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 ...

I have always thought the term ‘sad girl poetry’ was condescending. ‘Sad’ feels overly simplistic. ‘Girl’ is infantilizing and sure, technically anything can be ‘poetry’ if you hit ...

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 ...

“Girl” presents a, to put it mildly, unflattering portrait of the music industry as it tells its sad story. “It’s a movie about two great musicians with a big dream who met the wrong ...

Let’s talk about “sad-girl pop,” music’s most infuriating new subgenre. Over the last five or so years, “sad-girl pop” has become a catch-all for female singers who blend their confess ...

“Rose Melberg invented Sad Girl,” I was recently informed at a gig by someone born in the Nineties. She was a pioneer — with Tiger Trap and the Softies, she built a bridge between riot-grrrl ...

Lately, it seems like literary fiction has been unable to escape the scourge of “sad girl literature.” Though the genre has deep roots, it garnered widespread popularity during the pandemic ...

It may sound counterproductive, but sometimes, putting on a sad movie and letting those tears flow is the only way out of a bad mood. Watching a tearjerker movie, letting out some emotion ...

Despite her recent success, like many female artists who write personal, confessional songs about love, relationships and loss, Abrams is often condemned to the “sad-girl pop” label and criticized on ...