Cringe pop

Cringe pop is a genre of intentional cringe pop music. The music and music videos are described as being "so bad that you can not stop watching them".[1]

Cringe pop
Stylistic originsPop
Cultural originsEarly 2010s, United States

History

Rebecca Black's song "Friday" is usually credited as giving birth to the genre.[2] The song, which was released in 2011, has over 122 million views and 3.2 million dislikes on YouTube as of July 2018.[3]

Black was soon followed by Taher Shah, a Pakistani musician and businessman. His music video "Angel" went viral.[1] His first music video, "Eye to Eye", was released in 2013, and "Angel" was released in 2016.[4]

Jacintha Morris, an Indian civil servant, released her "Is Suzainn the Sinner" in 2016, which was labeled a cringe pop song.[5] Morris herself denied the song was meant to be cringe pop.[6]

Other examples include "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" by Japanese comedian Pikotaro and "Pokémon Go Song" by Czech child singer Misha/Mishovy Silenosti, both released in 2016.[7]

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.[8]

See also

References
  1. Nath, Parshathy J. "Cringe benefits". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. "Cringe Pop: The Genre That Has Taken The Internet By Storm". Cosmopolitan.
  3. "Rebecca Black - Friday" – via YouTube.
  4. Nauman, Qasim. "See the 'Cringe-Pop' Music Video from Pakistan Taking the Internet by Storm". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  5. "'Cringe pop' creator defies her critics". BBC News. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  6. "It was my dream project: Jacintha Morris". Deccan Chronicle. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  7. "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen: This cringe pop wonder from Japan has taken internet by storm - Firstpost". Firstpost. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. "Taher Shah & the Rise of Cringe-Pop". Arré. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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