Wonky pop

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Wonky pop was a loose grouping of musical acts that played what the BBC called "quirky, catchy and credible pop", rooted in the eccentric side of 1980s pop music, which was briefly popular in the late 2000s.[1] Artists associated with the genre include Mika, Alphabeat and Frankmusik.[1]

Definitions

Alphabeat are a wonky pop band.

"Wonky" is a British English word meaning unsteady, shaky, awry, or wrong. The BBC reported that the term "wonky pop" was both coined by and is owned by Mika's manager,[2] while The Independent reported the term was coined by Peter Robinson, founder of the blog Popjustice.[3]

Kate Bush, pictured here in 1986, is cited as one of the major influences on wonky pop.

The BBC describes a UK wonky-pop club night as involving "cutting-edge pop, dance, hip hop and everything in between"; club organiser René Symonds states that "the

reality TV winner there's a myriad of cool, credible and weird acts."[4]

Style

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."

synthpop revival of the later 2000s.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^
    guardian.co.uk
    . Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b Youngs, Ian (1 January 2009). "Electric dreams for pop in 2009". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  3. ^ a b Price, Simon (28 December 2008). "Pop and rock in 2008: Keep it wonky ... it worked for Leonard". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Club Scenes: Wonky Pop". BBC News Online. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  5. guardian.co.uk
    . Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  6. ^ McCormick, Neil (5 August 2009). "La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mika, Little Boots: the 80s are back". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2009.

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