Wonky pop: Difference between revisions

The BBC describes a UK wonky pop club night as involving "cutting-edge pop, dance, hip hop and everything in between"; the club organiser René Symonds states that "the [[iPod Shuffle|iPod shuffle]] generation will not be limited to one genre and wants a return to authenticity after years of manufactured pop".<ref name="ClubScenes">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8142998.stm |title=Club Scenes: Wonky Pop |publisher=[[BBC News Online]] |date=14 July 2009 |access-date=12 December 2009}}</ref> The wonky pop website sets out a manifesto that states, "We want to show the world that pop is not a four letter word, and for every flaky [[reality TV]] winner there's a myriad of cool, credible and weird acts."<ref name="ClubScenes"/>

 

A May 2008 article by ''The Guardian'' contrasted wonky pop performers with mainstream pop performers, noting that "Wonky Pop artists are unmanufactured but unashamedly melodic and capable of playing live without recourse to lashings of dry ice, troupes of dancers and an interlude during which they fly around the stage on wires."<ref name="Petridis2008"/> ''The Independent'' stated that wonky pop caused a change in "pop's division of labour ... away from focus-grouped, production-line pop, and towards [[DIY]] [and] ... fresh flavours", which is rejuvenating pop in the 2000s in the way that [[Britpop]] gave a shot in the arm to pop in the 1990s.<ref name="Price"/> Major influences cited for wonky pop acts include [[David Bowie]], [[Kate Bush]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].<ref name="Petridis2008"/><ref name="Youngs2009"/> Wonky pop was credited with causing a shift in popular musical tastes from male-driven guitar acts to female-driven 1980s style pop music seen in the [[synthpop]] revival of the later 2000s.<ref name="g2">{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/17/electro-pop-female-artists |title=Slaves to synth |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[guardian.co.uk]] |date=17 December 2008 |access-date=9 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McCormick |first=Neil |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5978573/La-Roux-Lady-Gaga-Mika-Little-Boots-the-80s-are-back.html |title=La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mika, Little Boots: the 80s are back |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=5 August 2009 |access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref>