Post-pop

Post-pop is a genre of music which resembles pop music but usually takes a more avant-garde/experimental approach to the lyrical content, rather than the more conventional pop lyric themes. Lyrical themes present in post-pop include anger, surrealism, civil rights and nature.
So far, there are very few artists who would consider themselves 'post-pop artists' due to the genre's lack of mainstream success.
It is also considered a musical term for the downfall of pop music from its current mainstream status.
History
Post-pop music started off near the beginning of the 2000s (around 2002-2005). It originally stemmed from pop music; from songs such as 'We R Who We R' by Kesha (which explored the artists feelings towards homosexual-related suicide).
Some artists that would be considered post-pop include: Gorillaz, Café Tacuba, Kano, Franz Ferdinand, Nemesis & Arrogance and Calvin Harris.
Post-pop has seen a signficant rise and attention in Japan. Music websites like Last.fm have recognised this attention in other countries (e.g. United Kingdom, United States) as well, in artists such as Mikky Ekko and Pictureplane. Music blog site, The Decibel Tolls has also noted that Chicago-based MC, Emanuel Vinson, has described himself as 'post-pop'. .
Post-pop has also emerged slightly in Germany. James Gruntz , a German musical artist, has also expressed ideas on making post-pop music.
To date, very few artists (mainly underground) have yet explored the genre with significant depth.
An attempt to introduce a subgenre of 'post-pop' known as ethereal post-pop has shown no success, probably due to the combined underground existence of both ethereal and post-pop genres.

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