The Music Genre: Electro/Pop

The genre I will be focusing on for my video is electro/pop. Electro-pop (also called techno-pop) is a form of electronic music that is made with synthesizers, and which first flourished from 1978 to 1981. The genre has seen a revival of popularity and influence since the late 2000s. "Electro-pop" is the short form of "electronic pop". The term was used primarily during the 1980s to describe a form of synthpop characterized by an emphasized electronic sound (often described as cold and robotic) and by minimal arrangements. Electro-pop laid the groundwork for a mass market in chart-oriented synthpop. Electro-pop songs are pop songs at heart, often with simple, catchy hooks and dance beats, but differing from those of electronic dance music genres which electro-pop helped to inspire such as techno and house. It was popularized by many artist today. For instance Lady GaGa, Katy Perry and of course Inna.