hyperpop

Hyperpop duo 100 gecs have announced a massive tour in support of their upcoming album '10,000 gecs.' Here's where you can see them across North America in spring 2023.

100 gecs shared their new EP, Snake Eyes. The hyperpop duo of Dylan Brady and Laura Les also announced their second album 10,000 gecs will arrive in 2023.

Charli XCX has dropped her much-anticipated album, CRASH. CRASH is the English artist's fifth studio album. The project departs from her previous hyperpop sound and ventures more into the realms of dance-pop. Read more: 10 hidden meanings in twenty one pilots lyrics you probably didn’t know The 12-track record features Christine and The Queens, Caroline Polachek and Rina Sawayama. Ahead ... Read M

ericdoa doesn’t want to make music for one specific genre or one kind of person. To him, music should be all-inclusive in every sense of the word, whether it refers to the people who listen to his songs or the way they feel when doing so. To b...

It’s the middle of my after-school Zoom call with teenage hyperpop prodigy glaive, and he pauses what we’re talking about — and puts aside his half-eaten Cheesy Gordita Crunch — to show me his “most prized possession.”  When he raises both his...

2022 is finally here. A new year is always packed full of potential, offering both a chance to start over and an opportunity to continue building on past success. Enter 22 in ‘22. We’re kicking off the new year with issue 402, showcasing 22 of the bands and musicians who are poised to have a stellar 2022. Featuring ...

Hyperpop has always been a genre that is DIY and willing to push musical boundaries. That independence began with its rise in popularity in the mid-2010s and continues into the present. It's also the reason hyperpop has been able to fluidly blend with a wide range of styles, helping artists make music that is ever more unique and reflective of their individuality...

Hyperpop’s dynamic duo 100 gecs have officially released “mememe,” their first single from the forthcoming album 10000 gecs.  After performing the song live during their ongoing tour and teasing a snippet on social media,  fans are finally able to experience the melodic madness themselves. The song blends togethe...

Prentiss has released his latest single, “i will wait.” Alternative Press is bringing you a first look at the track! Additionally, the latest single coincides with a recent sold-out show in Atlanta, performing alongside hyperpop staples glaive and ericdoa. Read more...

Skateboarding has left a deep impact on popular culture. One of the most significant impressions of the art form in recent years is felt in the success of Mikey Alfred’s North Hollywood. The film, starring Vince Vaughn and Miranda Cosgrove, brought contemporary skateboarding onto the screen and won the attention of Pharrell Williams. It w...

Phoebe Bridgers has shared three unique remixes of her song “Kyoto” with fans. Following the confirmation earlier this August that she will be featured on Taylor Swift’s upcoming reimagined Red album, Bridgers has now released these remixes. Read more: Phoebe Br... Read More ...

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Although it has the word in its name, hyperpop is a far cry from the pop music you hear when you turn the radio on. A relatively new concept, hyperpop is the product of forward-thinking 2010s pop music combined with SoundCloud’s nightcore scene. P...

Welcome back to another AltPress Weekly. Each week, we highlight the things we want you to check out. We’ll bring you the scoop on the latest happenings over at Alternative Press, along with our favorite stories and other discoveries. We’ll also shout out fresh cuts and bargain bin finds—anything and everything we can’t stop listening to. Read more: AltPress... Read More ...

There are layers to Ash Gutierrez. To an unsuspecting listener, just casually shuffling through all of the material the 16-year-old hyperpop prodigy released in the last year about slamming his head against a wall and putting his phone on “do not disturb,” it would be close to impossible to look at him as a happy dude.  Yet ev...

For a music genre, trap metal is still a baby. That being said, hundreds of Bones-core, Ghostemane-core and Scarlxrd-core tracks were uploaded to SoundCloud by the time you finished reading this sentence. Is there any room for the latest fusion of metal and hip-hop to expand and evolve, or is it doomed to repeat and recycle itself into oblivion...

American Teeth, the pop-rock, synth-tinged solo project of Elijah Noll, debuted his raw music video for the single "Fix You" via Fearless Records. The track was originally released in April 2021 as a double single with "E-Girl." Inspired by his previous romance, the video depicts the highs and lows of modern millennial love as it unfolds in the city...

For a person who just graduated high school, booked a headline tour and released their first major-label debut all in the same year, chloe moriondo is admirably calm. “I’m just chilling!” she says, confessing that she got out of bed at noon: “I’m a little gremlin,” she smiles. She’s rocking a new look that she ...

Now that the scene revival of 2019 has somewhat subsided, the soft grunge pinks and deep blues of the Tumblr era are back in full swing. Between 2009 and 2014, women such as Marina And The Diamonds (now known as MARINA) and Lana Del Rey were dominating the Tumblr dashboard...

Ever since the inception of emotional hardcore in the ’80s, each decade had defining bands who updated the sound and meaning of emo to the musical landscape of the time. The ’90s were all about Midwest emo and screamo, and in the 2000s, emo peaked as a mainstream obsession, thanks to MCR, Fall Out Boy, Paramore and more. And it’s a...