Editing Saudade (section)

==In the arts==
===Music===
As with all emotions, ''saudade'' has been an inspiration for many songs and compositions. "[[Sodade]]" (''saudade'' in [[Cape Verdean Creole]]) is the title of the [[Cape Verde]] singer [[Cesária Évora]]'s most famous song. [[Étienne Daho]], a French singer, also produced a song of the same name. ''[[The Good Son (album)|The Good Son]]'', a 1990 album by [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], was heavily informed by Cave's mental state at the time, which he has described as ''saudade''. He told journalist Chris Bohn: "When I explained to someone that what I wanted to write about was the memory of things that I thought were lost for me, I was told that the Portuguese word for this feeling was ''saudade''. It's not nostalgia but something sadder."

[[File:Cesária Évora 2008.jpg|alt=|thumb|left|upright=.79|Cape Verdean pop singer [[Cesária Évora]] had her biggest hit singing about ''saudade'']]
The usage of ''saudade'' as a theme in Portuguese music goes back to the 16th century, [[Portugal in the period of discoveries|the golden age of Portugal]]. ''Saudade'', as well as love suffering, is a common theme in many [[villancico]]s and [[cantiga]]s composed by Portuguese authors; for example: "Lágrimas de Saudade" (''tears of saudade''), which is an anonymous work from the ''[[Cancioneiro de Paris]]''. [[Fado]] is a Portuguese music style, generally sung by a single person (the ''fadista'') along with a [[Portuguese guitar]]. The most popular themes of fado are ''saudade'', nostalgia, jealousy, and short stories of the typical city quarters. [[Fado]] and ''saudade'' are intertwined key ideas in Portuguese culture. The word fado comes from Latin ''fatum'' meaning "fate" or "[[destiny]]". Fado is a musical cultural expression and recognition of this unassailable determinism which compels the resigned yearning of ''saudade'', a bitter-sweet, [[Existentialism|existential]] yearning and hopefulness towards something over which one has no control.

Spanish singer [[Julio Iglesias]], whose father is a [[Galician people|Galician]], speaks of ''saudade'' in his song "Un Canto a Galicia" (which roughly translates as "a song/chant for Galicia"). In the song, he passionately uses the phrase to describe a deep and sad longing for his motherland, Galicia. He also performs a song called "Morriñas", which describes the Galicians as having a deeply strong ''saudade''.

The Paraguayan guitarist [[Agustin Barrios]] wrote several pieces invoking the feeling of ''saudade'', including ''Choro de Saudade'' and ''Preludio Saudade''. The term is prominent in Brazilian popular music, including the first [[bossa nova]] song, "[[Chega de Saudade]]" ("No more ''saudade''", usually translated as "No More Blues"), written by [[Tom Jobim]].
Jazz pianist [[Bill Evans]] recorded the tune "Saudade de Brasil" numerous times. In 1919, on returning from two years in Brazil, the French composer [[Darius Milhaud]] composed a suite, ''[[Saudades do Brasil]]'', which exemplified the concept of ''saudade''. "Saudade (Part II)" is also the title of a flute solo by the band [[Shpongle]]. The fado singer [[Amália Rodrigues]] typified themes of ''saudade'' in some of her songs. J-Rock band [[Porno Graffitti]] has a song entitled "サウダージ", "Saudaaji" transliterated ("Saudade"). The city pop guitarist [[Masayoshi Takanaka]] has an album titled Saudade. The alternative rock band [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love And Rockets]] has a song named "Saudade" on their album ''[[Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven]]''. June 2012 brought Bearcat's release of their self-titled indie album that included a song called "Saudade".

The [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[jazz]]/Rock guitarist [[Jan Akkerman]] recorded a composition called "Saudade", the centerpiece of his 1996 album ''Focus in Time''. The Belgian electronic music band [[Arsenal (Belgian band)|Arsenal]] recorded a song called "Saudade" on their album ''Outsides'' (2005). The jazz fusion group [[Trio Beyond]], consisting of [[John Scofield]], [[Jack DeJohnette]], and [[Larry Goldings]] released in 2006 an album dedicated to drummer [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] (1945–1997), called ''[[Saudades (Trio Beyond album)|Saudades]]''. Dance music artist Peter Corvaia released a progressive house track entitled "Saudade" on HeadRush Music, a sub-label of [[Toes in the Sand Recordings]]. New York City post-rock band [[Mice Parade]] released an album entitled ''[[Obrigado Saudade]]'' in 2004. [[Chris Rea]] also recorded a song entitled "Saudade Part 1 & 2 (Tribute To Ayrton Senna)" as a tribute to [[Ayrton Senna]], the Brazilian three-times Formula One world champion killed on the track in May 1994. There is an ambient/noise/shoegazing band from Portland, Oregon, named Saudade. The rock band [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] has a Portuguese guitarist [[Nuno Bettencourt]]; the influence of his heritage can be seen in the band's album ''[[Saudades de Rock]]''. During recording, the mission statement was to bring back musicality to the medium. "Nancy Spain", a song by Barney Rush, made famous by an adaptation by [[Christy Moore]], is another example of the use of ''saudade'' in contemporary Irish music, the chorus of which is:
<blockquote>
"No matter where I wander I'm still haunted by your name<br />
The portrait of your beauty stays the same<br />
Standing by the ocean wondering where you've gone<br />
If you'll return again<br />
Where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain?" 
</blockquote>

American singer/songwriter [[Grayson Hugh]] wrote a song called "Saudade" that he performed with jazz guitarist Norman Johnson on Johnson's 2013 album "Get It While You Can".

The British musician [[Steve Cobby]] released an album called ''Saudade'' in March 2014 on DÉCLASSÉ Recordings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stevecobby.co.uk/album/saudade|title=Saudade, by Steve Cobby|website=Déclassé Recordings|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201128/http://stevecobby.co.uk/album/saudade|archive-date=15 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Washington DC electronica duo [[Thievery Corporation]] released the studio album ''[[Saudade (Thievery Corporation album)|Saudade]]'' in 2014 via their Eighteenth Street Lounge Music label.

Brazilian singer [[Ana Frango Elétrico]] released a song called "Saudade" as the opening track on their 2019 album "Little Electric Chicken Heart". 

Composer Cody Matthew Johnson alongside former [[Sick Puppies]] frontman and singer-songwriter [[Shimon Moore|Shim]] were hired by [[Capcom]] to compose the end credits song "Saudade" for the 2019 video game ''[[Resident Evil 2 (2019 video game)|Resident Evil 2]]''. <ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Cody Matthew Johnson |user=codymatthewj |number=1089944043407036421 |title=Eager to announce I wrote the song "Saudade (feat. Shim)" credits of Resident Evil 2 — exclusively available in game and digitally at a later date.}}</ref>

[[A. R. Rahman]]'s soundtrack for the 2020 Hindi film ''[[Dil Bechara (soundtrack)|Dil Bechara]]'' features an instrumental track called "The Horizon of Saudade".

Icelandic music producer [[Ólafur Arnalds]] released the single "Saudade (When We Are Born)" in 2021.

In 2022, Portuguese singer [[Maro (Portuguese singer)|Maro]] released a song called "[[Saudade, saudade]]" and represented Portugal with it in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2022]] in Turin, Italy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Land |first1=Teddy |title=MARO will represent Portugal at Eurovision 2022 with 'saudade, saudade' |url=https://www.aussievision.net/post/maro-will-represent-portugal-at-eurovision-2022-with-saudade-saudade |website=aussievision.net|date=13 March 2022 }}</ref> The song placed 9th in the grand final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MARO - Portugal - Turin 2022 |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/maro-22 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Eurovision.tv |language=en-gb}}</ref>

===Literature===

The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] author [[Fernando Pessoa]]'s posthumous collection of writings ''[[The Book of Disquiet]]'' is written almost entirely in a tone of saudade, and deals with themes of nostalgia and alienation.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} Australian author [[Suneeta Peres Da Costa]]'s novella ''Saudade'' follows Maria, a young girl from a Goan immigrant family, growing up in a political hierarchy of racism and colonialism.<ref>Saudade, Peres Da Costa, Giramondo Publishing, March 2018 https://giramondopublishing.com/product/saudade/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318183650/https://giramondopublishing.com/product/saudade/ |date=18 March 2018 }}</ref>

===Film and television===
In an episode of the Colombian telenovela ''[[Yo soy Betty, la fea]]'', Brazilian actress [[Taís Araújo]] (guest-starring as herself) discussed the concept of saudade with the heartbroken titular character.