"Being music," in the all-encompassing sense, seems to be the aspiration of the genre 100 gecs has come to represent: hyperpop. Since the 2010s, that name has been a controversial catch-all for a ...

Years before it became associated with an algorithm-driven playlist on streaming services, hyperpop was an unruly and nebulous internet subculture driven by independent musicians obsessed with pop ...

In 2019, Spotify launched a hyperpop playlist, featuring a wide scope of artists as well as guest curations from 100 gecs, Cook and more. This collection further proved that the undefinable sound of ...

The microgenre — fueled by teen upstarts like osquinn and glaive, and more established names like 100 gecs and A.G. Cook — has a modest but dedicated following, and many different kinds of sounds. By ...

Jane Remover and underscores: both young, both producing music since they were even younger and both pioneers in the hyperpop landscape. With the release of their respective debut albums in 2021, ...

Hyperpop is a generation-defining style of music that reflects Generation Z’s nihilistic disposition toward the issues of our time. It is as ironic and self-satirizing as we are. It reflects our ...

In 2020, Quinn, 16, became the young face of the emergent music genre hyperpop. Quinn's genre-defying debut album "drive-by lullabies" shows her grappling with anxiety. She told Insider she was ...

I dove into the wild world of hyperpop and challenged myself to create a full piece using only saturated, chaotic colors—no pastels, no neutrals, just pure intensity! 🎨🌈 Inspired by glitch vibes, ...

Danny Brown was seriously considering quitting music as he took a swig of his final drink and boarded the plane to rehab. “I didn’t love myself at the time, so it was impossible for me to love ...