What’s with Hyperpop?

A new genre of music has hit the top charts for teens around the world: hyperpop. This genre is a strange one. It’s not something you can really sing along to, but it’s also not something you won’t know the words to.

Mostly consisting of electronic sounds and fast-paced vocals, hyperpop is the music of the future, it seems. The lyrics are generally very edgy and relatable for teenagers today, leaving most parents confused by what their kids are listening to.

As someone who loves hyperpop, having my mom ask me to play my music in the car leaves me playing something she would enjoy more than my own music, just because hyperpop isn’t something adults like generally. I’m sure other teens have had this same experience.

With the genre slowly growing in popularity, more and more hyperpop artists have been making their debuts. People are loving it. One artist that has made a particularly big impact on the hyperpop scene is glaive. With over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, he continues to create hyperpop music. His most popular song, called astrid, has almost 17 million listeners. Here's a link to the song.

Another popular hyperpop artist is ericdoa, who has a little over 800,000 monthly listeners. His most popular song is called fantasize, with about 7 million listeners. He happens to do a lot of collaborations with glaive; they just released an album together called then i’ll be happy which has become very popular. Here's the link to fantasize. Then, here's the link to the album then i'll be happy on Spotify.

Something that I’ve noticed while researching and listening to hyperpop songs, the vast majority of the song titles and even the artist’s names aren’t capitalized. I find this interesting because older songs always have correct capitalization and punctuation. Personally, I think it has something to do with teenagers today and how they act and write.

Of course, some teenagers don’t like hyperpop. It often uses a lot of swears and talks about stuff that isn’t exactly child-friendly. But, with how the world is today, a lot of the music talks about real problems in the world. A song by glaive and ericdoa called mental anguish mentions a lot about how teens are struggling with depression, even when they have decent lives. It has over 1 million listeners. Here's the link to listen.

There’s a lot of different types of hyperpop: bubblegum pop, trance, Eurohouse, emo rap, nu-metal, cloud rap, J-pop, K-pop, and many more. Since it’s a relatively new genre, I expect it to keep growing when it comes to subgenres. The most popular subgenre right now is cloud rap. One artist that does a lot of cloud rap is called oaf1. A cloud rap song of his is called think abt it. Click here to listen to it.

These genres are probably unfamiliar to anyone who doesn’t know a lot about hyperpop, so I’ll go into a little detail about some of them. Bubblegum pop is lighter, upbeat genre of music that is generally more marketed at children than teens. Trance music is an electric-sounding type of pop music; it is also known as techno.

I recommend hyperpop to anyone who enjoys faster-paced music types; it’s very fun to listen to. Deciphering the lyrics is always a challenge, but Google is here for a reason, haha. Some good artists I didn’t list in the article are bladee, miraie, yugen, and kid sora. All of these artists can be found easily on Youtube and Spotify.