Notes on Music Genre Research: Pop

Pop music is a genre of main stream music that's extremely popular, it comes from Modern Western society in the 1950's/ 1960's and is a softer version of rock and roll.
It's name comes from the abbreviation of 'Popular Music' that's shortened to 'Pop Music'.

Pop music is eclectic, based of other genres such as urban, dance, rock, country, etc.
Pop is usually recognized with short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure) as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.

Mise en Scene

- Happy/ positive bright lighting
- Sexualised men and women
- Intricate choreography
- Conspicuous Consumption- extensive showing of wealth and power
- Young (Under 30's)
- Pink Pound (Large fan base from the Homosexual male community)

Stars
- Justin Bieber
- Taylor Swift
- Little Mix
- Katy Perry
- Shawn Mendes