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How Sapphic Music Became a Global Sensation

How Sapphic Music Became a Global Sensation

Update: 2024-10-17
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Artists like Chappell Roan, Renee Rapp and Charlie XCX are singing and collaborating on music that embraces queer, specifically sapphic, sexuality. This wasn’t always the case, with artists historically having to hide their sexuality, and even in the early 2010’s, queer artists were being subtle about their queerness. So, how did the explosion of queer and sapphic music come about?




Host Lily Beamish and reporter Seena Katayama investigate.

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How Sapphic Music Became a Global Sensation

How Sapphic Music Became a Global Sensation

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