Passive/Aggressive

Pretty Nihilist Pop – Defending Charli XCX against her devotees

Feature October 18 2019, af passive/aggressive

By Mandus Ridefelt When Charli XCX released “Charli” in September 2019, it was her third full-length album and her first after the 2016-17 mixtapes, “Vroom Vroom”, “Number 1 Angel” and “Pop 2″, that had defined her as an artist”. Particularly, the ingeniously titled “Pop 2”, which established Charli XCX as a central figure to what commonly was referred to as the “future of pop”. ...

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SOPHIE – En forvrænget syntese af kunst og produkt

Blog December 3 2015, af mikkelarre SOPHIEPRODUCT

Af Joachim Haugbølle Sammen med det britiske label PC Music er SOPHIE bannerfører for genren bubblegum-pop, der tager lyden og det visuelle fra dance- og populærkulturen omkring årtusindskiftet samt K-Pop og EDM og fordrejer og overdriver det hele. Resultatet, som også kommer til udtryk på SOPHIEs nyligt udgivne opsamling ”PRODUCT”, balancerer et sted mellem samfundskritik af forbrugerisme, populærkultur og en postmoderne joke om popmusik ...

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