will certainly become cool again. We see this especially with beauty and fashion trends\u2014but music isn&#8217;t exempt. It&#8217;s why Kendrick Lamar sampled SWV in &#8220;The Heart Pt. 6,&#8221; and why Doechii&#8217;s &#8220;Anxiety&#8221; became an instant hit, transporting us back to where we were the moment we first heard Gotye&#8217;s &#8220;Somebody I Used to Know&#8221; in 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> And maybe the next step isn&#8217;t just revisiting the past through samples, but pulling from its spirit\u2014using earlier eras as emotional and creative blueprints. That influence is evident in today&#8217;s artists. Olivia Dean has cited Sade, Lauryn Hill, and the late Amy Winehouse as key inspirations behind her sound.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;History always repeats itself,&#8221; Thach says. &#8220;Nostalgia sells because it makes people think and reminisce, and music is the number one thing that allows people to drift away, to forget, to, well, yearn. We&#8217;re still not over <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill <\/em>or D&#8217;Angelo&#8217;s &#8216;Brown Sugar&#8217;\u2014and you can hear those references in Leon Thomas&#8217; music. Olivia Dean, in a way, reminds us of the lightness we felt when listening to Natasha Bedingfield. It&#8217;s why Hilary Duff can even have a musical comeback. The past is always welcome in the present when it comes to music.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier echoes similar sentiments. &#8220;There will always be an era when a certain style of music resonates with the culture, and there&#8217;s always going to be a pull toward it\u2014even if it&#8217;s before our time. If you watch something from the &#8217;80s, even if you didn&#8217;t live through those years, there&#8217;s still an excitement to experience it, to hear another artist tap into that sound.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How the Pandemic Influenced Artists <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It still feels like we&#8217;re recovering from the pandemic. Those were some of the longest, most disorienting years, and according to Thach, that lingering aftershock is a major reason yearning music is on the rise. &#8220;We&#8217;re coming out of a time marked by isolation, loss, and uncertainty,&#8221; he explains, adding that much of the music from that era mirrored a period of survival and emotional detachment. &#8220;People aren&#8217;t trying to perform invincibility anymore\u2014they&#8217;re craving connection and tenderness. Softer music allows space for vulnerability and complexity, which is missing someone, wanting someone, being afraid, and being hopeful. That right now feels cooler than being tough.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Beyond the pandemic, Thach also points to today&#8217;s political climate and a growing rejection of hustle culture. &#8220;There&#8217;s burnout, economic pressure, social media fatigue, and global tension. People are emotionally overstimulated, and tender music acts almost like regulation\u2014it slows down the system.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier adds, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for escapism, and music provides that. Love provides that,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s interesting because you look at data, and it says marriage is on the decline, but weddings are all we&#8217;re seeing on the FYP. The basis of love, the desire to experience love, will always exist.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Recent artists, songs, and albums that capture this feeling, according to Mier, include The Mar\u00edas, Ariana Grande&#8217;s <em>Eternal Sunshine<\/em>\u2014which taps into both optimism and the struggles that come with love\u2014and Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Blade of Grass&#8221; from <em>Mayhem<\/em>, a song about not needing anything more than a blade of grass around her finger to commit to her fianc\u00e9. &#8220;[That song] is such a beautiful metaphor,&#8221; Mier adds. &#8220;Like, in a world of mayhem, there is still love. There&#8217;s still a deep desire to hold onto that love\u2014and to be okay if there was nothing else but that.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> That same desire for closeness shows up even in how we hear heartbreak. Mier emphasizes vulnerability, highlighting breakup songs that still feel rooted in love and connection, like Kehlani&#8217;s &#8220;Folded,&#8221; in which she sings, &#8220;No matter what you do to switch the story up, I know I made my mark \/ And I would still choose you through it all.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier says, &#8220;That&#8217;s still love music. That&#8217;s longing. Being emotionally closed off or unable to articulate feelings is not the moment.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> A Feminine Return to Romance Is Also Happening\u00a0 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The term &#8220;girl boss&#8221; haunts me. It was an intense\u2014if well-meaning\u2014era, one that championed women for breaking molds, building empires, and rejecting traditional gender roles. And that progress matters. But somewhere along the way, worth began to feel increasingly tied to productivity. If you weren&#8217;t working hard enough or running 10 different companies, it could feel like you weren&#8217;t doing anything at all. This mindset created a severe culture of burnout.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, there&#8217;s been a quiet counter-movement\u2014especially among Black women\u2014toward rest, ease, and self-definition. One that recognizes that softness doesn&#8217;t cancel out strength and that wanting a gentler life doesn&#8217;t mean you lack ambition. That shift, Thach says, is showing up in music.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;There&#8217;s absolutely nothing wrong with being independent, being completely happy without a partner,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;In fact, women are romanticizing that. But there are also women saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want to be in love. I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want life to be a rom-com.'&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Artists today are writing songs that feel like these exact conversations and inner monologues. Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Falling Behind&#8221; captures the quiet ache of watching everyone else find love while wondering when it will happen for you. Meanwhile, Naomi Sharon&#8217;s &#8220;Can We Do This Over&#8221; turns heartbreak into a plea for another chance because sometimes love can be rewritten. And Raye&#8217;s chart-topping single, &#8220;Where Is My Husband?&#8221; offers an upbeat, playful commentary on the topic.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How Social Media Is Fueling the Yearn <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The return to yearning music isn&#8217;t just cultural\u2014it&#8217;s technological. In 2026, it comes as no surprise that the algorithm plays a role in shaping what trends. Platforms now reward atmosphere, emotion, and intimacy more than spectacle (sometimes).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Olivia Dean is somebody that the algorithm really enjoys, and I think that&#8217;s because it&#8217;s easy listening,&#8221; Mier says. &#8220;When you&#8217;re consuming something on TikTok, especially, the music is the background, and there&#8217;s something else happening in front\u2014someone speaking, telling a story, taking you somewhere with them, sharing their vacation.&#8221;\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It&#8217;s a big shift from the pandemic, which saw music guide posts more directly\u2014TikTok dances, challenges, and trend-driven formats that required upbeat, sing-songy, or in-your-face tracks. That kind of music was what went viral at the time. Now, there&#8217;s a noticeable slowness to it all. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking at people cooking pies on a rainy day\u2014naturally, that pairs nicely with &#8216;A Couple Minutes,'&#8221; Mier says.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_48-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Tender, low-stakes visuals paired with romantic, slow-burn songs help romanticize even the most ordinary moments. And that impulse\u2014to find beauty in the mundane\u2014feels especially appealing during times of uncertainty.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_50-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> As social media continues to amplify mood-driven storytelling, music will continue to fuel our daydreams of past crushes, stolen glances, slow dances, and the love stories we&#8217;re still hoping to live. I&#8217;m genuinely excited for what this next chapter brings, from the artists already defining the sound to the new ballads still to come. Music is <em>officially<\/em> for lovers again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"125\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"16\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"5\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> A few months ago, my boyfriend and I saw Leon Thomas at the Brooklyn Paramount as part of his &#8220;Mutts Don&#8217;t Heel World Tour.&#8221; It was one of the best shows I&#8217;d seen in a long time, with the musician belting out hits like &#8220;Mutt,&#8221; alongside tracks like &#8220;I Do,&#8221; which features the lyrics, &#8220;God and losing you are the only two things I fear&#8221; and &#8220;If I could spend more private time with you, then I&#8217;ll sell everything I have.&#8221; As I leaned against my boyfriend, both of us singing in harmony, I thought to myself: they&#8217;re finally making music like they used to. The people are <em>yearning<\/em> again.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, I&#8217;ve noticed a shift in my own listening habits, drifting away from what my friends and I call &#8220;rowdy&#8221; music toward warm, soothing tunes. Music I can work to, clean to, and daydream to. Music that lets me imagine my future with my boyfriend, marriage, kids, the house\u2014the whole thing. And I&#8217;m not alone. In addition to my friends, yearning music fills my feed. From Instagram to TikTok, it&#8217;s almost impossible not to hear artists like Thomas, Naomi Sharon, Mariah the Scientist, Laufey, and, of course, Olivia Dean. Her &#8220;Best New Artist&#8221; Grammy win, and Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Traditional Pop Vocal Album&#8221; award feel like proof that we&#8217;re in the midst of a real shift\u2014and, if I may say, <em>this<\/em> is the adulthood I was promised: beautiful, vulnerable, and soft.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> But what does this shift say about society as a whole? Why are we longing to hear love like never before? Is it simply the evolution of growing older? Or is it a response to living in such turbulent times? <strong>Ahead, we tapped a couple of experts to explain why music is for lovers again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-callout--meetourexpert beauty-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block theme-meetourexpert\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\">Meet the Experts<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Thach is a publicist who has worked with Alex Isley, Muni Long, and PartyNextDoor. He is also the founder of The Forefront Group, an agency that specializes in public relations, branding, and strategic partnerships.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Tom\u00e1s Mier is a music journalist with bylines in People, Rolling Stone, Variety, and Vogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> Why Is Music In Its Yearning Era? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Culture is cyclical. What was once cool will certainly become cool again. We see this especially with beauty and fashion trends\u2014but music isn&#8217;t exempt. It&#8217;s why Kendrick Lamar sampled SWV in &#8220;The Heart Pt. 6,&#8221; and why Doechii&#8217;s &#8220;Anxiety&#8221; became an instant hit, transporting us back to where we were the moment we first heard Gotye&#8217;s &#8220;Somebody I Used to Know&#8221; in 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> And maybe the next step isn&#8217;t just revisiting the past through samples, but pulling from its spirit\u2014using earlier eras as emotional and creative blueprints. That influence is evident in today&#8217;s artists. Olivia Dean has cited Sade, Lauryn Hill, and the late Amy Winehouse as key inspirations behind her sound.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;History always repeats itself,&#8221; Thach says. &#8220;Nostalgia sells because it makes people think and reminisce, and music is the number one thing that allows people to drift away, to forget, to, well, yearn. We&#8217;re still not over <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill <\/em>or D&#8217;Angelo&#8217;s &#8216;Brown Sugar&#8217;\u2014and you can hear those references in Leon Thomas&#8217; music. Olivia Dean, in a way, reminds us of the lightness we felt when listening to Natasha Bedingfield. It&#8217;s why Hilary Duff can even have a musical comeback. The past is always welcome in the present when it comes to music.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier echoes similar sentiments. &#8220;There will always be an era when a certain style of music resonates with the culture, and there&#8217;s always going to be a pull toward it\u2014even if it&#8217;s before our time. If you watch something from the &#8217;80s, even if you didn&#8217;t live through those years, there&#8217;s still an excitement to experience it, to hear another artist tap into that sound.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How the Pandemic Influenced Artists <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It still feels like we&#8217;re recovering from the pandemic. Those were some of the longest, most disorienting years, and according to Thach, that lingering aftershock is a major reason yearning music is on the rise. &#8220;We&#8217;re coming out of a time marked by isolation, loss, and uncertainty,&#8221; he explains, adding that much of the music from that era mirrored a period of survival and emotional detachment. &#8220;People aren&#8217;t trying to perform invincibility anymore\u2014they&#8217;re craving connection and tenderness. Softer music allows space for vulnerability and complexity, which is missing someone, wanting someone, being afraid, and being hopeful. That right now feels cooler than being tough.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Beyond the pandemic, Thach also points to today&#8217;s political climate and a growing rejection of hustle culture. &#8220;There&#8217;s burnout, economic pressure, social media fatigue, and global tension. People are emotionally overstimulated, and tender music acts almost like regulation\u2014it slows down the system.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/OXIUcHZcwVPejlsTNToXNJQR0GQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed2-2cf81aeb2a3542cc849cd45331a6e0ca.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Leon Thomas III in a group portrait with two others wearing formal attire\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier adds, &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for escapism, and music provides that. Love provides that,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s interesting because you look at data, and it says marriage is on the decline, but weddings are all we&#8217;re seeing on the FYP. The basis of love, the desire to experience love, will always exist.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Recent artists, songs, and albums that capture this feeling, according to Mier, include The Mar\u00edas, Ariana Grande&#8217;s <em>Eternal Sunshine<\/em>\u2014which taps into both optimism and the struggles that come with love\u2014and Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Blade of Grass&#8221; from <em>Mayhem<\/em>, a song about not needing anything more than a blade of grass around her finger to commit to her fianc\u00e9. &#8220;[That song] is such a beautiful metaphor,&#8221; Mier adds. &#8220;Like, in a world of mayhem, there is still love. There&#8217;s still a deep desire to hold onto that love\u2014and to be okay if there was nothing else but that.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> That same desire for closeness shows up even in how we hear heartbreak. Mier emphasizes vulnerability, highlighting breakup songs that still feel rooted in love and connection, like Kehlani&#8217;s &#8220;Folded,&#8221; in which she sings, &#8220;No matter what you do to switch the story up, I know I made my mark \/ And I would still choose you through it all.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Mier says, &#8220;That&#8217;s still love music. That&#8217;s longing. Being emotionally closed off or unable to articulate feelings is not the moment.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> A Feminine Return to Romance Is Also Happening\u00a0 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The term &#8220;girl boss&#8221; haunts me. It was an intense\u2014if well-meaning\u2014era, one that championed women for breaking molds, building empires, and rejecting traditional gender roles. And that progress matters. But somewhere along the way, worth began to feel increasingly tied to productivity. If you weren&#8217;t working hard enough or running 10 different companies, it could feel like you weren&#8217;t doing anything at all. This mindset created a severe culture of burnout.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> In recent years, there&#8217;s been a quiet counter-movement\u2014especially among Black women\u2014toward rest, ease, and self-definition. One that recognizes that softness doesn&#8217;t cancel out strength and that wanting a gentler life doesn&#8217;t mean you lack ambition. That shift, Thach says, is showing up in music.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\" class=\"lazyload mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/3DLLXeeUHD-c1MWuPd9DpvmhO_M=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Embed1-ffd39b7f25c243c1b9177927cc252ff7.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"img--noscript mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image\" alt=\"Raye and Ella Mai among other individuals in a collagestyle image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images \/ Byrdie<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;There&#8217;s absolutely nothing wrong with being independent, being completely happy without a partner,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;In fact, women are romanticizing that. But there are also women saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want to be in love. I&#8217;m tired of pretending I don&#8217;t want life to be a rom-com.'&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Artists today are writing songs that feel like these exact conversations and inner monologues. Laufey&#8217;s &#8220;Falling Behind&#8221; captures the quiet ache of watching everyone else find love while wondering when it will happen for you. Meanwhile, Naomi Sharon&#8217;s &#8220;Can We Do This Over&#8221; turns heartbreak into a plea for another chance because sometimes love can be rewritten. And Raye&#8217;s chart-topping single, &#8220;Where Is My Husband?&#8221; offers an upbeat, playful commentary on the topic.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How Social Media Is Fueling the Yearn <\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> The return to yearning music isn&#8217;t just cultural\u2014it&#8217;s technological. In 2026, it comes as no surprise that the algorithm plays a role in shaping what trends. Platforms now reward atmosphere, emotion, and intimacy more than spectacle (sometimes).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Olivia Dean is somebody that the algorithm really enjoys, and I think that&#8217;s because it&#8217;s easy listening,&#8221; Mier says. &#8220;When you&#8217;re consuming something on TikTok, especially, the music is the background, and there&#8217;s something else happening in front\u2014someone speaking, telling a story, taking you somewhere with them, sharing their vacation.&#8221;\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> It&#8217;s a big shift from the pandemic, which saw music guide posts more directly\u2014TikTok dances, challenges, and trend-driven formats that required upbeat, sing-songy, or in-your-face tracks. That kind of music was what went viral at the time. Now, there&#8217;s a noticeable slowness to it all. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking at people cooking pies on a rainy day\u2014naturally, that pairs nicely with &#8216;A Couple Minutes,'&#8221; Mier says.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_48-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> Tender, low-stakes visuals paired with romantic, slow-burn songs help romanticize even the most ordinary moments. And that impulse\u2014to find beauty in the mundane\u2014feels especially appealing during times of uncertainty.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_50-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block beauty-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html\"> As social media continues to amplify mood-driven storytelling, music will continue to fuel our daydreams of past crushes, stolen glances, slow dances, and the love stories we&#8217;re still hoping to live. I&#8217;m genuinely excited for what this next chapter brings, from the artists already defining the sound to the new ballads still to come. Music is <em>officially<\/em> for lovers again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/music-is-for-lovers-again-11900306&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.byrdie.com\/thmb\/rKWXdwKF3GHOE1LpGBbqMck-xRQ=\/1500&#215;0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()\/Byr_Yearning_MusicForLovers_Social-3f454c17177a4cd3adbc55a3adce3679.jpg&#8221;] Music Is for Lovers Again By Robyn Merrett Robyn Merrett Robyn is a fashion and beauty editor with nearly a decade of experience. She has served as style &amp; beauty editor at StyleCaster, senior beauty &amp; style editor at Us Weekly, and associate editor at People. 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