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4y

I do it because I know how s*** gets buried in music sxn
Especially when it’s not gossip or about something popping to users here

I figure if I format my thread titles differently it might encourage more people to click on it than otherwise

DEL_245

4y

yes

and don't start now

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4y

I think you’re missing what I was saying in OP though

I don’t think pop music is dead

I think the iteration of pop that included artists like Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Pink etc is dead

I think pop is starting to try and find a new territory - there’s the 80s revival w blinding lights And don’t start now, there’s melodic rap/singing w Post, Juice etc, there’s more conventional pop w hip hop influence like Ariana grande or Billie Eilish

I don’t think there’s a clear path forward for the genre yet but I think there will be one

flizzy 999

4y

Pop been had introspective songs, Somebody That I Used to Know was the biggest song a year before

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4y

was just about to reply to your post with this

Altar

4y

Definitely agree that pop is dying. The Billies of the world will be successful but I can't see labels jumping head over heels to clone her. What she does is kind of hard to pull off because of how minimalistic it is. Those old pop stars are barely surviving nowadays and are being supported by small but extremely loyal groups of stans; they're making up like 75% of pop album sales because the streaming numbers are pitiful. I think we're going to see Rap on top for the next several years before a challenger even appears. I think the "Pop" genre is as dead as Rock at this point and I don't think it will ever return.

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4y

I think you’re missing what I was saying in OP though

I don’t think pop music is dead

I think the iteration of pop that included artists like Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Pink etc is dead

I think pop is starting to try and find a new territory - there’s the 80s revival w blinding lights And don’t start now, there’s melodic rap/singing w Post, Juice etc, there’s more conventional pop w hip hop influence like Ariana grande or Billie Eilish

I don’t think there’s a clear path forward for the genre yet but I think there will be one

flizzy 999

4y

I don’t think Lorde revolutionized pop music she just popularized indie pop a bit more

But some indie pop hits were big just not as big as Royals

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4y

I think you’re missing what I was saying in OP though

I don’t think pop music is dead

I think the iteration of pop that included artists like Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Pink etc is dead

I think pop is starting to try and find a new territory - there’s the 80s revival w blinding lights And don’t start now, there’s melodic rap/singing w Post, Juice etc, there’s more conventional pop w hip hop influence like Ariana grande or Billie Eilish

I don’t think there’s a clear path forward for the genre yet but I think there will be one

flizzy 999

4y

I don’t know man, all of these artist you mentioned make different music

I’ll say the era of Black Eyed Peas / Kesha / Lady Gaga / Flo Rida of EDM pop is dead

Good era tho rip

M2

4y

Gaga, Katy, JT, Pink make completely different music from each other

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4y

Yea that’s what I mean

And with the artists down the bottom they all do make different music but all fit the pop label which is what I mean

Pop always involves a ton of different sounds but usually there’s a pretty clearly dominant sound
I don’t think we have that right now and I think those are some potential sounds that could become THE ONE

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4y

Mmm Timberlake maybe and Gaga in her later music

But pink Katy Perry and 09 Gaga all had pretty similar sounds
Obviously some differences but they all clearly fit a genre

DEL_245

4y

P!nk and Katy in 2009 def but Gaga? lol

flizzy 999

4y

I disagree Ariana and Billie Eilish are still “pop”

Pop exists it just changes all the time

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4y

Wym

Are you saying they are or aren’t pop

flizzy 999

4y

They are

It’s pop

Pink and JT aren’t “exactly” pop either but they definitely pop

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4y

We’re agreeing my man

Nozuka

4y

But yeah it’s pretty crazy how much pop fell off and how dominant hip-hop became and is currently.

I wonder when the time will come where a different genre (pop, rock, R&B) will our perform hip-hop