Editing Electropop (section)

{{short description|Form of electronic songs/music}}
{{redirect|Electronic pop|the related genre|synth-pop|popular electronic music|Electronic music#Late 1960s to early 1980s}}
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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Electro (music)]], a genre influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machines that infuses [[funk]] and early [[hip-hop]] and is sometimes called electro-pop.}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Electropop
| stylistic_origins = * [[Synth-pop]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[electronic music|electronic]]
* [[electronica]]
* [[Electro (music)|electro]]
| cultural_origins  = Early 1980s, <br> United Kingdom and Japan<ref name="Baltimore"/>
| derivatives       = * [[Chillwave]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/arts/music/22sxsw2.html| title=Spilling Beyond a Festival's Main Courses| author=Jon Pareles| date=March 21, 2010| work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* [[uplifting trance]]<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/arts/music/22sxsw2.html|title=Spilling Beyond a Festival's Main Courses|date=22 March 2010|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
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| other_topics      = {{hlist|[[Alternative dance]]|[[Bitpop]]|[[Chill-out music|chill-out]]|[[Dance-pop]]|[[K-pop]]|[[C-pop]]|[[J-pop]]|[[V-pop]]|[[Europop]]|[[Post-disco]]|[[Electro (music)|electro]]|[[Electroclash]]|[[Electro-industrial]]|[[Electro house]]|[[Indie electronic]]|[[Electronic rock]]|[[Indie pop]]|[[Synth-pop]]|[[Progressive house]]|}}
| current_year      = yes
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'''Electropop''' is a [[popular music]] [[fusion genre]]  combining elements of the [[Electronic music|electronic]] and [[Pop music|pop]] styles. It has been described as a variant of [[synth-pop]] with emphasis on a hard electronic sound.{{sfn|Jones|2006|p=107}} The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a [[1980s retro|revival of popularity and influence]] in the late 2000s. The genre is often confused with [[Electro (music)|electro]], which is sometimes called electro-pop but is a separate genre which incorporates [[funk]] and early [[Hip-hop|hip hop]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-22 |title=What Exactly is "Electro" and Why Does It Matter? |url=https://grayarea.co/magazine/what-exactly-is-electro-and-why-does-it-matter |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Gray Area |language=en|url-status=live|archive-date=6 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206004944/https://grayarea.co/magazine/what-exactly-is-electro-and-why-does-it-matter}}</ref>