Music has been clinically proven to have a positive impact on mental health. In this series, artists share songs that have helped them through difficult times.

Traditional mental healthcare messaging doesn’t necessarily reach those who need it. People in different musical subcultures speak their own language around mental health that doesn’t subscribe to typical messaging.*

But extensive research shows that when details of positive coping during crisis are presented through media, it has a protective quality for those who may be experiencing suicidal ideation and encourages help-seeking and hopefulness. This contagion of hope is known as the Papageno effect—the impact that media can have by presenting non-suicide alternatives to crisis.

We see music, for creators and listeners, as a uniquely powerful space to process struggle and joy and stay connected to each other