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They’re most known for their techno. Electropop is best oversimplified as pop music with heavy use of electronic instruments. It’s more or less created like traditional popular music. Electronic music is best oversimplified as a layers of sampled synthetic instruments and, at times, vocals. It’s created much in the same way as hip hop, but with the sampling in the forefront rather than a backdrop to the spoken word poetry. Weeknd might be closer to electronic than synthpop in theory, but his vocals are the primary instrument. Also, he uses a wide range of instruments in addition to the occasional sample.

The irony is that Japanese artists of the late ‘80s and ‘90s perfected the synthetic R&B sound in a way that made it palatable to the mainstream. We could go down a rabbit hole of all the Japanese pop from that era that was so subversively brilliant. (For the record, these artists were not so subtly influenced by the Isley Brothers from a decade earlier.)

Weeknd is something of a chameleon because his style is so heavily R&B that his synthpop (interchangeable with electropop) distills a lot of the harshness out of electronic instruments.

That surprisingly doesn't clash.

You a fan of electropop?

I've always wondered about this. I didn't start listening to my newest favorite band until about five years ago, so I haven't stalled in any way. Yet, I generally can't talk to most people my age about pop music because their peak is from the '90s. I think there's a stylistic component at play. For most X'ers, their formative years coincided with hair metal, new wave / post punk, and at the latter end of the scale, grunge. Millenials tend to start at post grunge and ska moving into indie rock, nu-metal and electropop. None of this include hip hop, which is a medium with its own distinct genres of its own that not only span decades but also genders. The point here is that each successive generation has a distinct musical genre with its adherents develop important identity markers around. That might no apply to people who are fans of electronica and its various subgenres. With a few exceptions like Daft Punk, the vast majority of ultra famous modern electronic DJs are either known for their collaborations with pop royalty (David Guetta, the Chainsmokers, Marshmallow, Martin Garrix) or are superstars within the fandom (Armin Van Buren, Above and Beyond, Deadmau5 and Kaskade). In almost all cases, they've all maintained popularity for decades. This is by no means scientific, just an observation: the idea that we might "stall" in our listening choices may have something to do with the kinds of music we listen to and, to an extent elements within the music itself. We've always known that afficiandos of more classical art forms will appreciate music and art from any time period bases solely on the style of that art form. A fan of Aida is just as likely to appreciate a recent staging of Aknhaten at the LA Music Center, for instance. But, to take that further, a relatively throw away pop tune like "Levitating" leans heavily on electric beats and auto-tuning - musical instruments that have existed in electronica forever and in popular music from the days of nu-wave. Another great example is how modern bands like my favorite, Cannons, incoporate the same laid back, reverb or ragae that bands like 311 coopted in the '90s. This isn't to suggest that any of these songs are transgenerational in the way that classics form the Beatles, Stones, Bob Marley, Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin or the Isley Brothers would be. They just happen to include some of the same hooks in them that mades songs from previous eras appealing as well. Mind you, all of this is coming from an artists perspective. I care about the nuts and bolts of art, even in mediums that I'm not proficient at like music composition.

Red Lobster. Place always takes like an hour and half and there’s only ever like ten people in there.

I think I get some credit for not actually posting said cartoon porn. I mean, i could, but I really care about all of you. Heck, if any of you decided to start chatting me up while on the shitter, I'd turn off the porn and actually talk back. That's how much I care.

But he was already cumming when he had it.....

OH NO! Poor Mr. Hoonie!

Why you all hating on bathroom chatter? All that talking gives you a great excuse to sit back and enjoy the drama instead of going back to your desk an doom scrolling. Also, sometimes I watch hentai with the sound off so I can imaging the chatter coming from the otherwise occupied mouth of an outrageously well endowed cartoon girl.

Love you, Serge.

I should go on Discord to see if he's still out an about.

I’m so glad I clicked on this thread. Ghosty, what do you think Sally is riding?

It's all fun and games until you realize your girlfriend really is a cat. 😭