{{Short description|American record label}} '''Saddest Factory Records''' is an American record label that was founded on October 5, 2020, by Phoebe Bridgers. The label operates as an imprint of Dead Oceans and artists that have been signed to the label include Sloppy Jane, Muna, Claud, and Charlie Hickey.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|date=2021-10-22|title=Inside Saddest Factory Records: How Phoebe Bridgers Is Quietly Building an Indie Empire|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-records-label-artists-interview-9649143/|access-date=2021-12-18|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == After releasing her second album, ''Punisher'', Phoebe Bridgers founded Saddest Factory Records on October 5, 2020.<ref name=":0" /> The label's name, "Saddest Factory", was first coined on twitter by Phoebe Bridgers' former bandmate, Haley Dahl of Sloppy Jane.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Cirisano|first=Tatiana|date=2020-10-05|title=Phoebe Bridgers Launches Saddest Factory Label With Dead Oceans: Exclusive|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-label-dead-oceans/|access-date=2021-12-18|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref> The name comes from a mispronunciation of the word "satisfactory", a word frequently used in record contracts.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=2020-10-05|title=Phoebe Bridgers Launches Aptly Named Label, Saddest Factory|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-label-1070867/|access-date=2021-12-19|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> The label was founded as an imprint of Dead Oceans, and the first artist to be signed to the label was Claud.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=Claud: meet the first artist signed to Phoebe Bridgers' new label|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/claud-phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-interview-2824183|access-date=2021-12-19|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref> On May 19, 2021, Muna became the second artist to be signed to the label.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=Muna sign to Phoebe Bridgers' label Saddest Factory Records|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/muna-sign-to-phoebe-bridgers-label-saddest-factory-records-2944114|access-date=2021-12-19|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref> Charlie Hickey was the third artist to be signed to the label, with a remake of "Seeing Things", featuring Muna, being released in celebration.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|date=2021-08-19|title=The Deals: Phoebe Bridgers Signs Third Artist; 'Blippi' Label Teams Up With UMG|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/deals-saddest-factory-umg-moonbug-foundation-fm-records/|access-date=2021-12-19|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref>
Musician ScruffPuppie had previously been signed in August 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Sophie |date=2021-08-25 |title=Scruffpuppie: meet the emo-pop prospect signed to Phoebe Bridgers' new label |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/scruffpuppie-phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-interview-3027458 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> before being subsequently dropped in December 2021 following allegations of inappropriate behavior.<ref name=":2" />
==Roster== === Current artists === *Charlie Hickey *Claud *Katie Gavin *Muna *Sloppy Jane *Jasmine.4.T<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Bridgers signs jasmine.4.t to Saddest Factory, new single "Skin on Skin" features Julien Baker |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/phoebe-bridgers-signs-jasmine-4-t-to-saddest-factory-new-single-skin-on-skin-features-julien-baker/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Brooklyn Vegan |language=en}}</ref>
=== Former artists === *Scruffpuppie<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=2021-12-06|title=Saddest Factory Records drop Scruffpuppie after "seeing evidence of very disturbing behaviour"|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/saddest-factory-records-drop-scruffpuppie-evidence-of-disturbing-behaviour/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=The Line of Best Fit|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Discography== *Claud – ''Super Monster'' (2021) *Sloppy Jane – ''Madison'' (2021) *Charlie Hickey – ''Nervous at Night'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie Hickey Details Debut Album for Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory, Shares "Nervous at Night" {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/charlie_hickey_details_debut_album_for_phoebe_bridgers_saddest_factory_shares_nervous_at_night |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=exclaim.ca |language=en-ca}}</ref> *Muna – ''Muna'' (2022) *Claud – ''Supermodels'' (2023) *Katie Gavin – ''What a Relief'' (2024) *Jasmine.4.T - ''You Are the Morning'' (2025)
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== External links == *[https://saddestfactoryrecords.com/ Official website]
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