All cats are grey

Has pop music been definitively consumed by melancholy, anxiety, and hopelessness? Why does today's popular music sound so sad, where did the theme of depression in rock come from, and is there any hope to be heard in current hits? Are we still having fun? Music journalists Karel Veselý and Miloš Hroch offer a parallel history of popular music over the last forty years, in which genres have given way to emotions. The individual chapters trace the journey popular music has taken from the post-punk feeling of Joy Division and The Cure, through the resignation of Nirvana and Radiohead in the nineties, to the depressive singer Billie Eilish, suicidal emo rappers, and environmental grief.

In the book, you will encounter artists such as Adele, Tori Amos, The Beatles, Björk, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Kurt Cobain, The Cure, Billie Eilish, Future, Jay-Z, Joy Division, Lady Gaga, John Lennon, Linkin Park, Manic Street Preachers, Metallica, Joni Mitchell, Nirvana, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Smiths, and Kanye West.