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CrossMood

Music Emotion Recognition Across Cultures

Do listeners in different places hear the same emotion in the same song? CrossMood lets you explore that question through an interactive music experience.

SAM (BOYU LIU)2026MUSIC · AI · CULTURE
TRY THE INTERACTIVE DEMO
Illustration of two listening perspectives meeting over a musical waveform

THE EXPERIENCE

One song. More than one way of hearing.

CrossMood makes a research question tangible. Bring a piece of music to the demo and compare how its emotional character is represented from different listener perspectives. The experience is an invitation to notice differences and ask better questions—not a verdict on how any person feels.

01 / LISTEN

Bring a track

Start with music you are curious about and try it in the interactive demo.

02 / COMPARE

See different readings

Explore how the displayed emotion profile changes between listener perspectives.

03 / REFLECT

Question the result

Consider what an AI reading can reveal—and what it cannot tell you about a listener.

PROJECT & PUBLICATION

One inquiry, two ways to explore it.

This page is for the interactive project. For the research design, evidence, findings and limitations, read Sam’s companion article in S&H Youth Review.