This paper studies the positiveness in most consumed songs during a period of sadness, worry and uncertainty: the COVID-19 crisis in comparison with previous years. In order to perform the analysis, we create an original positive music indicator using a dataset of weekly patterns for music consumption in 31 OECD countries over a five year period. Results show that negative shocks from events such as economic business cycles and the COVID-19 pandemic increase the consumption of positive songs, suggesting that society compensates the negative impact on well-being with positive music. We conclude that society adapts sentiment-based music consumption preferences according to the socioeconomic situation.

本文研究了在悲伤、担忧和不确定的时期（即新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 危机）中最受欢迎的歌曲与前几年相比的积极性。为了进行分析，我们使用 31 个 OECD 国家五年内每周音乐消费模式的数据集创建了一个原创的积极音乐指标。结果显示，经济商业周期和新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 大流行等事件的负面冲击增加了积极歌曲的消费，这表明社会用积极的音乐补偿了对福祉的负面影响。我们的结论是，社会根据社会经济状况调整基于情感的音乐消费偏好。