Years before it became associated with an algorithm-driven playlist on streaming services, hyperpop was an unruly and nebulous internet subculture driven by independent musicians obsessed with pop ...
“Looking for Subculture?” asks a bouncer at the L.A. club Catch One. “In more ways than one,” I reply as I pull out my ticket to the hyperpop rave happening inside. As a turquoise band is wrapped ...
To celebrate Pride Month, we are looking at the top genres that the LGBTQ+ community has influenced, one of which is hyperpop. Many associate the queer community with the bright sounds of disco, the ...
The Fonda Theatre was nothing short of ablaze with energy as the North Carolinian artist performed a mix of emotional and upbeat pieces. (Ash Dunlap / Daily Trojan) In a collision of lights, synth and ...
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 ...
"Hyperpop almost has punk energy," says Quinton Barnes, a solo artist from Kitchener, ON. "It's so serious that people take it as frivolous, but it's serious because it's rebellion. It takes ...