Draft:(H)anxiety music

The musical genre (h)anxiety refers to sad music that helps when you are depressed because it aligns with the listener's mood.

Definition
This genre, also called hansiety or Hanxiety, approaches the discomfort of the listener by making them feel less alone and understood.

It includes artists who convey the anxiety and/or discomfort they feel in life.

Origin
In 2018 The Soft Moon published the Criminal album and in a interview declared "I’m suffering from anxiety or depression". This is the first birth sigh of the new genre : Hanxiety, later aka (H)anxiety.

Other signal that some kind of music was coming from a status of anxiety and it wants to transmit it is in another declaration of Gilla Band in this interview " Kiely having an anxiety attack; elsewhere in the album, he moaned and retched, stuck out on a limb from the band. "

A study appeared in 2023 in this article shows that "over 70% of UK musicians suffering from anxiety" and transmit it in their works and live exibitions.

Main Artists
Some artists that can be included in this category are:

- Model/Actriz

- Fews

- The Soft Moon

- Clustersun

- Idles

- Gilla Band

- Kill Your Boyfriend

- Preoccupations

- Talk to her

Compilations
One example of the new genre is this compilation raised up in 2023: Hansia