Music and art have the power to express sadness and help us to do teshuvah (repent). Sins themselves are the source of melancholy. Rebbe Nachman writes that songs of the wicked people drag a person down to depression even if the words aren't filthy. Embarrassment of sin leads to self respect and self control.
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