How To Be A Sad Boi

The term Sad Boi is something I only really encountered until this year (2019) when I met a work colleague for the first time, he said “you’re a proper sad boi aren’t you!?” I was confused but also, it resonated with me. I go back to singing along to Raleigh Ritchie (musician and self proclaimed sad boi) and washing pots, moaning about how my life isn’t coming to anything yet I continue to do nothing about it. ​ Ultimately this term comes from someone who projects sadness, says self deprecating things and jokes about suicide but never does anything about it, this is the description I read on urban dictionary. Aesthetically, a sad boi looks like an accumulation of tiny hat skater bois, goth bois, hipster bois, the list goes on and on. Made popular by the musician Drake and his early works which consisted of spilling his heart out about previous relationships/hook ups, as his career progressed, so did the sad boi. Drake went from releasing one of the most heartfelt, emotional albums (Take care) to blending into the Trap and Grime scene all at one (every album after Take Care) A dichotomy of internet trends, an accumulation of memes. I’m interested in this idea of Sad bois and how they are an interpretation of something from the internet irl.