electropop

The tradition & historical record

Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. Electropop has been described as a variant of synth-pop with emphasis on a hard electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a revival of popularity and influence in the late 2000s. The genre is often confused with electro, which is sometimes called electro-pop. However, electro is a separate genre incorporating funk and early hip hop.

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electropop is genre of electronic pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and gained mainstream popularity in the mid-2000s, defined by its crisp, compressed synthesizer sounds and warm, crunchy production style, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ¹

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