Cringe pop

Cringe pop
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 2010s, United States[citation needed]
Other topics

Cringe pop is a broad "genre" of pop music, which is written intentionally to be cringeworthy.[1][2] It encompasses songs and music videos that are essentially awkward in nature.[2] This awkwardness is intentionally produced for the purpose of gaining attention from people and going viral.[3]

The element of how cringeworthy the music is determines the virality of the song.[2][irrelevant citation]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Perera, Sasanka; Pathak, Dev Nath (January 25, 2022). Humour and the Performance of Power in South Asia: Anxiety, Laughter and Politics in Unstable Times. Taylor & Francis. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-000-53540-2.
  3. ^ Perera, Sasanka; Pathak, Dev Nath (January 25, 2022). Humour and the Performance of Power in South Asia: Anxiety, Laughter and Politics in Unstable Times. Taylor & Francis. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-000-53540-2.