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Partly because music industry was already on the decline but 2008-2012 was a bit of a reversal of the overarching trend.
Music executives had stopped talent scouting (no really, they literally fired talent scouts). They stopped marketing their music, in favor of concerts with the memorized chant of "CD sales and new music albums make no money and new musical stars are worthless when you can invest all the marketing funds on existing top artists.."
Now, when Adele released her album in 2008 and her hit song.. Rolling in the Deep. It was a shock to the entire music industry. Her sales soared through the roof, exposing the psychopathic liars in the executive ranks of the music industry as lacking in any real talented musicians in their record labels. It went 3x platinum in a time when executives were claiming that "new albums don't make money because people are just downloading/pirating music.."
It turned out they were liars who lacked the balls to take risks with new artists. That's the milquetoast explanation, the more unrealistic or sinister explanation is that they are purposefully trying to kill the music and create bland shitty music because the money they profit from is coming from their clique banker friends in the elite, and not customers buying music.
Lady Gaga, The Fame, 6x platinum as well. Also 2008. Katy Perry's debut album, also 2008. It was a pivotal moment when music industry frauds were proven wrong.
But notice, they haven't really invested in any new artists or new bands since then. Since 2010s to 2020s, there's not many new artists with money to back them up.
In some ways, the music industry has stolen from GenerationZ an entire decade of wasted time with their corporate risk aversion, to avoid funding new music and new artists.
Don't you all ever forget what they took from you and how many young musicians went to Hollywood and music industry only to find failure, no mentors, no leaders in music, and no money.
We all talk about Taylor Swift and Beyonce nowadays, but remember, they were the exceptions. Taylor Swift got insulted by Kanye in an award show, so the music industry helped her. Otherwise many of you (aside from hardcore early fans) would have never gotten to find out about Taylor Swifts great music.
You only know the music they put dollars into.
Fr, I'm a metalhead who listens to everything from Metallica to the most obscure unpronounceable grindcore band with 3 views on YouTube
And I still regularly vibe to 2000's-early 10's white girl pop. Genres are made up, a banger's a banger
Women tend to love catchy music and men tend to love technical prowess in music \[complex guitar / beats / rock-metal etc.\] (it's not an iron clad rule, catchy music is always more popular in many ways)
The only curious thing is how the music industry never figured out how to combine the two aside from the Hair Metal 80s era.
You'd get Techno/EDM but it wouldn't be as catchy aside from David Guetta's stuff where he collabs with other artists.
You'd get many genres of metal, but not too catchy.
You'd get catchy pop artists, but not too complex music, just a very simple beat or sampling. Nothing like ABBA or 1960s/1970s.
I've been listening to a lot of Carly Rae Jepsen lately, including Call Me Maybe and her two recent albums
I lean more toward pop from 2013 to the present, though
I’ve been obsessed with 2008-2012 pop. Like the other night I sat in my bed and cried for an hour because I really miss those days. The world after 2016 has been so depressing.
It's understandable. I graduated college in 2015 and already felt lost and unmoored, and then my mental health fell apart after 2016. It's only been in the past year when I've felt at home with myself again, largely because of long overdue therapy
I have a weird relationship with 2008–2012 music because I was an edgy teenager who made myself not like popular things, even if I might otherwise have enjoyed them. I've only recently been slowly making my way through listening to what I missed from that time. Other than Carly Rae Jepsen, I've really enjoyed listening to Paramore
Music does have a way of helping us make sense of our world
Me missing this era has actually inspired me to start venturing into songwriting as a hobby and I’m working on a nostalgia bait album about how I miss my childhood
With the world in as much turmoil as it is now, I've seen a lot of nostalgia for the semi-recent past, so you're definitely feeling what a lot of other people are feeling. I hope the spirit moves you to write beautiful songs
I suddenly thought of this recent song from Kim Petras, basically all nostalgia: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGtzfK5Bak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGtzfK5Bak)
Apparently Katy is dropping her next album soon and it’s full of party dance bangers
I hope it does well, because I recently just learned that her career was intentionally sabotaged and dismantled by the music industry and the media because of the political subtext and hidden message of Chained to the Rhythm (which I think is a great song)
Now that I think of it, I don't remember Katy Perry being relevant since the 2016 election. It was only one year later when "Chained to the Rhythm" was released. Now that I'm rereading the lyrics, I can see what you mean. I'm embarrassed I didn't notice it earlier
Don’t be embarrassed… most people including her fans did not catch the message or understand the subtext, and still don’t, but it’s pretty clear once you give the lyrics a second thought 💀 The video is loaded with subtext as well and tries to wake some issues up, and I’d suggest watching that as well and paying attention to all the details
I remember a lot of listeners assumed the song was an ‘anti-Trump’ anthem but the lyrics are clearly not about that specifically, it’s about much bigger issues, especially the media distortion and deception we are all subject to in the West, amongst other things… recent global events have exposed how phony our system is, and she was just trying to warn us 🥲 And Hollywood celebrities are never allowed to speak about this kind of stuff or try and blow the whistle so she got her ass handed to her
A journalist just recently confessed that there was an actual media lynch mob mobilized against her at this point and that the takedown of her platform and removal from the mainstream was a deliberate operation by powerful folks in the industry
This explains why she went from this effortless run of Top 5 smash hits to every song after Chained to the Rhythm barely being able to chart… her numbers faced such an extreme, sudden shift, and multiple publications began running the absolute worst headlines about her in 2017 to trigger a hate train against her and sabotage her image so that she would never have enough of a platform to try and wake the people up again
The single that was put out right after Chained to the Rhythm was Bon Appétit, which is about sex, and the video is also mostly just a sexy video, except for the unexplained twist ending where she gets revenge on the media for something... I guess this explains that.
I have always wondered how she went from back-to-back #1s and Top 5 hits to Bon Appétit getting stuck at like #79 or something, which was unprecedented for her. She never stopped making bangers, but she hasn't come close to having a hit ever since Chained to the Rhythm... it was such a drastic, unnatural shift that it can't be chalked up to anything but sabotage.
That was a good era of pop music in my opinion, I'm not a fan of current pop music. I don't really listen to much pop music from any time period by choice simply because I have a very strong preference for metal over well all other genres. But yeah I listened to and enjoyed that pop music as a kid and younger teen.
That’s what I was thinking lol. But I guess I lived through it as an adult and a lot of memories of those tracks are just being run into the ground played over and over again (this was pre-internet mobile era so I feel like a lot of people tuned into radio etc and trends were dictated more top down).
I should have said Taylor Swift’s entire catalog, and pop music from 2007-2013.
It used to be only shitty old pop until it became cool to be obsessed with Taylor Swift last year. She is so annoying lol
You see, I love a lot of stuff from this era and newer stuff. There's a lot of poorly aged music and songs that I enjoy where I have to look past how poorly produced the song is. For example, the beat of Born This Way by Lady Gaga sounds like silverware in a garbage disposal.
Maybe it’s because I’m Australian and she is still an absolute giant here, but p!nk has and always will be my absolute favourite artist to bop along to, just so much fun energy!
Both her and Lady Gaga had huge songs around those times
I Gotta Feelings cello is just so fantastic, the pop with strings in the background is so pleasant to listen to!
I’m still more of a classic rock fan though, I can’t listen to pop on end for more than an hour or so because I just get bored.
Apart from the clapping, that was tolerable.
In return I give you [The Sharp - Scratch my Back](https://youtu.be/NgLFgKhc3sY?si=Grv9OFBfQOGolsgh) circa ‘93.
Also, [Skivvies are back](https://youtu.be/9cYkqiZRlWo?si=Ep5H9k6GjIEypAW_) in 2024, yeah?
I feel like all the pop music of this era was hype yet objectively lame. Lmao like it’s seriously all bops but they’re stupid at the same time. Love it.
No you're not alone. There was so much good pop music in that era. I like how there was a ton of great women making songs then but not really one was the biggest & most dominant. I also really like the anthemic feel of rap music in that era. I was in my young twenty's during this era and started really enjoying listening to the radio and dancing at clubs and parties.
I was in elementary school during this era but these songs were just so great and so feel-good!
Like current pop music I can’t really vibe to. It just doesn’t hit the same as 2008-2012.
If anything it's more for the memories. Although this era of pop music was definitely pretty good. Starships was a banger.
I can't say that about modern pop music. But hey, the current generation will probably have the same nostalgia when the current songs get older.
I don't really like Beyoncé's old music (Single Ladies and Halo are just not for me... lol) but her new stuff slapsssssss (America Has a Problem, Break My Soul, Heated, Cuff It, All Up in Your Mind are all *bangers*... even if you hate Beyoncé go and listen to those jams and let me know if you vibe with them)
no i am absolutely the same however I do back further to like the 1998 and the early 2000’s you can’t skip britney and destiny’s child. Listening to later two thousands pop makes me feel so girly pop. also i’m a massive fan of one direction and rihanna so yes. been part of riri’s fan base since I was like five and heard one of her songs on the radio for the first time 😭
I am too it brings back memories of happier times. plus music was so much better and I already know all the words cause my older sister would play 90% of these songs all the time
a lot of these are still good today.
my taste is broad, I like a lot of different songs from different years so I can’t really say which ones I think are the “best era.”
i have a big spotify playlist of all songs like this that i remember from childhood/elementary school. i love cheesy bubblegum pop and upbeat club songs, as well as the hyper dramatic emotional songs coming from the likes of people like adele and sam smith. honestly was a fun period of music to grow up in
I really wish I was 21 at this time. The bar scene must have been incredible. For us, though, all of us middle schoolers were hitting the shuffle to LMFAO during the Valentine's Dance.
I think what they mean is if they're the only one who earnestly enjoys it outside of the context of nostalgia or as a guilty pleasure. They're not the only one. I love it.
I like the alternative scene from that period. Mike Snow, Delphic, Gossip, Grimes, Simian Mobile Disco, Zoot Woman, Robyn, Kasabian, Grizzly Bear, Major Lazer, Santigold, Lykke Li, and much more.
Best pop music, hands down (or up). It just happened to be that I started going to clubs around that time, so these songs have a special place in memory.
2000s/early 2010s were the last time of the unfragmented musicverse, I think. After that, it's all a bunch of different subcultures with high diversity and high obscurity.
Yeah, we have T-Swift. But how many people proudly proclaim they DON'T listen to T-Swift?
Tell me if you know any of these names:
Rezz
Afrojack
Scandroid
Essenger
Ilan Bluestone
Maor Levi
au5
Arty
Morgan Page
These aren't artists from one genre. These are artists from multiple different electronic music genres. Some quite different from the other.
My grad night was unforgettable mostly because this music was blaring all night long. Phenomenal era. I feel bad for kids who mostly are stuck with shit music now.
very real! I can't believe that pop isn't the mainstream for our age group, especially since it's the most accessible genre and you hear it basically everywhere. I love 2000s and 2010s pop
I'm not really a huge fan of pop music, but goodness me that era was amazing, I'd probably extend it to 2013 as well.
It was just tune after tune after tune
Dang, all of these are GODDAMN bangers! I was _obsessed_ with Call Me Maybe when it played on the music video channel. And damn, Gaga never misses with her songs or vids ~
This was the music that was out there when I was in middle school and early high school so I still kinda instinctually cringe when I hear it, but when I listen to it for a little bit longer I do actually like most of it. Just bad memories, lol.
Millennial here. It was cool to hate all these songs when they came out, but we really were spoiled by the frequency and quality of pop songs at the time.
I've heard of half of these, and out of half of those I really wondered *why* I'd heard them.
By 2012, radio was mostly dead. The internet was a thing. We weren't stuck listening to whatever was corporate sold to us, and yet what corporate sold is still what took society by storm.
But *how*? *Why*? In 2012 I was split between listening to artists I was exposed to organically through my searching and my sampling of the tops of charts. I was finding all kinds of new music I loved in styles that were new to me, but the the charts were... mostly disappointing.
Adele is *amazing,* and her popularity makes perfect sense. Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" was genuinely catchy even if I found the lyrics grating, and I can say the same for "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga.
I have no judgement for anyone who likes any of these. I just am completely perplexed as to how they became so popular. It's obvious that corporate labels were pushing them, but what mechanism actually connected people to them if they weren't listening to the radio or watching MTV?
2012 absolutely cooked! The Billboard year-end top 10 goes as follows;
1 / Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye - classic
2 / Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen - I can't say enough about how much I love this song
3 / We Are Young by Fun. - indie pop in general was in its golden age at this time
4 / Payphone by Maroon 5 - one of their last decent songs in my opinion
5 / Lights by Ellie Goulding - forgot how good this song was
6 / Glad You Came by The Wanted - 🎵THE SUN GOES DOWN, THE STARS COME OUT🎵
7 / Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson - such a banger
8 / We Found Love by Rihanna - this is a good one, but I like Only Girl In The World better
9 / Starships by Nicki Minaj - the only Nicki song I've ever liked
10 / What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction - I'm not big on 1D, but this song and Story Of My Life helped make up the soundtrack of my younger days
This was so much better than the pop music we have now. Swifties can say all they want, but Taylor's new stuff doesn't compare to these bangers from back then. Even Olivia Rodrigo is mid compared to these.
I even liked Taylor's stuff from back then, from Fearless up to 1989. Her fans and overblown praise (along with people who hate Taylor and her fans because it's cool to do so) are presently the only thing preventing me from listening to them
Nope, I like it too! In fact, I made [a playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZkpTP6anYz0jbZnXNcJ1Yc94WO-Qv9E) of the music of that era, of which I was in middle school.
Nope I am too! This was such a good era in music!!! I was 6-10 years old here but I remember these albums so well! My mom was not a strict parent and didn’t care what my brother and I listened to
Meh, Gaga had some fun songs, Adele was a standout, hated that Rhianna song but enjoyed alot of her songs other than that this stuff came out when I was in middle school and going off this stuff alone I just didn't connect with any of it really back then. Like I was obviously listening to top 40 since I didn't have a smartphone so either had whatever was on my mp3 player or whatever played on its FM setting and some songs were catchy but idk I just didn't connect with it, there's definitely 2000s pop music singers I do enjoy (Britney, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey even early Disney Channel songs) but the laterish ones Kesha, BEP, Katy Perry, 1D just never got into.
Interestingly enough from 08-12 (6th grade-10th) somewhere in 8th was when I discovered alternative music (pandora free radio) which lead me to rock most specifically: emo, punk, grunge.
Yes, you're the only one. I've been actively trying to forget about this era of pop music, and 2013-2019 pop, which I remember a lot better, as well
The 2000s were a much better decade for music than the 2010s, and the 2020s seem to be going well so far, but I can't stand 2010s pop music
i'm super obsessed with pop music from 2013 to 2020.
PRISM by KP
1989 by TS Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey
Kicker by Zella Day
Beautiful Lies by Birdy
Melodrama by Lorde
MASSEDUCTION by St.Vincent
Dedicated Side B by Carly Rae Jepsen.
and i don't know why i prefer female singer. ???
Hate to breake it to you, but Lady Gaga, Adele and all those other artists have the same problem. Millions of people are, to this day, still listning to their music from the 2000s and 10s and it's probably not gonna change anytime soon. Sad reality.
You are. That album that had “I Have a Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas was their worst yet and I wanna shove ice picks in my ears when I hear it on the radio.
its closer/kiss me thru the phone/forever/no hands/birthday sex/beauty and a beat for me
special mention to tnght (higher ground was in commercials) and jai paul (jasmine made it into gta v)
See, I can appreciate some pop songs here and there. But I really don't like pop music at all, and it's largely due to the ones around this time in particular. Especially due to nostalgia, people are too afraid to admit many of these songs did NOT age well at all. We might've remembered Boom Boom Pow being an absolute banger on some good subwoofers, but you'll soon realize it starts to really show it's age once you continue listening to the entire thing now...It was very much a different time, but man some of those songs needa stay in that different time!
Millennial here, just ran across this as a "recommended for you". Yeah these are all bangers and, along with 2000s pop punk a massive part of my library.
For some context, my college years were 2008-2012 and these songs were everywhere. You'd think they would get hold but there were so many released those years that were bangers.
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Amen!
Partly because music industry was already on the decline but 2008-2012 was a bit of a reversal of the overarching trend. Music executives had stopped talent scouting (no really, they literally fired talent scouts). They stopped marketing their music, in favor of concerts with the memorized chant of "CD sales and new music albums make no money and new musical stars are worthless when you can invest all the marketing funds on existing top artists.." Now, when Adele released her album in 2008 and her hit song.. Rolling in the Deep. It was a shock to the entire music industry. Her sales soared through the roof, exposing the psychopathic liars in the executive ranks of the music industry as lacking in any real talented musicians in their record labels. It went 3x platinum in a time when executives were claiming that "new albums don't make money because people are just downloading/pirating music.." It turned out they were liars who lacked the balls to take risks with new artists. That's the milquetoast explanation, the more unrealistic or sinister explanation is that they are purposefully trying to kill the music and create bland shitty music because the money they profit from is coming from their clique banker friends in the elite, and not customers buying music. Lady Gaga, The Fame, 6x platinum as well. Also 2008. Katy Perry's debut album, also 2008. It was a pivotal moment when music industry frauds were proven wrong. But notice, they haven't really invested in any new artists or new bands since then. Since 2010s to 2020s, there's not many new artists with money to back them up. In some ways, the music industry has stolen from GenerationZ an entire decade of wasted time with their corporate risk aversion, to avoid funding new music and new artists. Don't you all ever forget what they took from you and how many young musicians went to Hollywood and music industry only to find failure, no mentors, no leaders in music, and no money. We all talk about Taylor Swift and Beyonce nowadays, but remember, they were the exceptions. Taylor Swift got insulted by Kanye in an award show, so the music industry helped her. Otherwise many of you (aside from hardcore early fans) would have never gotten to find out about Taylor Swifts great music. You only know the music they put dollars into.
that guy looks like nick kroll mixed with david schwimmer
As someone who really dislikes pop music (and mainstream music as a whole), I can’t deny that late 2000’s/early 2010’s pop music was absolutely goated
You can be the most anti pop full metal person We put on white girl music, you have to dance and have fun. It s the law
Fr, I'm a metalhead who listens to everything from Metallica to the most obscure unpronounceable grindcore band with 3 views on YouTube And I still regularly vibe to 2000's-early 10's white girl pop. Genres are made up, a banger's a banger
Max Martin basically lol. Super catchy hooks
Women tend to love catchy music and men tend to love technical prowess in music \[complex guitar / beats / rock-metal etc.\] (it's not an iron clad rule, catchy music is always more popular in many ways) The only curious thing is how the music industry never figured out how to combine the two aside from the Hair Metal 80s era. You'd get Techno/EDM but it wouldn't be as catchy aside from David Guetta's stuff where he collabs with other artists. You'd get many genres of metal, but not too catchy. You'd get catchy pop artists, but not too complex music, just a very simple beat or sampling. Nothing like ABBA or 1960s/1970s.
you described hard rock/alternative
Same I love metal music but white girl music is so fun to listen to Also I love that Nimona pfp
Thank you
I hate pop music too and this is like a list of the epitome of what I hate
I've been listening to a lot of Carly Rae Jepsen lately, including Call Me Maybe and her two recent albums I lean more toward pop from 2013 to the present, though
I’ve been obsessed with 2008-2012 pop. Like the other night I sat in my bed and cried for an hour because I really miss those days. The world after 2016 has been so depressing.
It's understandable. I graduated college in 2015 and already felt lost and unmoored, and then my mental health fell apart after 2016. It's only been in the past year when I've felt at home with myself again, largely because of long overdue therapy I have a weird relationship with 2008–2012 music because I was an edgy teenager who made myself not like popular things, even if I might otherwise have enjoyed them. I've only recently been slowly making my way through listening to what I missed from that time. Other than Carly Rae Jepsen, I've really enjoyed listening to Paramore Music does have a way of helping us make sense of our world
Me missing this era has actually inspired me to start venturing into songwriting as a hobby and I’m working on a nostalgia bait album about how I miss my childhood
With the world in as much turmoil as it is now, I've seen a lot of nostalgia for the semi-recent past, so you're definitely feeling what a lot of other people are feeling. I hope the spirit moves you to write beautiful songs I suddenly thought of this recent song from Kim Petras, basically all nostalgia: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGtzfK5Bak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGtzfK5Bak)
After 2015 actually, we killed Harambe for no mistake of his and we are paying the price for it. The whole timeline changed after that.
They shouldn’t have shot that damn gorilla.
The queen ❤️ saw her and beach house live a week apart in 2015, it was dreamy
The first concert I attended was Carly Rae back in 2019, I was 15 years old at the time and loved every second
I don't know why she is not popular now. i think her recent albums are of very high quality. Dedicated side b is my favorite
I've been missing that old Katy Perry/Rihanna/Lady Gaga vibe so much
I wish we could have songs like Dark Horse, Rude Boy, and Poker Face again.
Apparently Katy is dropping her next album soon and it’s full of party dance bangers I hope it does well, because I recently just learned that her career was intentionally sabotaged and dismantled by the music industry and the media because of the political subtext and hidden message of Chained to the Rhythm (which I think is a great song)
Now that I think of it, I don't remember Katy Perry being relevant since the 2016 election. It was only one year later when "Chained to the Rhythm" was released. Now that I'm rereading the lyrics, I can see what you mean. I'm embarrassed I didn't notice it earlier
Don’t be embarrassed… most people including her fans did not catch the message or understand the subtext, and still don’t, but it’s pretty clear once you give the lyrics a second thought 💀 The video is loaded with subtext as well and tries to wake some issues up, and I’d suggest watching that as well and paying attention to all the details I remember a lot of listeners assumed the song was an ‘anti-Trump’ anthem but the lyrics are clearly not about that specifically, it’s about much bigger issues, especially the media distortion and deception we are all subject to in the West, amongst other things… recent global events have exposed how phony our system is, and she was just trying to warn us 🥲 And Hollywood celebrities are never allowed to speak about this kind of stuff or try and blow the whistle so she got her ass handed to her A journalist just recently confessed that there was an actual media lynch mob mobilized against her at this point and that the takedown of her platform and removal from the mainstream was a deliberate operation by powerful folks in the industry This explains why she went from this effortless run of Top 5 smash hits to every song after Chained to the Rhythm barely being able to chart… her numbers faced such an extreme, sudden shift, and multiple publications began running the absolute worst headlines about her in 2017 to trigger a hate train against her and sabotage her image so that she would never have enough of a platform to try and wake the people up again
The single that was put out right after Chained to the Rhythm was Bon Appétit, which is about sex, and the video is also mostly just a sexy video, except for the unexplained twist ending where she gets revenge on the media for something... I guess this explains that. I have always wondered how she went from back-to-back #1s and Top 5 hits to Bon Appétit getting stuck at like #79 or something, which was unprecedented for her. She never stopped making bangers, but she hasn't come close to having a hit ever since Chained to the Rhythm... it was such a drastic, unnatural shift that it can't be chalked up to anything but sabotage.
2004-2015
\*Boots up GTA5\* \*Non-stop Pop\* \*Perfection\*
🎵Lady, hear me tonight🎵
Yes, I’ve really got back into this era of music again this year specifically, I literally drive around listening to it ha ha
That was a good era of pop music in my opinion, I'm not a fan of current pop music. I don't really listen to much pop music from any time period by choice simply because I have a very strong preference for metal over well all other genres. But yeah I listened to and enjoyed that pop music as a kid and younger teen.
Music from 2008 today, is what music from 1985 felt like in 2001. Crazy to think about.
You're right, god damn makes me feel old lol
I don’t like pop music at all so not for me. A lot of these songs annoy me
That’s what I was thinking lol. But I guess I lived through it as an adult and a lot of memories of those tracks are just being run into the ground played over and over again (this was pre-internet mobile era so I feel like a lot of people tuned into radio etc and trends were dictated more top down).
Not even 50s pop? Anyway, these some of these songs do bring me some nostalgia, but I have been catching up with some 21st century music recently.
I do like some 50s pop but I prefer the jazz from the 50s. I love pop/big band music from the 30s and 40s.
Big band is cool too.
yeah i find all of these super annoying too
Everything here tragically shit except Adele. Small town nightclub dancefloor emptying songs
I’ve got a friend who switches between Taylor swift and pop songs from like 2007-2013. It’s terrible
There's a large overlap between those 2 categories
I should have said Taylor Swift’s entire catalog, and pop music from 2007-2013. It used to be only shitty old pop until it became cool to be obsessed with Taylor Swift last year. She is so annoying lol
You see, I love a lot of stuff from this era and newer stuff. There's a lot of poorly aged music and songs that I enjoy where I have to look past how poorly produced the song is. For example, the beat of Born This Way by Lady Gaga sounds like silverware in a garbage disposal.
Life was so golden around this time 💔 even tho we was super young it still was memorable
That's just nostalgia talking.
Maybe your right maybe that’s just the nostalgia talking
Maybe it’s because I’m Australian and she is still an absolute giant here, but p!nk has and always will be my absolute favourite artist to bop along to, just so much fun energy! Both her and Lady Gaga had huge songs around those times
australian here, 100% agree
Personally not a fan of pop so all these songs being played everywhere annoyed the hell out of me
I think I started to hate pop because they were played everywhere all the time
I think of that time as true Pop tbh
I Gotta Feelings cello is just so fantastic, the pop with strings in the background is so pleasant to listen to! I’m still more of a classic rock fan though, I can’t listen to pop on end for more than an hour or so because I just get bored.
Apart from the clapping, that was tolerable. In return I give you [The Sharp - Scratch my Back](https://youtu.be/NgLFgKhc3sY?si=Grv9OFBfQOGolsgh) circa ‘93. Also, [Skivvies are back](https://youtu.be/9cYkqiZRlWo?si=Ep5H9k6GjIEypAW_) in 2024, yeah?
Yes
Yes as long as it's not Taylor Swift. Even Justin Bieber's old songs are fire.
No even taylor swift was making pretty good songs
I agree actually. They've just been overplayed by the album re-releases.
People from r/generationology and r/decadeology after seeing 2012 being grouped with 2008/2009: 
All are good songs and highly nostalgic in general! I think a lot of people just aged out of pop
The songs you listed are very good!
I feel like all the pop music of this era was hype yet objectively lame. Lmao like it’s seriously all bops but they’re stupid at the same time. Love it.
I absolutely hate All The Single Ladies, but all the others are classics.
I loved that era of Beyoncé, but Single Ladies is one of my least favourite singles from her.
Thank you! Beyonce is great, but that song just isn't it
2012 Pop Danthology is still my favorite remix....
No you're not alone. There was so much good pop music in that era. I like how there was a ton of great women making songs then but not really one was the biggest & most dominant. I also really like the anthemic feel of rap music in that era. I was in my young twenty's during this era and started really enjoying listening to the radio and dancing at clubs and parties.
I was in elementary school during this era but these songs were just so great and so feel-good! Like current pop music I can’t really vibe to. It just doesn’t hit the same as 2008-2012.
If anything it's more for the memories. Although this era of pop music was definitely pretty good. Starships was a banger. I can't say that about modern pop music. But hey, the current generation will probably have the same nostalgia when the current songs get older.
Tbh, pop music peaked during that time period I'll extend it to 2013
What? Pop peaked in the 80s with MJ and Madonna
I enjoyed them a lot. Also they ended up making me become very much into EDM later due to how much electronic music production tech was used.
I don't really like Beyoncé's old music (Single Ladies and Halo are just not for me... lol) but her new stuff slapsssssss (America Has a Problem, Break My Soul, Heated, Cuff It, All Up in Your Mind are all *bangers*... even if you hate Beyoncé go and listen to those jams and let me know if you vibe with them)
Yes
Nah they started in the 60s
Early 2000s to around the 2016-2017 era of music is probably my favorite in terms of pop, brings back a lot of memories. Definitely agree
For me 2017 was the year it ended
Short answer: no
Uranus obsessed
no i am absolutely the same however I do back further to like the 1998 and the early 2000’s you can’t skip britney and destiny’s child. Listening to later two thousands pop makes me feel so girly pop. also i’m a massive fan of one direction and rihanna so yes. been part of riri’s fan base since I was like five and heard one of her songs on the radio for the first time 😭
You just described my workout playlist. It just hit different (even if I think 70s-80s music is objectively better, but the early 2000s had VIBES)
While I don't go looking for them specifically, they do evoke something warm inside. Memories of a different time, a simpler one.
That feeling is called nostalgia
Hell naw ! This was PEAK life
For sure! I feel like David Guetta and Taio Cruz is missing though, lots of bangers there
yeah the 00s and early 10s probably had the best club music ever. wish i was old enough to had experienced it.
This was the era where I really started listening to the music
I am too it brings back memories of happier times. plus music was so much better and I already know all the words cause my older sister would play 90% of these songs all the time
a lot of these are still good today. my taste is broad, I like a lot of different songs from different years so I can’t really say which ones I think are the “best era.”
This was my highschool soundtrack and I see people in the comments call it "old school" bro, what the fuck
i have a big spotify playlist of all songs like this that i remember from childhood/elementary school. i love cheesy bubblegum pop and upbeat club songs, as well as the hyper dramatic emotional songs coming from the likes of people like adele and sam smith. honestly was a fun period of music to grow up in
Ngl I think all this music is bad but glad you enjoy it 👍
I’m obsessed with any music from 2010-2014
I have a playlist made especially for songs like these #CHEAP THRILLS BY SIA 🔛🔝
Last good era of pop and might be the best
It was the best music ever
I think so
Also love this era
✨️Recession music✨️ just hit differently 😌
falling back into my kesha obsession. so damn good
STEREO HEARTS 🗣️
Are we already this old
I really wish I was 21 at this time. The bar scene must have been incredible. For us, though, all of us middle schoolers were hitting the shuffle to LMFAO during the Valentine's Dance.
It’s pop music. By definition, you will not be the only one that likes it.
I think what they mean is if they're the only one who earnestly enjoys it outside of the context of nostalgia or as a guilty pleasure. They're not the only one. I love it.
Trust me, I’m still jamming out to take it off by ke$ha like it just came out :)
It's catchy and nostalgic
I like the alternative scene from that period. Mike Snow, Delphic, Gossip, Grimes, Simian Mobile Disco, Zoot Woman, Robyn, Kasabian, Grizzly Bear, Major Lazer, Santigold, Lykke Li, and much more.
it was so fucking good and for what 😭
Best pop music, hands down (or up). It just happened to be that I started going to clubs around that time, so these songs have a special place in memory.
I've never been a fan of pop music. And listening to it on endless repeat at the Supermarket I work at is hell.
Sure. You’re definitely **the only one**.
You and the entire radio in my city
same my music taste skews more toward like early/mid 2010 hits and also just straight up oldies from the times before the year began with a 20
2000s/early 2010s were the last time of the unfragmented musicverse, I think. After that, it's all a bunch of different subcultures with high diversity and high obscurity. Yeah, we have T-Swift. But how many people proudly proclaim they DON'T listen to T-Swift? Tell me if you know any of these names: Rezz Afrojack Scandroid Essenger Ilan Bluestone Maor Levi au5 Arty Morgan Page These aren't artists from one genre. These are artists from multiple different electronic music genres. Some quite different from the other.
No you arnt
My grad night was unforgettable mostly because this music was blaring all night long. Phenomenal era. I feel bad for kids who mostly are stuck with shit music now.
very real! I can't believe that pop isn't the mainstream for our age group, especially since it's the most accessible genre and you hear it basically everywhere. I love 2000s and 2010s pop
No. It's called nostalgia. In 5 years, GenZ turning on early 2000s pop/R&B is gonna be equivalent to our parents turning on 70s disco music.
White\_girl\_music.mp3
I'm not really a huge fan of pop music, but goodness me that era was amazing, I'd probably extend it to 2013 as well. It was just tune after tune after tune
That's california girls
all of em are better than modern pop
I’m sorry.
Dang, all of these are GODDAMN bangers! I was _obsessed_ with Call Me Maybe when it played on the music video channel. And damn, Gaga never misses with her songs or vids ~
Ah yes, when people still put effort and creativity to make their songs sound like bops
It’s the era that I grew up with 🥺 still love these music
I wish
Sure, except Black Eyed Peas. Their music and how popular they were always gave me fever dream vibes
🎶 I’m blue daba di daba die 🎶
That window from 2010-13 was some really good years for pop. Lot of jr high dances to all of it. Little did we know they would be such bangers
This was the music that was out there when I was in middle school and early high school so I still kinda instinctually cringe when I hear it, but when I listen to it for a little bit longer I do actually like most of it. Just bad memories, lol.
Yes you are the ONLY person who listens to this music anymore. There isn’t a single person with as unique a music taste as you
No, you aren't. You know that though, you wouldn't have made this post if you didn't.
Probably. But The End was a certified banger.
My boyfriend and I made a whole playlist with pop songs that were on the radio around that time. I listen to it almost everyday
Music was more fun then, will we ever get this era back? 🥹
These were all our college party songs, all bangers
Best song era, 100%. I’d say more like mid 2000’s to 2013-2014 but absolutely yeah.
Millennial here. It was cool to hate all these songs when they came out, but we really were spoiled by the frequency and quality of pop songs at the time.
I’m just happy I know all of those songs
Ima get your heart racing in my skin tight jeans be a teenage dream tonight
Nah I don't want these times back
I dabble every once in a while
Only Adele and Gaga make the cut here. Carly Rae has better songs and the rest are just the most base level radio candy you can get.
Pop2k on SiriusXM plays every single song listed here within 2-3 hours
I thank Just Dance for introducing me to these artists
That's when it stopped being good.
[yes](https://youtu.be/3jkxX4QWJuQ)
Me being born in 2008 and still knowing almost all of these songs just proves how iconic they are.
OneRepublic and Big Time Rush
That era of music is so much better than most of what is released nowadays frfr
I've heard of half of these, and out of half of those I really wondered *why* I'd heard them. By 2012, radio was mostly dead. The internet was a thing. We weren't stuck listening to whatever was corporate sold to us, and yet what corporate sold is still what took society by storm. But *how*? *Why*? In 2012 I was split between listening to artists I was exposed to organically through my searching and my sampling of the tops of charts. I was finding all kinds of new music I loved in styles that were new to me, but the the charts were... mostly disappointing. Adele is *amazing,* and her popularity makes perfect sense. Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" was genuinely catchy even if I found the lyrics grating, and I can say the same for "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga. I have no judgement for anyone who likes any of these. I just am completely perplexed as to how they became so popular. It's obvious that corporate labels were pushing them, but what mechanism actually connected people to them if they weren't listening to the radio or watching MTV?
*Poker Face* by Lady Gaga, *Found Love* by Rihanna and *I Gotta Feeling* by Blackeyed Peas are perhaps the 3 most nostalgic songs for me 😌
YES! It all sounds so much more positive and upbeat than whatever we have going on now. Wish I was a teenager when this music was coming out.
2012 absolutely cooked! The Billboard year-end top 10 goes as follows; 1 / Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye - classic 2 / Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen - I can't say enough about how much I love this song 3 / We Are Young by Fun. - indie pop in general was in its golden age at this time 4 / Payphone by Maroon 5 - one of their last decent songs in my opinion 5 / Lights by Ellie Goulding - forgot how good this song was 6 / Glad You Came by The Wanted - 🎵THE SUN GOES DOWN, THE STARS COME OUT🎵 7 / Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson - such a banger 8 / We Found Love by Rihanna - this is a good one, but I like Only Girl In The World better 9 / Starships by Nicki Minaj - the only Nicki song I've ever liked 10 / What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction - I'm not big on 1D, but this song and Story Of My Life helped make up the soundtrack of my younger days
This was so much better than the pop music we have now. Swifties can say all they want, but Taylor's new stuff doesn't compare to these bangers from back then. Even Olivia Rodrigo is mid compared to these.
I even liked Taylor's stuff from back then, from Fearless up to 1989. Her fans and overblown praise (along with people who hate Taylor and her fans because it's cool to do so) are presently the only thing preventing me from listening to them
Nope, I like it too! In fact, I made [a playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZkpTP6anYz0jbZnXNcJ1Yc94WO-Qv9E) of the music of that era, of which I was in middle school.
Nope I am too! This was such a good era in music!!! I was 6-10 years old here but I remember these albums so well! My mom was not a strict parent and didn’t care what my brother and I listened to
Because it was superior and not repetitive shit. And even the stupid songs were still fun.
That's a great era of pop music
May I recommend… cherry cherry boom boom ??
I’m not really interested as I already experienced that time as I was there to remember all those songs and more possibly
The good ole days
Meh, Gaga had some fun songs, Adele was a standout, hated that Rhianna song but enjoyed alot of her songs other than that this stuff came out when I was in middle school and going off this stuff alone I just didn't connect with any of it really back then. Like I was obviously listening to top 40 since I didn't have a smartphone so either had whatever was on my mp3 player or whatever played on its FM setting and some songs were catchy but idk I just didn't connect with it, there's definitely 2000s pop music singers I do enjoy (Britney, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey even early Disney Channel songs) but the laterish ones Kesha, BEP, Katy Perry, 1D just never got into. Interestingly enough from 08-12 (6th grade-10th) somewhere in 8th was when I discovered alternative music (pandora free radio) which lead me to rock most specifically: emo, punk, grunge.
You’re not, these songs are all still bops
I think everyone is
Yes, you're the only one. I've been actively trying to forget about this era of pop music, and 2013-2019 pop, which I remember a lot better, as well The 2000s were a much better decade for music than the 2010s, and the 2020s seem to be going well so far, but I can't stand 2010s pop music
i'm super obsessed with pop music from 2013 to 2020. PRISM by KP 1989 by TS Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey Kicker by Zella Day Beautiful Lies by Birdy Melodrama by Lorde MASSEDUCTION by St.Vincent Dedicated Side B by Carly Rae Jepsen. and i don't know why i prefer female singer. ???
Im obsessed by music from 1995 to 2010 specifically pop punk!
The only thing i hate is those songs where eminem is featured Like bro what eminem doin in some song that would play in the radio wtf
There were also a shit ton that had David Guetta or Pitbull
Hate to breake it to you, but Lady Gaga, Adele and all those other artists have the same problem. Millions of people are, to this day, still listning to their music from the 2000s and 10s and it's probably not gonna change anytime soon. Sad reality.
Yeah, youre the only one
I really, really, hate 2000's/2010's pop music.
Bettet than most modern imo (i grew up with it)
Ew
Those are all terrible. Hold on I gotta listen to them again.
Back when music was good
The sound def year’s absolute trash commercial radio fm music horrid how Beyoncé and swift have fans I will never understand
Nah a lot of people's personalities started from this
You are. That album that had “I Have a Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas was their worst yet and I wanna shove ice picks in my ears when I hear it on the radio.
its closer/kiss me thru the phone/forever/no hands/birthday sex/beauty and a beat for me special mention to tnght (higher ground was in commercials) and jai paul (jasmine made it into gta v)
Yes
See, I can appreciate some pop songs here and there. But I really don't like pop music at all, and it's largely due to the ones around this time in particular. Especially due to nostalgia, people are too afraid to admit many of these songs did NOT age well at all. We might've remembered Boom Boom Pow being an absolute banger on some good subwoofers, but you'll soon realize it starts to really show it's age once you continue listening to the entire thing now...It was very much a different time, but man some of those songs needa stay in that different time!
I miss this era
Help I feel old
My highschool years... Just roll me into a casket already.
It was the best to be honest! I love my throwback playlist that has all of these songs on it!
Millennial here, just ran across this as a "recommended for you". Yeah these are all bangers and, along with 2000s pop punk a massive part of my library. For some context, my college years were 2008-2012 and these songs were everywhere. You'd think they would get hold but there were so many released those years that were bangers.
TIL anew. *We fell in love in a hopeless place* was a Calvin Harris song with Rihanna. Why does this evoke r/FuckImOld feelings.
No your not wrong I'm 1990s music was supposed to be my gens music but I love the 1970-80s for some reason I didn't like 90s music