I'm attracted to that aspect, anyway, that sweet sadness. But it has to be tempered with a sense of hope. I'm flattered to be told that's what it evokes because it's something that's genuine. It's essential to have an emotional honesty. It doesn't have to be an honesty of detail, or narrative.
People can spot fakes.
Then again, maybe they can't - all you have to do is look at the charts. The sort of people I like and relate to want some kind of feeling that the singer is being truthful - both in the way the song is performed and the atmosphere that's evoked. Empathy, as well, plays a part. That's the secret to evoking an emotion in somebody - empathising with the mood or the sentiment that's being created. Finn's self-confessed, sweet sadness is part of his nature.