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melancholic
what it is
Melancholia is a state of emotion. The tag serves to explain the tone or feel of the music as thoughtfully sad.
✦ meet the girls making melancholic →
women, non-binary artists, and bands with women, level by level
✦ start here: albums
✦ who's making it, level by level
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
✦ make melancholic a playlist
turn these 29 artists into something you can press play on.
each artist's most played song, easing from level 1 out to 5
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questions
What is melancholic?
Melancholia is a state of emotion. The tag serves to explain the tone or feel of the music as thoughtfully sad.
What are good melancholic albums to start with?
Try Hindsight by Anathema, Planetary Confinement by Antimatter, Spaces by Nils Frahm, and Digressions by Greg Haines.
Who are some women making melancholic?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/melancholic/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making melancholic, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-21