Talk:Hyperpop

I see that Digicore genre simply redirects to Hyperpop, and that the article simply says that Hyperpop is also known as digicore. I think it would be helpful to explain how the genres are either different or list popular artists that are commonly categorized under the umbrella of genres. Here are some sources I am thinking about adding.
Digicore artists and description^[5]
Glitchcore artists and description^[6]
Robloxcore artists and description^[7]
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I like Kim Petras, but I don't think one could argue that she makes hyperpop — Preceding unsigned comment added by Themaddman (talk • contribs) 02:08, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

I think that artists such as osquinn should be added to this article. She *is* a giant in the hyperpop community. Hyperpop (talk) 19:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Any sources for these claims? Kim Petras is sourced as being called a hyperpop artist.Gagaluv1 (talk) 19:40, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

I'll be honest and say that I don't have any sources, and a quick Google search shows a handful of articles that indeed call Kim Petras a hyperpop artist. I was going to make a long write-up about how Kim Petras actually makes bedroom pop/electropop and including her as a hyperpop artist dilutes the term's meaning too much, but I realize that my analysis is meaningless without anything to back it up. All I'll say is listen to Kim Petras, then listen to any other hyperpop artist, and you'll get what I mean.Themaddman (talk) 20:23, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Kim Petras makes electropop, not hyperpop. Artists such as osquinn, glaive, ericdoa should be added. Benarnold98 (talk) 10:37, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Why does it list Emo in genres Hyperpop is derived from? Emo is a type of Punk music, and Hyperpop is Experimental, Dance-Pop derived music. I don't see any similarity. Do they mean Emo Rap? If so, it should link to that article, not to the article on Emo, the rock genre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark Lord Thomas Pie (talk • contribs) 21:14, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

I think they're referring to Digicore, which is mostly emo rap-adjacent. However, there are also artists like 100 Gecs who incorporate ska and nu-metal influences, so it wouldn't be surprising. Ceo of wimbus (talk) 02:37, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

There is a lot of emo in Hyperpop. Lots of Dylan Brady's production is quite emo inspired, e.g. Lil Aaron - Drugs, 100 Gecs - Stupid Horse.

User:Acousmana has insisted on including information in the lead that is reflected in one (1) source, and given it the same weight as information that is reflected in 5+ sources. That’s bad and misleading. There’s no consensus that hyperpop began with nu rave band Test Icicles or Hudson Mohawke, but virtually every source names PC Music as an originary hub of the scene and many of its pioneering artists. Explain yourself. Kkollaps (talk) 02:23, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

thanks for your input on this, the main concern - with respect to origin of the term/style/acts associated with it etc. - is that we try and communicate the nuanced picture painted by the sources rather than appear to promote a single collective/label and it's founder. We also need to be sure we are not just uncritically regurgitating music PR. If you are happy to wait, I'll get back to this in the next couple of days re:what various sources state about, origins, influences, current trends etc. Acousmana 20:36, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

I should think the main concern is to adequately summarize the available published sources on the subject, not to unduly weigh a claim briefly thrown out by one source as heavily as a consistent motif discussed at length by the overwhelming majority of the sources. Kkollaps (talk) 14:40, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Refs, in terms of term/genre origin, key influences, associated artists - other than Cook - etc. The lead offers a skewed summary. Acousmana 14:33, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

• I support Acousmana's changes. The lead's function is to provide a concise summary of the body, and the body should include a balance of significant viewpoints. There is no source that explicitly contradicts the claims in question. ili (talk) 23:39, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
• The lead mentioned several artists invoked only by one (1) source in the same capacity as an artist/label invoked by 6+ sources. That’s not a "balance" that’s undue weight.Kkollaps (talk) 21:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Imagine a scenario where we had 20+ sources stating that "hyperpop" was a term invented by PC Music. Then we have one source pointing out that a very notable individual was using the term 5 years earlier. That's not undue weight if we note the one source that acknowledges the earlier artist. Same concept applies here. ili (talk) 20:19, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

That analogy doesn’t work. We’re not talking about a concrete historical usage of a term, we’re talking about a vague confluence of musical sensibilities. If some said Scritti Politti arguably pioneered a similar approach to hyperpop in 1985 (true imo), it would nonetheless be misleading to claim the genre originated with them, in the lead with zero clarification no less. The overwhelming majority of sources link the genre’s beginnings to PC Music-affiliated artists.

Also want to clarify the quote in question here, which is far from unequivocal: "If you wanted to go further back, then bands like Test Icicles (Blood Orange’s early band) or other outliers of the much-maligned “nu rave” scene in London might fit a similar bill". Come on. Kkollaps (talk) 21:13, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

I definitely agree with @Acousmana: on this one, and support his changes. The sources speak for themselves. And the fact that these artists were quoted by A.G. Cook as direct influences on the genre should be enough to warrant their inclusion. Benarnold98 (talk) 00:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

"The sources speak for themselves." What? You mean the one source? There's one source for each of these inclusions. The source for "nu rave" says "If you wanted to go further back, then bands like Test Icicles or other outliers of the much-maligned “nu rave” scene in London might fit a similar bill"". That speaks for itself—by naming this connection as tentative and ambiguous. The Soundcloud source states that the name originated from the scene, not that the sound did. Influences are not synonymous with the origin of a genre. AG has also named Conlon Nancarrow and Scritti Politti as influences, but nobody's claiming they're the inventors of the genre. Kkollaps (talk) 00:19, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

If there are too many confluences to name, then I would support a line that simply states something like "most accounts usually trace hyperpop to PC Music", but as it stands right now, I have no strong feelings one way or the other. The lead is not terribly long at the moment, and given the article length, it could be expanded to double or thrice its current size. So I don't see why there should be an issue with covering all the referenced influences from the body.ili (talk) 00:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Hyperpop is starting to garner a roster of young, more underground artists, who are starting to become rather pivotal to this genre. The article doesn't mention any of these artists, and I think there should be at least a paragraph detailing these artists, whilst referencing their link to the underground hip hop community. I also believe artists such as Bladee should be credited for the genre's admission into underground hip hop; as his style has clearly been an inspiration for many of these artists. Some examples of artists I'm referring to are ericdoa, midwxst, blackwinterwells, glaive, d0llywood1, SEBii, p4rkr and aldn, all of whom have featured on the hyperpop spotify playlist.

is there evidence of coverage in reliable secondary sources? Acousmana 15:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Yes, plenty. See the links below.

• https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/52151/1/the-rise-of-hyperpop-chaos-spotify-discord-soundcloud-glaive-alice-gas
• https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/n7v8dg/glaive-hyperpop-scene-music-interview-all-dogs-go-to-heaven-ep
• https://www.sparky.wtf/news/top-10-hyperpop-artists
• https://www.dummymag.com/features/hyperpop-isnt-just-a-us-scene/
• https://www.sparky.wtf/news/glaive-hyperpop
• https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ericdoa-coa/
• https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/52088/1/hyperpop-new-sound-for-a-post-pandemic-world-spotify-soundcloud-glaive
• https://theface.com/music/hyperpop-american-music-interview-glaive-fraxiom-petal-supply-cmten-blackwinterwells-ericdoa-gupi
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/arts/music/hyperpop-spotify.html
• https://www.wearetheguard.com/music/best-new-artists-midwxst
• https://www.sparky.wtf/news/the-rising-stardom-of-midwxst
  

Benarnold98 (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

A good rule of thumb is to generally wait for the artists to have pages before adding them, because if an artist isn't notabaly enough to have their own page then they definitely aren't notably enough to be mentioned on the page for the entire genre. I checked through your list and only Bladee seems to have a page. I don't think his inclusion would be too controversial. Issan Sumisu (talk) 18:26, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

note too that Sparky & We Are The Guard are not WP:RS, they are unadulterated 'music PR' websites, Dummymag is not far behind, artist coverage in such sources is not an indication of wider notability. Acousmana 19:56, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

• Unless an artist is notable for contributing to the genre, as opposed to just being in the genre, then they should not be listed here (WP:NAMEDROP). Instead, reserve their inclusion for List of hyperpop artists. ili (talk) 20:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Yes I guess that makes sense about those artists, r.e. notability. I do belive these artists have contributed to the genre however, essentially spurring a new wave of hyperpop, with Bladee being one of the prime influencers of this new style, in addition to the artists who are traditionally associated with influencing the genre, i.e. A.G. Cook, Charli XCX and SOPHIE. This new style is more hip-hop orientated than some traditional hyperpop, and the production takes heavy influence from Dylan Brady. Similarly, this style's vocals and general aesthetic take heavy influence from 100 Gecs, as well as the members of Drain Gang, most notably Bladee. An example of a notable song in this style is the hugely viral 'SugarCrash!' by ElyOtto. This style is also all over the Hyperpop spotify playlist, with multiple appearances from SEBii, blackwinterwells, ericdoa, midwxst, d0llywood1 and glaive to name a few. As this playlist is often associated with the origin of this genre, I believe these artists' abundance on the playlist indicate notability. I think a great addition to the article would be a paragraph explaining how the genre is starting to evolve, influenced mostly by 100 Gecs and Drain Gang, and is starting to gain traction in a more underground (and notably younger), hip-hop orientated scene. The artists don't necessarily have to be mentioned if not deemed notable enough, but I think maybe three examples of artists would better convey to the reader what type of music is being referred to. The song, 'SugarCrash!' could also be used an example. I am also very surprised that this song doesn't yet have its own article given its notoriety. It was absolutely huge on TikTok, with over 8.6 million videos where it was used as the sound^[1], it has also garnered large streaming numbers, and gained a remix featuring Kim Petras and Curtis Waters. That certainly seems notable enough to warrant an article. I'd be grateful to hear feedback on my propositions. Benarnold98 (talk) 11:05, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Something else that I believe is worth noting is that there was an instance where the official Hyperpop spotify playlist was actually curated by Bladee with producer, Mechatok. This edition of the playlist is no longer active on Spotify, but there are a few active user-created playlists consisting of the songs they added to the playlist, such as this one. I believe the fact this playlist was curated by Bladee shows that he has a strong connection to the genre, so should definitely be mentioned on this article. Benarnold98 (talk) 11:16, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Spotify's guest playlist promotions functions as a promotion for an artist's album release; I would refrain from putting any more weight on the playlist in terms of defining its future development, since Spotify isn't a gatekeeper of the definition of the genre. If there's credible articles you can say that point to this shift in sound, that names those artists, then feel free to draft a change, but otherwise there shouldn't be changes based on original research (see: WP:OR). ⠀^TOMÁSTOMÁS_TOMÁS⠀TALK⠀ 20:20, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

I would also add, plays alone does not warrant an article for a song. See WP:NALBUMS ⠀^TOMÁSTOMÁS_TOMÁS⠀TALK⠀ 20:28, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

bottom line is without coverage in WP:RS it's simply not notable enough for inclusion, there has been an explosion of "hyperpop" acts in the US, anyone can make tracks and upload to soundcloud/youtube, promote on ticktock/discord/twitch etc. possibly leading to inclusion on a playlist, but that doesn't mean it's notable, this stuff is disposable music, it's churned out by the bucketloads, and is being massively hyped, how much of this work will stand the test of time? why we should probably note WP:RECENT too. Acousmana 09:37, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Hyperpop's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Independent":

• From Justice (Justin Bieber album): "Justin Bieber returns with a career-best on his new album Justice – review". The Independent. March 19, 2021. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
• From Sawayama: Bray, Elisa (16 April 2020). "Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA review: An audacious album from one of the boldest voices in pop". The Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
• From Dada: Fountain' most influential piece of modern art Archived 2020-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, Independent, December 2, 2004

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 19:36, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

This article generally seems to focus on developments after 2019 without much regard for the previous 5 years of activity.

Before the term 'Hyperpop' was popularized parts of this niche were often referred to as 'Bubblegum Bass'. Though I can't find the deleted page myself, it was also added to the wiki under that name back when it first became of note, though this was also briefly a redirect, this time toward Wonky. There appears to be no mention of this term in the article as it stands, though it is still occasionally still used (perhaps primarily on sites with user-generated tags). On Sophie's page the term redirects to UK Bass despite the poorly implemented section there having also been removed. As what amounts to a sub-sub-genre I don't think it's quite worthy of its own article, but I do believe it needs a mention and would be a good fit under the current umbrella of Hyperpop.

Further, the 'Origins' section opens right up on the topic of the name 'Hyperpop' without mention of the scene's close connections to contemporary developments in Wonky, Deconstructed club, UK bass, etc., plus the influence of the brief but intense output of (certain) Japanese netlabels in the early 2010s, especially in regard to release format. There's a more direct connection to PC Music and the netlabel scene via S. Whybray as JACK댄스. Regarding Hyperpop's history at large, one might also want to consider its brief passes with the mainstream via Bitch I'm Madonna, though they ultimately pushed the composition toward other contemporary hits, and the Sophie-influenced production of Vince Staple's Big Fish Theory. — VariousDeliciousCheeses (talk) 20:09, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I think ItsAlwaysLupus' last revision was constructive; an infobox is just meant to summarise what's in the article and having that many links in it does not read well. E.g. the styles of hip hop, trap, emo rap, and cloud rap all come under 2010s hip hop anyway. They didn't remove genres that weren't already sourced in the body of the article.
I also noticed VariousDeliciousCheeses made some relevant points above but didn't get a response. 2A02:C7F:38FC:A300:9853:DD8A:3BA4:FCFC (talk) 14:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

I believe that the selection of stylistic origins is arbitrary (WP:CHERRYPICKING) and infringes Wikipedia policy regarding oversimplification and the failure to balance equally significant points of view. Worst of all, it also misrepresents sources, as it pipelinks "avant-garde" to "avant-pop", a genre that is never referenced in the article. ili (talk) 17:00, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

There's a line in the article that currently reads

Music associated with this scene received wider attention in August 2019 when Spotify renamed an existing playlist featuring artists such as Cook and 100 Gecs to "hyperpop".

The source linked is How Hyperpop, a Small Spotify Playlist, Grew Into a Big Deal, which seems to directly contradict the claim made in the article:

The Hyperpop playlist, which Spotify started in August 2019, began as a direct response to 100 gecs’ viral rise. “The fact that so many people were talking about this project inspired us to look deeper and see if there were other artists making music like this that we didn’t know about,” Lizzy Szabo, an editor at Spotify and the playlist’s lead curator, said in a phone interview. […] Szabo and her colleagues landed on the name after seeing it come up in metadata collected by Glenn McDonald, Spotify’s “data alchemist,” whose job is finding emerging sounds on the platform and classifying them into “microgenres.”

This seems to say that the playlist was created newly in 2019 and had the name "hyperpop" from the beginning.

Jarhill (talk) 00:59, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Maybe the editors of this article would get interested in that the article for HexD got listed for deletion. I don't know much about either hyperpop or hexd but the gut feeling tells me that these two genres of what basically is glitched-out rehashed electronic post-trap something music should definitely be related, even to a larger extent. Bitcrush, glitches, glitched artworks, glitchcore, russian drain, "unorthodox mishmash of EDM genres", sigilkore, allusions to the late 2000s pop and alt subcultures - all that stuff is basically the same type of music made by the alt teens for TikTok and soundcloud through the early 2020s, amirite? The differences are too subtle for me to grasp. So maybe you could take care of that article too, cause it was created and seemingly abandoned by the author right after thatPDDisPDDat (talk) 12:00, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

"abandoned"? It was only created on 9 March 2022‎! -Lopifalko (talk) 12:35, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

It seems that he didn't even participate in the AfD and made no improvements to the article since AfD nomination, so maybe he doesn't care about the article anymore. PDDisPDDat (talk) 12:45, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

The article doesn't have a single WP:RS with WP:SIGCOV. Presumably if the editor were able to find any, then they would have included them when they wrote the article, and without them there's nothing to support a claim of keeping at AfD. -Lopifalko (talk) 12:53, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I think that's exactly the problem with the article. I've seen sources in the wild, I mean I've seen written specials dedicated to sigil/hexd, but the author seemingly didn't even care to rephrase everything he found in his own references, let alone adding or finding any new ones. Problem is I don't listen and neither have much interest in HexD, so I am not going to edit it. In short, I guess there are sources in the wild and the article is just a bit of, eh, low effort in the regard of finding and referencing those sources. It may be notable and significant, but presented in a way it's going to inevitably get deleted. So maybe someone who loves hyperpop will find some time for the hexd article, since I guess the two are related PDDisPDDat (talk) 13:00, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

I've keep the original article in my sandbox so that whenever I'll find a good source, I'll add to it. Pyraminxsolver (talk) 04:43, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

I think I might've fixed this slightly? Iluvlieu (talk) 17:41, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

I'm making a hexd article currently at Draft:HexD if anyone wants to contribute. Aradicus77 (talk) 02:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

I feel like it shouldn't be there, even though that Novagang members have contributed a lot to Digicore/Robloxcore. Iluvlieu (talk) 16:40, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Sources in article corroborate divergent claims concerning the cultural_origins parameter in the infobox. The 'Origins' section suggests ties to the 2000s UK dubstep and Japanese electronic music scenes, but Complex calls hyperpop a descendent of SoundCloud’s ‘nightcore’ scene in the ‘00s

Courtesy pings to those who participated in previous discussions or expressed interest in this topic. @Acousmana: @VariousDeliciousCheeses: @Jarhill: Eferral (talk) 03:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

From my perspective, Complex is unfortunately referring to a specific element within hyperpop that nightcore influenced then stating the genre as the strongest origin of the sound. The following section in Origins which mentions Maltine is correct, as there was cross pollination via Jack댄스/NONSTOPPOP hosted by Simon Whybray who still works with A.G. Cook. Finding specific proof is difficult as Whybray has recently made an effort to exercise his right to be forgotten. Another netlabel that was influential on the precursor sound called bubblegum bass was Manicure Records, who served as an early intersection of the genres influential on what is now hyperpop (including nightcore). Here are is an article from 2014 with a further reading section that makes some contemporary connections & will require liberal use of archive.org. OK good luck — VariousDeliciousCheeses (talk) 09:48, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Think the title is self explanatory, but this article is missing a lot to the evolution of the genre. Specifically, artists such as Jane Remover and Underscores have been hugely influential in moving the sound towards rock in the last 3 years, but both of them are only mentioned once throughout the whole article. I'd also add Brakence and Quadeca here even though they're more loosely related. A "Post Hyperpop" or "legacy" section should be added. 131.123.51.75 (talk) 14:47, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Yeah this page is really off. I'll try to update it as much as I can, there used to be way too much talk of hyperpop influences and precursors in the origins section. Also it conflated bubblegum bass/PC Music with hyperpop, when hyperpop was a completely different thing. It also conflated digicore and glitchcore with hyperpop. Aradicus77 (talk) 20:58, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

The redirect Cade Clair has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 30 § Cade Clair until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 22:46, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Digicore and glitchcore seem to be synonymous musically, with glitchcore being used as a term for the visual art surrounding digicore. A lot of the artists described as glitchcore are now subsumed under digicore, glitchcore seems to have been an early term for what would later become digicore. It doesn't seem to be it's own seperate genre. Aradicus77 (talk) 17:27, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

i always thought that glitchcore was just hyperpop with a lot of glitch effects to the music kinda like pressure by david shawty ig Yellowcalx4 (talk) 22:15, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

This probably wouldnt be a nesecaryy or allowed edit, but I want to say that most dariacore tracks are more than just high pithced samples, a common factor for all of them is large (as in complex but also filling up stereo width) chords and pads, which you will find in most Dariacore songs. Another is using a tonal snare, or a snare with one or multiple emphasized pitches inside. Is there anyway i could get this on the article without a source? Like an interview with dariacore creators or making my own article? FoxyOnFireNew (talk) 19:36, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Also, Dariacore is now commonly referred to as hyperflip (term created by Xaev) for the new style of daricore, like whats happening in Japan and lost frog productiosn FoxyOnFireNew (talk) 19:40, 24 February 2026 (UTC)