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 canteens. And she’s almost always reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia ...

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 ...

We were promised a summer of love, so why are so many of us describing the current mood as ‘sad girl summer’? Don’t get me wrong: I knew I wouldn’t wake up on 21 June to a whole new Covid ...