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jakee View member profile	22nd March 2015, 03:46 PM Post #1
i thought you wore the hairpiece for style Pronouns: · Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,456 User: 47	after what feels like an age of dry singer/songwriter and 90s dance reswizzles dominating the charts this year has seen two pure pop #01s in ellie g and years and years and probable future #01s from jess glynne and carly rae jepsen. kelly clarkson has also seen surprising success with 'heartbeat song'. so, the question is, are we finally seeing a shift into more euphoric, purer pop? do you think this'll continue through summer? i truly hope so <3


Josh! View member profile	22nd March 2015, 03:49 PM Post #2
c: Joined: 12 March 2014 Posts: 13,153 User: 20,692	I'm thirsty for an R&B revival but I'll take pop. I'm hoping 1989 continues to be a huge success reminiscent of the Teenage Dream era..


SLlewellyn View member profile	22nd March 2015, 03:57 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 4 March 2011 Posts: 5,262 User: 13,126	I'd say it was more synthpop that's become popular in the last few years. Chvrches, Clean Bandit and Years & Years are all very much production-heavy, but the lyrics and vocals are still on point and the choruses catchy. I wonder how many 'new' artists will be able to ride on this success though. If "FourFiveSeconds" is anything to go by, Rihanna will be avoiding "Only Girl"-type music on this upcoming album (which I'm glad of). Sia has said her next album will be even more pop than the current album though, and it seems Carly Rae Jepsen will do well from a lack of other big pop tracks around.


Jester View member profile	22nd March 2015, 03:58 PM Post #4
Right in front of my salad?! Pronouns: he/him Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 82,478 User: 12	Is King pure pop? I was thinking they were Electronic pop/dance (and Jess Glynne)?


365 View member profile	22nd March 2015, 04:04 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 11 October 2013 Posts: 31,028 User: 19,931	I love pop. I think it gets a bad rep and lots of the general public don't buy into it because of it being 'uncool' when there's actually a lot of artistry in making a good pop song.


Chez Wombat View member profile	22nd March 2015, 04:19 PM Post #6
The owls are not what they seem Pronouns: He/him Joined: 11 July 2009 Posts: 37,131 User: 9,232	It's quite hard to define 'pure pop' as I think it's probably the genre that has the most influences from other genres and in turn, could be classified to many songs. I would say Jess Glynne and Years and Years are more lined to dance & synth pop. I don't think pop ever went away really, it's one of music history's most prominent genres, it might have been a tad overshadowed by the deep house craze last year and meld in with other genres, but I think it will always hang around.


Sempachorra View member profile	22nd March 2015, 04:36 PM Post #7
Let's Go Brandon Joined: 6 April 2006 Posts: 22,647 User: 421	King certainly isnt pure pop, its dance-pop. We may be getting more "pure pop", but certainly nothing like the late 90s/early 00s era where it dominated (along side by side with dance). I think usually dance and pop pull each other up, usually when one is popular the other is too. This post has been edited by Euphorique: 22nd March 2015, 04:38 PM


Cowboy Cody View member profile	22nd March 2015, 04:40 PM Post #8
new hair, new tee, new Levii’s Jeans Joined: 24 October 2014 Posts: 39,316 User: 21,308	I'm predicting it will be a mixture of pure pop and dance with some outliers like "Hold Back The River", rather than just that type of music bombarding the chart. With Conor and Carly out in the same month again, it will seem like 2012 all over again


Jade View member profile	22nd March 2015, 04:46 PM Post #9
Alone and wounded Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,191 User: 12,810	I think pop is slowly creeping back, Jake! With the likes of those you've mentioned and Charli/Rita - Doin' It, it has seen a bit of a mini revival! The dream would be a mix of pure euphoric pop, R&B with a bit of dance as well!


slowdown73 View member profile	22nd March 2015, 07:29 PM Post #10
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 August 2006 Posts: 8,209 User: 1,031	I hope so. Bring me pop anyday compared to RnB shit.


Eric_Blob View member profile	22nd March 2015, 07:31 PM Post #11
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 February 2010 Posts: 25,010 User: 10,665	King seems like it's going to be the biggest dance-pop-ish chart hit in ages (maybe since 2012? There's Wake Me Up and Timber, but those wouldn't have been #1 hits if it weren't for the folk influences imo). But one big hit doesn't mean it'll cause a comeback. For example, Baby Cakes was a #1 hit in 2005 or some time around then, but it didn't kick off a revival. But I'm not sure if it'll start making a comeback yet, it still wasn't that long ago when it was dominating, other musical trends take much longer to make a comeback usually (like this minimal house music trend, it was last a big force in the charts in the late 90's(?), so it was a very long time before it made a major comeback). QUOTE(Josh. @ Mar 22 2015, 03:49 PM) I'm thirsty for an R&B revival but I'll take pop. I'm hoping 1989 continues to be a huge success reminiscent of the Teenage Dream era.. I think R&B has been doing pretty well in the charts the past couple of years. Not dominating, but I'm happy that there can be big R&B chart hits again now. The main thing I noticed though is that it's usually the retro-sounding or adult R&B songs which do well. The modern electronic R&B that dominates now doesn't really do that well in the charts (with a few exceptions like Drunk In Love or Loyal), and it'd be nice to see more of that over songs like Suit & Tie, Happy, etc. Even ones like Talk Dirty and Problem are retro sounding with their brass instrumentation, reminding me of stuff from the 00s like Amerie, J-Lo, Beyonce. I think the old-sounding ones just have broader appeal.


Liаm View member profile	22nd March 2015, 07:32 PM Post #12
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,176 User: 10,139	I really want R&B to come back in a big way - especially Tinashe making it big Hopefully Natalie La Rose's Somebody kicks off an R&B revolution by being a hit <3 But pop is my passion, I'm liking seeing a few more pop songs doing really well compared to the same derivative house songs. I'm getting fed up of not just that but also male singer-songwriter MOR, as much as I've loved Hozier and Ed Sheeran over the past year or so.


Brer View member profile	22nd March 2015, 07:40 PM Post #13
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,094 User: 8,300	Pop never goes away, it just appears more prominent as the chart goes from one genre of the month to the next. It probably won't be long before tropical house becomes as prominent as deep house did.


Eric_Blob View member profile	22nd March 2015, 07:40 PM Post #14
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 February 2010 Posts: 25,010 User: 10,665	QUOTE(Liаm @ Mar 22 2015, 07:32 PM) Hopefully Natalie La Rose's Somebody kicks off an R&B revolution by being a hit <3 I heard that song on Capital FM. It might be one of those songs they only play at night-time though, but if it gets day-time airplay on Capital it should get in the charts. But yeah, this is the sort of modern-sounding electronic R&B I prefer over the retro ones (although I still enjoy most of those too). This post has been edited by Eric_Blob: 22nd March 2015, 07:42 PM


Long Dong Silver View member profile	22nd March 2015, 08:22 PM Post #15
Buffy/Charmed Joined: 18 April 2013 Posts: 44,107 User: 18,639	I usuaully love pop, but not this basic trite pop we've had since 1989. Real, quality-made pop like Teenage Dream, yes, but stuff like Really Like You and 1989, no.


fchd View member profile	22nd March 2015, 08:51 PM Post #16
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 14 July 2008 Posts: 3,807 User: 6,639	Most, if not all, of these other genres mentioned are sub-divisions of pop anyway in my book.


Brer View member profile	22nd March 2015, 08:53 PM Post #17
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,094 User: 8,300	QUOTE(fchd @ Mar 22 2015, 08:51 PM) Most, if not all, of these other genres mentioned are sub-divisions of pop anyway in my book. I agree, however this thread is specifically about pure pop which is distinct from the other genres mentioned.


Atonement View member profile	22nd March 2015, 09:00 PM Post #18
I just had to see your face to feel alive Joined: 22 February 2010 Posts: 6,910 User: 10,676	I asked myself this question back when Carly Rae Jepsen smashed with 'Call Me Maybe', which is about as pop as you can get. But alas, it wasn't meant to be.


BillyH View member profile	22nd March 2015, 10:38 PM Post #19
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 10 July 2008 Posts: 2,146 User: 6,614	Yeah I would have thought the same circa Call Me Maybe, you had Steps returning to #1 on the album chart (and undertaking a huge sell-out tour) plus the return of boybands such as One Direction and The Wanted doing absolutely massive - I thought a bubblegum pop revival was imminent, but it never quite happened. It's really difficult to class what is and isn't 'pop'. Looking at the last 15 years you had the kid-friendly Britney/Steps/S Club 7 era at the start, then it all became very R&B-influenced in the early-mid noughties, then indie-pop dominated until 2008 and then the Gaga/Guetta/Calvin madness began - you could go from S Club 7's 'Reach' to Liberty X's 'Just A Little' to Scouting For Girls's 'She's So Lovely' to Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face' to Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' and call all of it "pop" music, just adapting based on the era and style that was relevant at the time.


FleetSeb View member profile	23rd March 2015, 11:10 AM Post #20
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 13 December 2012 Posts: 756 User: 17,989	As long as it isn't a return to the dreafulness of 2009-2012. 2013-2015 has been such an improvement on that era at least.