#pop songs

[allthingslinguistic]

please i need you to watch this deadpan german linguistics professor making an incredibly catchy nerd pop song and dancing it's been stuck in my head all day

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Cover of the sheet music for the 1923 Tin Pan Alley hit, "Yes, We Have No Bananas." Artist: Sol Wohlman.

Photo: Wikimedia

[spideyns]

TAYLOR SWIFT HEADERS

like if u save/use or credit @pmellarkrs on tt

[ryujindc]

Kim Petras Photoshoot for her album "Slut Pop Miami" (2024)

[alreadyghostts]

i don't forgive you by isabel larosa

[citizenscreen]

Jan and Dean’s “Surf City” hit #1 on the U.S. pop charts on July 20, 1963.

[blacksgarden]

Spotify Wrapped Chain

It's all there in the title. Let's do it~

No pressure tag: @somewereinthegalaxi, @msblacklupin, @chronicintrovertt and @🫵 (you! Yes, how else are we supposed to start a chain, person behind ze screen?~

IMPORTANT NOTE: I am the kind of person to just enjoy music. I listen to a really wide range of music and I'm talking about songs from the 70s/80s till this era. So please do not criticise me for who I listen to (E.g. Doja Cat), because I usually listen to current songs for their catchy melody. Not for the artist or the lyrics. The best songs, especially for their lyrics, is hands down in Generation X's era.

[ryugies]

sabrina carpenter fruitcake wallpapers

not kpop related but i love sabrina sm

like or reblog !

[madrone33]

Hey so I realised the difference between songs you'd hear on the radio and musical theatre numbers.

On average, radio songs are trying to tell a vibe, a mood.

While they do tell some sort of story (a breakup, a love song, a summer holiday), it's very generalised. It's supposed to be relatable for a wide audience, so other people can relate to it and feel the feeling the song's trying to convey. It's trying to convey the feeling of betrayal, or elation, or just a total vibe. You want it to sound good even if it's in the background, even if the lyrics aren't really listened to; the feeling should still come through. And the feeling is what makes it sound like one song. The whole song should have one overarching mood, one feeling.

Musical theatre numbers are trying to tell a scene, an event in a story.

In KYFC, the first half and the second half of the song sound drastically different, but they're still the same scene. Aeolus' game, and then the dream leading to the storm being unleashed, are just two parts of the same Wind Bag problem. It's only when they deal with it and Poseidon announces himself that the scene changes, and a new song starts accordingly.

That's why sometimes it could feel like the songs in EPIC are a bit disjointed, musically. Because if you're used to general songs, then a drastic change in mood or style means it should be two seperate songs, not "mashed" into one. Especially since the verse chorus verse chorus structure of a normal pop song isn't always there. But if you come at it from a musical theatre lense, then it makes complete sense why certain events are grouped the way they are.

Take Mutiny, for example. It changes like, seven times: "Tell me you did not know that would happen", "... Then you have forced my hand", "My brothers... why?", "Some island, the first one we found", "Please don't tell me you're about to do what I think you'll do", "How much longer must we suffer now?", "... You've doomed us..." Mood wise, each part is very tonally different from the others, with no real verse or chorus or bridge; Scene wise, the whole thing is the breakdown of their relationship leading to a mistake they can't come back from, and all the tonally different parts of the song work incredibly.

Just putting my rambling thoughts to page lol. I know I generalised a lot. Bohemian Rhapsody comes to mind as an example of pop songs rapidly changing styles, but it's not like that type of song is the norm, so.

Anyway, I guess that was my essay on why the Wisdom Saga did not need to be split into more songs.

[starrynightsxo]

me resisting the urge to sing the words "good luck babe!" whenever someone says they are going/need to do something

[4townglazer]

nobody like u has surpassed 270m views on yt, which means 30m until 300m... HUH😭

[sandysapphireother]

why are modern pop songs so overstimulating

[badtnbcideas]

TNBC, but the songs are all pop songs from the 2010s-2020s. (In other words, it’s a cringy jukebox musical.)

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[emilyscastlevania]

[rickchung]

♫ Dua Lipa x “Tiny Desk Concert” x NPR Music.

Setlist: "Training Season," "These Walls," "Happy for You," and "Houdini" [Oct. 25, 2024]

[alreadyghostts]

the greatest by billie eilish