Artists don’t necessarily set out to create new genres, but in the case of hyperpop it’s not hard to trace the genre back to a handful of like-minded individuals associated with DIY music label PC ...

"Being music," in the all-encompassing sense, seems to be the aspiration of the genre 100 gecs has come to represent: hyperpop. Since the 2010s, that name has been a controversial catch-all for a ...

Unlike punk, emo, grunge, psychobilly, this niche that’s been called "Hyperpop" for at least the past year and a half is keen to reach the mainstream, albeit through experimental means… By Emma Madden ...

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 ...

In 2019, Spotify launched a hyperpop playlist, featuring a wide scope of artists as well as guest curations from 100 gecs, Cook and more. This collection further proved that the undefinable sound of ...

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 ...

From SOPHIE, Charli XCX and Dorian Electra to 100 gecs, food house and osquinn, get to know the 15 records that define hyperpop. One of the biggest misconceptions about hyperpop is that it’s new. Sure ...

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 ...