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Cringe pop
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins Early 2010s, United States [ citation needed ]
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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 ]

History [ edit ]

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. [4] The rise of social media and streaming sites, especially YouTube have provided a platform for cringe-pop writers to publish their work and these platforms are fundamental for their existence. [5]

While the origins of cringe pop are unknown, an Indian magazine credited Rebecca Black 's song " Friday " as giving birth to the genre. [6] [7] [8] The song, which was released in 2011, has over 149.6 million views and 3.8 million dislikes on YouTube as of January 2021. [9]

Black was soon followed by Taher Shah , a Pakistani singer. His music video " Angel " went viral. [10] His first music video, " Eye to Eye ", was released in 2013, and "Angel" was released in 2016. [11]

Examples [ edit ]

Jacintha Morris, an Indian civil servant, released "Is Suzainn the Sinner" in 2016, which was labelled a cringe pop song. [12] Morris herself denied that the song was intended to be cringe pop. [13]

Other examples include "Aunty Ki Ghanti" by Indian rapper Omprakash Mishra released in 2015 [14] and " PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) " by Japanese comedian Pikotaro , and the "Pokemon Go Song" by Czech child singer Misha/Mishovy Silenosti, both released in 2016. [15]

Tony Kakkar , an Indian singer and composer, is often called out for cringe-worthy lyrics. [16] [17]

Reception [ edit ]

Such songs are described as being "so bad, that you can't stop watching them". [1] [18] [10]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Ramakrishnan, D. & Sharma, R. (December 15, 2018). "Music Preference in Life Situations A Comparative Study of Trending Music". International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences . 4 (6). doi : 10.20469/ijhss.4.10005-6 . S2CID   231591296 . {{ cite journal }} : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link )
  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 .
  4. ^ "Taher Shah & the Rise of Cringe-Pop" . Arre . April 11, 2016 . Retrieved December 17, 2016 .
  5. ^ Hirmer, Monika (January 1, 2018). "Taking Cringe Pop Seriously" . Economic & Political Weekly .
  6. ^ Dutta, Ankuran (January 1, 2019). "Why Cringe pops are popular in social media? A closer look on an Indian Cringe Artist and virality of his cringe creativity" . South Asian Journal of Communication Studies : 46.
  7. ^ Martell, James (2021). "Archephonai: The Dangers of Music" . doi : 10.26021/12234 . ISSN   2463-333X . {{ cite journal }} : Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )
  8. ^ Aswal, Pratik (September 13, 2017). "Cringe Pop: The Genre That Has Taken The Internet By Storm" . Cosmopolitan . Retrieved June 3, 2022 .
  9. ^ "Rebecca Black - Friday" – via YouTube.
  10. ^ a b Nath, Parshathy J. (April 29, 2016). "Cringe benefits" . The Hindu . Retrieved December 17, 2016 .
  11. ^ 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 .
  12. ^ " 'Cringe pop' creator defies her critics" . BBC News. June 18, 2016 . Retrieved December 17, 2016 .
  13. ^ "It was my dream project: Jacintha Morris" . Deccan Chronicle . June 11, 2016 . Retrieved December 17, 2016 .
  14. ^ "The psychology of cringe-pop fans: Why people like Omprakash Mishra's Aunty ki Ghanti" . Hindustan Times . September 25, 2017.
  15. ^ "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen: This cringe pop wonder from Japan has taken internet by storm - Firstpost" . Firstpost . September 28, 2016 . Retrieved December 17, 2016 .
  16. ^ Jain, Vaishali (July 21, 2022). "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 10: Ali Asgar, Tony Kakkar & Sumeet Vyas likely to participate | Deets Inside" . www.indiatvnews.com . Retrieved October 8, 2022 .
  17. ^ "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 .
  18. ^ Dutta, Ankuran (January 1, 2019). "Why Cringe pops are popular in social media? A closer look on an Indian Cringe Artist and virality of his cringe creativity" . South Asian Journal of Communication Studies .
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