Unlike punk, emo, grunge, psychobilly, this niche that’s been called "Hyperpop" for at least the past year and a half is keen to reach the mainstream, albeit through experimental means… By Emma Madden ...

Artists don’t necessarily set out to create new genres, but in the case of hyperpop it’s not hard to trace the genre back to a handful of like-minded individuals associated with DIY music label PC ...

These days, we’re living in Charli XCX’s world. The singer’s jaunt to Cannes and sold-out Boiler Room set all helped drum up hype for her album, Brat, which was released to instant critical acclaim.

"Being music," in the all-encompassing sense, seems to be the aspiration of the genre 100 gecs has come to represent: hyperpop. Since the 2010s, that name has been a controversial catch-all for a ...

In 2019, Spotify launched a hyperpop playlist, featuring a wide scope of artists as well as guest curations from 100 gecs, Cook and more. This collection further proved that the undefinable sound of ...

Last spring, Elliott Platt was cleaning fish tanks at his local pet store when he received the luckiest news of his young life. He’d been laid off. COVID cutbacks: a tale as old as 2020 itself. With ...

What started as a way to categorize "genre-less" music has evolved into a music phenomenon After coining the term in 2019, Spotify left many of us wondering, "What is hyperpop?" What started as a way ...

(NEXSTAR) — Five years after dropping a “pop bible” in the hyperpop music genre, the charmingly chaotic and somewhat genius alternative pop duo food house has returned with their sophomore album, “two ...

Gutierrez chose the stage name Glaive, a reference to a weapon from Dark Souls III. In July, he released his debut album, I Care So Much That I Don’t Care At All, on the major label Interscope. Now 18 ...

In music and on roller coasters, speediness makes for the fun kind of scariness. When young punk rockers raised on the Ramones began to play their own music in the early 1980s, the rat-a-tat rumble of ...

It’s still hard to believe that Jan. 30 marks one year since the tragic passing of SOPHIE. A performer, producer and overall creative visionary, the existence of SOPHIE within the cultural landscape ...