First off, I'm aware this thread may age like s***

My issue is that hyper pop isnt really that new in itself, maximalist pop music pops up in every decade. 2000s had nitecore and crunkcore, 90s had that bouncy stuff Cher was doing etc.

Hyper pop itself isnt that danceable either, most of the artists doing it are thematically closer to emo rappers in terms of subject matter.

What I see happening is that elements of hyperpop like the heavy sidechaining and bounciness will carry on leaking into the mainstream, but hyper pop in its purest form probably wont take over.

On the flip side, I can see a scenario that if it did take over it would thrive in the 2020s, Dr Nicholas Kristakis, biosociologist at City University of New York theorized that post pandemic, people tend to congregate socially to greater extents. The fact so many kids have been indoors making bouncy ass music may make hyperpop big, but I still think it wont be hyper pop itself but other genres with hyper pop characteristics.

if it gets any more lit in this thread a funeral's gonna break out

Does a degree make u a pandemic expert

Sometimes you just have to say what's on your mind, cant always expect everyone to fw it

That's his field, I'm sure he knows more about cultural pandemic responses than a ktt zayn malik stan

it's extremely niche and very grating to the average listener, so yeah it's never gonna "take over"

Idk if I would say “extremely” niche but I feel ya, it’s a bit abrasive to be the #1 dominant thing on the charts

is there a concrete example of what hyperpop actually is?

Osquinn is like the purest example of it

i like some hyperpop songs but f*** most of it so annoying

and i know this shouldnt matter but the fans bruh

How many times this thread been done?

Facts

Cringiest people alive but I guess they're all young so it's a given

He’s just an internist/sociologist, pandemic response or virology isn’t his field per se

just listened to one off YouTube. it’s okay, could it seep into the mainstream? if a pop-artist hopped on the trend i could see it, but most vocalists like Ariana, billie and those tier don’t fit much on that style

Theyd have to sacrifice their real voices and frankly they sound better

Ah fair enough

I like this new generation of music

It’s niche genre I can’t see it getting huge though it could influence the direction of pop

~sorry for the blob of text~

it's not an entirely new thing that's going to become the new mainstream and takeover (because it's not a new genre), but a lot of the artists that are looped into the umbrella will blow up and be around for a very long time.
a lot of them are making regular pop, emo, rap or electronic music. everyone has this warped perception of it due to spotify naming it hyperpop and fans running with it.

glaive is the biggest example of this, he's going to be huge for sure, and interscope will likely push him to the heavens. ericdoa will follow suit as they've made a tape together already and is making accessible stuff:

midwxst is also the next one I'd say who has a huge chance of going into the mainstream, he's just as versatile as anybody else in the scene, but is slept on the most:

the rest people cite as too jarring, but honestly, people like blackwinterwells and 8485 sound like they could've been making music back in the early 2010s (which isn't a bad thing, wells was), and somebody like Quinn and Lieu have fanbases that are too big not to acknowledge and show that there's tons of people that can be into this type of sound.

and while yes, some stuff may be overbearing to the casual listener like bad idea, jealousy is a b****, 52 blue mondays or Iris, they can make mainstream stuff if they choose to:

Also, if you solely look at the #'s, the songs that do the best for them are the ones that people consider odd and too overwhelming:

I understand why you and many people alike believe it'll be niche and won't go far, but not everything that blows up from the internet is mainstream friendly (XXX and Ski blew up off of rapping ferociously over distorted 808s, Yung Lean and co. came up off freestyling over dreamy production that sounded like it could be made by gods, and Lil Peep was blowing up off of rapping/singing over trap beats with guitar strings)

but when it comes down to it, the only thing that'll prove my argument is time, and who knows, they could just be a pure fad like many people on here think. i believe they've shown enough evolution in the past 9 months alone that many artists fail to do so in an entire career; a scene has never done that before in recent memory (they became popular for their glitchy sound, and tossed that in the can as soon as it gained traction). we'll see who's right in the next 2-3 years.

sidenote: once covid is over and touring is allowed again, I think that's when people will start to see how big these kids will be/are.

It's just basically dubstep. It'll be wack in 2 years. Only the top artists will still be relevant.

Headline version of hyperpop

It's never happening in the mainstream.

I'm not even a numbers guy but Charli XCX did like 8k first week with her 2020 album.