With Kesha, it’s fair to say that love is (still) her drug. Today, the pop star released her single “Boy Crazy,” on which she sings from the perspective of a horny and wild-hearted femme fatale. The ...
In 2014, music fans and critics began paying close attention to a mysterious group of artists who’d started releasing tracks online. They were part of PC Music, a loose electronic-music collective ...
Underscores, the musical pen name of April Harper Grey, has quickly risen to the top of the growing hyperpop genre. Her 2021 debut album “fishmonger” brought a breath of fresh air to the genre, ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I can guarantee that I will have no need for algebra in my musical career," says high school student and hyperpop standout Glaive ...
“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 ...
Hyperpop is a generation-defining style of music that reflects Generation Z’s nihilistic disposition toward the issues of our time. It is as ironic and self-satirizing as we are. It reflects our ...
Reviews may call it unforgiving and harsh, maximalist and blown-out, high-pitched and squeaky, electronic and glitchy. While these terms are sometimes applicable, the genre of hyperpop’s most defining ...
The microgenre — fueled by teen upstarts like osquinn and glaive, and more established names like 100 gecs and A.G. Cook — has a modest but dedicated following, and many different kinds of sounds. By ...
April Harper Grey, better known as underscores, has a history of obsessing over musical perfection. Having produced music since she was 12 years old, she began her music career posting dubstep on ...