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How sad sapphic pop became its own genre

BY ELLA GAUCI

Before Phoebe Bridgers or Arlo Parks were making us cry at 3am about our unrequited crushes, there was Sappho. From Ancient Greece – all the way back in 615 BC and the infamous poet – to your favourite sad lesbian pop playlist, sapphics have always been drawn to gut-wrenching songs and poems about yearning, loss and heartbreak.

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