Japanese Breakfast, the indie-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, is one of many musical projects that has become identified with the “sad girl” archetype. This aesthetic ...

“Sad girl music” is the labeling of indie and ... Every single one of these songs was sung by male artists or bands whose members were made up of male artists. The music of these male-led ...

Does anyone else need a minute? After catching up with all the winners of the 2024 Grammy's, we're re-entering our ‘sad girl music’ era – and we're not mad about it. One of the biggest winners of the ...

Bands like the Softies seemed to represent a ... In recent years, there’s been backlash against the sad-girl ethos. “People can be very dismissive,” Melberg says. “It’s like the ...

Think of any “sad girl” in a film. You know the one: she wears baggy jeans and band T-shirts, slams doors and sits alone in ...

Today, most of my liked songs on Spotify could be described as “sad-girl music,” regardless of their respective genre. From Taylor Swift and Lorde’s synth-pop breakup anthems to Fiona Apple and Alanis ...

No, “sad-girl pop” is reserved only for women ... backed by a four-piece band. As her Radio City weekend comprised her largest headlining shows to date, Abrams rose to the occasion, her ...

Other research has suggested that people listen to sad music for no particular motivation other than the fact that they like this music or band. In fact, a 2014 study highlights that nearly a ...