Everything about Hyperpop
Music genre
Hyperpop is an electronic music movement and loosely defined subgenre that originated in the early 2010s in the United Kingdom. It is characterised by an exaggerated or maximalist take on 21st century popular music tropes and typically integrates pop and avant-garde sensibilities while drawing on elements commonly found in electronic, rock, hip-hop, and dance music. The origins of hyperpop are primarily traced back to the output of English musician A. G. Cook's record label and art collective PC Music, with associated artists Sophie, GFOTY, Hayden Dunham, Hannah Diamond, and Charli XCX, helping to pioneer a musical style that was later known as "bubblegum bass". Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: HyperpopA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: HyperpopThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: “Wrap You Up in My Blue Hair”: Vocaloid, Hyperpop, and Identity in “Ashnikko Feat. Hatsune Miku – Daisy 2.0”Cited 11 times
- Go sideways: DigicoreA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Pressure (Yungster Jack and David Shawty song)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A microgenre of music that exaggerates common traits from pop music that originated in the 2010s.
Adjective In an extreme or exaggerated pop-music style.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
“Wrap You Up in My Blue Hair”: Vocaloid, Hyperpop, and Identity in “Ashnikko Feat. Hatsune Miku – Daisy 2.0”
Julie Ackermann, Hyperpop — La pop au temps du capitalisme numérique, Lyon, Façonnage éditions, 2024. 153 p., ISBN 978-2-36481-133-1
Hyperpop, maxicringe
Hyperpop et autotune : la pop comme art sonore
Assembling Hyperpop: Genre Formation on Wikipedia
Russian hyperpop music as a postmodern phenomenon
đź“š Books worth reading
HyperpopJulie Ackermann · 2025
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