It’s a list that, while admittedly influenced by my personal taste, names albums that I feel make a case for hyperpop as an era defining music movement that will stand the test of time, instead of a mere hot cultural phase. So I thought it would be fun to look at the movement’s history through a list of albums that detail its remarkable transformations, both sonically and culturally. The scene’s foundation is built on its ethos, not on genre or aesthetic constraints. This has resulted in an inclusive, innovative, heavily-LGBTQ+ community that has only been recognized as a coherent genre within the past couple years.Īs many have pointed out, hyperpop is defined by its uncategorizable nature, constant evolution, and impulse towards Internet community-building and sonic experimentation. Spawning out of the chaotic SoundCloud netlabel culture of the early-to-mid 2010s, hyperpop has been brewing in the DIY Internet music scene for essentially a decade. But to call it new is to negate a rich history of underground art.

Sure, the pop and electronic movement’s sudden marketing power and absorption into the major label system have given it a buzzy, trendy sheen.

One of the biggest misconceptions about hyperpop is that it’s new.

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