·˚✦ genre guide ✦˚·
sad
✦ meet the girls making sad →
women, non-binary artists, and bands with women, level by level
✦ start here: albums
✦ who's making it, level by level
level 1 · mainstream
the pop everyone knows
level 2 · the door
big names with a sharper edge
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
dontleaveme
14k listeners
Nebulosa
2k listeners
Dyslm
14k listeners
Bitbeak
472 listeners
YUNG LEAN x THAIBOY DIGITAL x BLADEE
3k listeners
Blacanova
4k listeners
Voodoo crystals
2k listeners
awave
5k listeners
dead way enlightenment
1k listeners
Nikisha Reyes-Pile
517 listeners
Allen Centeno
795 listeners
Lealoop
889 listeners
✦ make sad a playlist
turn these 25 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 are good sad albums to start with?
Try Into Dust by Bladee, Tomorrow Is Nearly Yesterday And Everyday Is Stupid by Crywank, I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons, and Sunset by Lucki.
Who are some women making sad?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/sad/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making sad, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-21