Electropop is what Teen Pop was in the Y2K era, New Wave/Synthpop in 1981-85, and Disco in the 70s. What's next?

Electropop: 2008-2013 (Ended with Hipster culture taking over)

Teen Pop: 1997-2001 (Slowly faded when Party Rap/R&B and Glam Rap took over)

New Wave/Synthpop: 1981-1986 (Ended when Hair Metal took over)

Disco: 1974-1979 (Ended with Disco Demolition Night)

I can't imagine it being anything other than K-Pop at the moment

Teen Pop: 1997-2001 (Slowly faded when Party Rap/R&B and Glam Rock took over)

Glam Rock? Such an early-mid 70s stample was a thing in the early 2000s?

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Anyway, don't really know what all these genres have to do with eachother so I can't really answer this thread. I thought these were "turn of the decade" genres, but there's the New wave era which lasted probably too long to be considered one.

Also if we start the Electropop era in 2008 and Teen Pop era in 1997, then the New Wave era should definitely start in 1979:
https://youtu.be/Ldyx3KHOFXw
https://youtu.be/WGU_4-5RaxU
https://youtu.be/W8r-tXRLazs

Glam Rock? Such an early-mid 70s stample

I'm guessing he actually meant Glam Rap.

I'm guessing he actually meant Glam Rap.


Yeah, sorry about the slight mistake  ;D

I can't imagine it being anything other than K-Pop at the moment


I was thinking that too, but something will eventually replace that. Then, K-Pop wouldn't be considered the next Electropop. And plus, K Pop isn't as dominant as Electropop or New Wave

are we forgetting trap happened orrrrr?

Delay that for the late 2020's/early 2030's because I have no sense of this own's transition decade of a new Y2K or a new electropop coming up.

are we forgetting trap happened orrrrr?
All I can remember is that trap never happened with me.

Fix the New Wave era

Electropop is what Teen Pop was in the Y2K era, New Wave/Synthpop in 1981-85, and Disco in the 70s. What's next?

Electropop: 2008-2013 (Ended with Hipster culture taking over)

Teen Pop: 1997-2001 (Slowly faded when Party Rap/R&B and Glam Rap took over)

New Wave/Synthpop: 1981-1986 (Ended when Hair Metal took over)

Disco: 1974-1979 (Ended with Disco Demolition Night)
Hopefully, it's not anything that will be unlistenable. Also, I disagree with the time spans of each era.

For one, there wasn't as much electropop the first few years as people made it out to be. I would check out this topic for more reference.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=60037.0

Teen pop did not slowly fade when Party Rap/R&B and Glam Rap took over. R&B and Glam Rap were just as significant as teen pop during that period. Plus, R&B and party rap aren't nearly the same things.

Here are two examples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CL6n0FJZpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qKNlcUwKs

Wouldn't the New Wave/Synthpop be relevant throughout the whole period? It's not like Hair Metal killed the genre.

As for Disco, I believe it would be inaccurate to say that it ended with Disco Demolition Night. That would imply there weren't any more songs of that genre after that event happened. Plus, wouldn't people consider these disco tracks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnodEEnMvC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4o8LhysL2Y

Delay that for the late 2020's/early 2030's because I have no sense of this own's transition decade of a new Y2K or a new electropop coming up.

I agree. It feels like we are firmly in the 2010s now.

Fix the New Wave era


New Wave still wasnt completely dominant until 1981... Its a lot like saying the Electropop era started in 2001 with NSync's pop, or the Teen Pop era started in like 1990, which wasnt even a thing until 1995 at least, but even then, despite Teen pop existing during that time, its completely unknown.

Hopefully, it's not anything that will be unlistenable. Also, I disagree with the time spans of each era.

For one, there wasn't as much electropop the first few years as people made it out to be. I would check out this topic for more reference.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=60037.0

Teen pop did not slowly fade when Party Rap/R&B and Glam Rap took over. R&B and Glam Rap were just as significant as teen pop during that period. Plus, R&B and party rap aren't nearly the same things.

Here are two examples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CL6n0FJZpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qKNlcUwKs

Wouldn't the New Wave/Synthpop be relevant throughout the whole period? It's not like Hair Metal killed the genre.

As for Disco, I believe it would be inaccurate to say that it ended with Disco Demolition Night. That would imply there weren't any more songs of that genre after that event happened. Plus, wouldn't people consider these disco tracks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnodEEnMvC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4o8LhysL2Y


I'm not saying New Wave was killed in a shot instantly because of Hair metal, I'm just trying to say that Dance-pop, Hair Metal, Hip Hop, and other forms of mid/late 80s music started taking over its popularity, because not everything dies in an instant. New Wave slowly faded because those other genres were slowly becoming more and more dominant while New Wave was on the way out. The last year New Wave was truly dominant was in 1985, but that doesnt mean it's going to die eventually, some New Wave elements lasted until 1992 with Depeche Mode.

Just like Teen Pop, it didnt die in an instant, again, the last dominant year was 2000, and then R&B and glam rap just became more and more amplified, with Teen Pop on the way out. But, there were still some teen pop elements in like 2006-2013, with Disney Channel shows.

Disco didnt really end with Demolition Night, I agree with that, I'm just trying to say that because of that night, disco becomes less appealing to many, and the genre faded between Late 1979 to 1981, just because the end of the dominance happened, doesnt mean the end of the genre happened.

Let's add expansions to all these genres:

Electropop extension years: 2013-2015 (There were some electropop elements by Chris Brown's 5 more hours)

Teen Pop extension years: 2001-2016 (Its bizarre to keep it for a long time, I know. But acts like Shawn Mendes, Meghan Trainor, and Ariana Grande kept it alive)

New Wave extension years: 1986-1993 (Depeche Mode and The Cure somewhat kept it alive, despite slowly fading, although It is gone even before Grunge was dominant)

Disco extension years: 1980-1983 (Not counting Italo Disco or Post Disco here btw, Funkytown and A Lovers Holliday kind of kept it alive)

New Wave still wasnt completely dominant until 1981... Its a lot like saying the Electropop era started in 2001 with NSync's pop, or the Teen Pop era started in like 1990, which wasnt even a thing until 1995 at least, but even then, despite Teen pop existing during that time, its completely unknown.
Teen Pop as a genre exists since the 50s when you know teenage culture became a thing. It's just a loose term for highly sugary Pop created exclusively to appeal to a younger audience, and just absorbs whatever trends are going on, and just went troughout fluctuating degrees of popularity in the last handful of decades.

Teen Pop wasn't a thing in 1990? What about New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany and all those other young acts that dominated Pop airways in the late 80s and early 90s?

New Wave was certainly already a big deal in 1979 and 1980, particularly in the UK which saw an explosion of it with acts like The Clash, Elvis Costello and The Police. But in the US as well with particularly the band Blondie regularly topping the charts in both years.

Ariana Grande is absolutely not bubblegum teen pop, she has a heavy R&B slant and most of her music is produced by hip hop producers.

I think a better name for the teen pop invasion of the 96-02 era would be the Y2K pop era. It perfectly encapsulates the aesthetic without being too ambiguous to include outliers.

The next wave will begin when late Gen Z and early Gen Alpha will start having nostalgia for the 2008-2013 electro pop era and they’re grown up enough to make their own music

The next wave will begin when late Gen Z and early Gen Alpha will start having nostalgia for the 2008-2013 electro pop era and they’re grown up enough to make their own music
Aren't Gen Alpha like born in the last 5 years?