Cringe pop
| Cringe pop | |
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| Stylistic origins | Pop |
| Cultural origins | Early 2010s |
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Cringe pop is a genre of pop music written to be cringeworthy, deliberately or unintentionally.
History[edit]
While the true origins of the genre are unknown, an Indian magazine credited Rebecca Black's song "Friday" as giving birth to the genre.[1] The song, which was released in 2011, has over 149.6 million views and 3.8 million dislikes on YouTube as of January 2021.[2]
Black was soon followed by Taher Shah, a Pakistani singer. His music video "Angel" went viral.[3] His first music video, "Eye to Eye", was released in 2013, and "Angel" was released in 2016.[4]
Cringe pop has spread due to the advancement of technology, essentially allowing anyone with a laptop to be able to produce a song and a music video.[5]
Examples[edit]
Jacintha Morris, an Indian civil servant, released "Is Suzainn the Sinner" in 2016, which was labelled a cringe pop song.[6] Morris herself denied that the song was intended to be cringe pop.[7]
Other examples include "Aunty Ki Ghanti" by Indian rapper Omprakash Mishra released in 2015[8] and "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" by Japanese comedian Pikotaro, and the "Pokémon Go Song" by Czech child singer Misha/Mishovy Silenosti, both released in 2016.[9]
Tony Kakkar, an Indian singer and composer, is often called out for cringe-worthy lyrics.[10]
Reception[edit]
Such songs are described as being "so bad that you can not stop watching them".[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Aswal, Pratik (13 September 2017). "Cringe Pop: The Genre That Has Taken The Internet By Storm". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ↑ "Rebecca Black - Friday" – via YouTube.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nath, Parshathy J. (April 29, 2016). "Cringe benefits". The Hindu. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Nauman, Qasim (April 13, 2016). "See the 'Cringe-Pop' Music Video from Pakistan Taking the Internet by Storm". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Taher Shah & the Rise of Cringe-Pop". Arré. April 11, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ "'Cringe pop' creator defies her critics". BBC News. June 18, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ "It was my dream project: Jacintha Morris". Deccan Chronicle. June 11, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ "The psychology of cringe-pop fans: Why people like Omprakash Mishra's Aunty ki Ghanti". Hindustan Times. September 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen: This cringe pop wonder from Japan has taken internet by storm - Firstpost". Firstpost. September 28, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Neha Kakkar's Goa Beach, Adnan Sami's Tu Yaad Aya and Asim Riaz anthem: Top Hindi tracks of February 11". The Indian Express. February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
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