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What exactly is "Bubblegum Pop"
Someone please defy this term for me cause sometimes i don't understand it.
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I think it's a basically just pop music primarily aimed for a younger audience.
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What Like Katy Perry style, Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, Big Time Rush
It thought it asscosiated to those generic stuff as well |
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I suppose its just upbeat, catchy pop music with a big chorus. Usually, but not necessarily, from a 'manufactured' artist and aimed at a young demographic
e.g. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe, Girls Aloud - Biology, Spice Girls - Stop, Alphabeat - Fascination, Nicola Roberts - Beat Of My Drum, Sugababes - Push The Button etc |
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I wouldn't say 'Push The Button' is bubblegum pop.
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Using recent songs, I'd say songs like Starships, Pound the Alarm, Dance Again, Live My Life, Call Me Maybe, etc.
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I wouldn't say 'Push The Button' is bubblegum pop.
![]() Bubblegum pop to me would be defined as how I've described Push the Button up there. It's sickly sweet, harmless, fun, pure pop music. |
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Little Mix's new song.
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Pop music aimed at kiddys.
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Pop music aimed at kids with little-to-no adult theme.. With very above the surface and safe lyrics...
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Pop music aimed at kids with little-to-no adult theme.. With very above the surface and safe lyrics...
I personally dislike this genre but hey, at least it's "safe" for kids to listen to, right? |
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Pop music aimed at kids with little-to-no adult theme.. With very above the surface and safe lyrics...
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Very happy simple pop music that is little more than a nursery rhyme. The first real bubblegum music was the Archies Sugar Sugar, followed by The Partridge Family, Donny Osmond, etc.
People use the term today derogatory - One Direction, Justin Beiber, etc. |
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I suppose its just upbeat, catchy pop music with a big chorus. Usually, but not necessarily, from a 'manufactured' artist and aimed at a young demographic
e.g. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe, Girls Aloud - Biology, Spice Girls - Stop, Alphabeat - Fascination, Nicola Roberts - Beat Of My Drum, Sugababes - Push The Button etc |
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First one possibly - although I've never heard it. The rest no. Biology is quite a complicated song - almost a mash up of several songs.
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look it up....
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Britney Spears, S Club 7, Steps... perfect examples!
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The Beatles were regarded as bubble gum pop in their early days.
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Anything Annie did is bubblegum pop. She even has a song...Bubblegum!
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Bubblegum pop was a style of pop music from the 60's and early 70's. People like the archies, the 1910 fruitgum co, extremely upbeat and extremely poppy. Sugar sugar is a great example but my favourite is 1,2,3 redlight.
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Very happy simple pop music that is little more than a nursery rhyme. The first real bubblegum music was the Archies Sugar Sugar, followed by The Partridge Family, Donny Osmond, etc.
People use the term today derogatory - One Direction, Justin Beiber, etc.
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How the hell have you avoided Call Me Maybe?
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The Beatles were regarded as bubble gum pop in their early days.
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I always think of Aqua whenever anyone says the term, and their lyrics were not always safe! Not sinister, but very nudge nudge wink wink and innuendo filled.
A British act aimed at tweens and kids would very rarely release such a song, I think... I always think S Club 7 or Steps.... Very cheesy faces, overdoing the dancing. Songs about things little kids want to hear - (Climbing mountains, swiming oceans, dancing all night) etc. But I personally wouldn't classify a song like "Call me maybe" as bubblegum - I don't like the song, but I wouldn't. I find bubblegum songs to be songs that sound as if a tween could have written them themselves... Like "Reach for the stars" So many childish cliches in one song, it's cringy. I'd even classify JLS as more bubblegum than Bieber... I think "Bubblegum" has changed in it's meaning through the years, though. |
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Catchy track made strictly for pop radio's playlist including
[LIST][*]Repetitive and basic synth progression[*]Simple vocals so that everyone can sing along[*]Extremely cheesy and non-explicit lyrics[*]Some kind of cliche positive message[/LIST] |
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