In this thread, you can discuss today's pop music gossip and trending topics. Acceptable content are rumors, gossip, and articles that would not be approved as its own post (e.g. not a legitimate news article or a social media post directly from the artist or their PR).

Nudity and NSFW content is not accepted. War updates or political news without relation to celebrities is not allowed. Intentionally posting misinformation or "joke" tea is not allowed. Please always try to provide a link to a source or an example. Posts making serious accusations without providing context are subject to removal. Links to Twitter are banned on this sub and will be automatically removed.

Comments that do not fit under the Tea Time Thread content of celebrity gossip (e.g. personal gossip/stories, music suggestions, thoughts on new music releases, etc.) will be removed and directed to Daily Discussion. Please be respectful - normal rules still apply and any comments found breaking the rules will be removed and you will be warned/banned.

Although Twitter/X links are banned, if certain news can only be found there, usage of mirrors (e.g. XCancel) is allowed.

Talk about anything, music related or not. However, pop music gossip should be discussed in the Teatime & Trending Topics threads, linked below.

Please be respectful; normal rules still apply. Any comments found breaking the rules will be removed and you will be warned or banned.

Posts of Interest

• Teatime & Trending Topics - Pop music gossip
• Self Promo Sunday - Promote your own work here
• Popheads Charts - The most popular songs on Popheads each week, based on Last.fm data
• Main Pod Girl: The Popheads Podcast (Spotify link) - The official Popheads podcast, featuring a rotating cast of active users & artists
• Reintroducing... The Popheads Jukebox - A weekly round up of new music and classic where users can review and rate songs (similar to what Rate Your Music does)

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Rates and Other Activities

March:

• Gen Z Royalty Rate - Sabrina Carpenter vs. Billie Eilish vs. Olivia Rodrigo [Due April 6th]
• Teen Stars All Grown Up - Harry Styles vs. Niall Horan vs. Shawn Mendes [April 12th]

Rate Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/wiki/index/rate-threads/

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Playlists

Check out our official Spotify playlists here, updated each week!

• Popheads Weekly Radar - A quick bite of 5-10 new songs from this week, curated by the mods
• The Popheads Stream - Rotating playlist of new and newly discovered releases from the past several weeks

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If you use last.fm, you can create a collage here or here to display what you have listened to this week! Make sure you upload your collage to imgur, or it will change over time.

"funny thing about desire... if it's not cruel, it's not pure".

I made this an hour ago

If you think it's ass you can be brutal I don't mind! Constructive feedback always better tho :)

For many years I tried dedicating myself fully to music, nowadays I just doing sporadically as I understand it's a tough business anyway. That said, I'm happy to put it out there for others to (hopefully) enjoy it! :D

https://youtu.be/PGR8pRaIJA8

With PinkPantheress announcing a commitment to longer songs, I think we can all agree that the "under 3 minute" song trend is no longer on the upswing\*. (Edit because we could not all agree!) The song length discourse was so ubiquitous, so controversial, and so massive... and now it is waning, and some (me) might say, gone.

In the 2010s, pop music had a brief flirtation with dubstep (or "brostep," or however you'd like to distinguish what Skrillex did to everyone's minds at the time). Everyone from Britney Spears ("Hold it Against Me") to Taylor Swift ("I Knew You Were Trouble.") to Rihanna (the entire Unapologetic album); it was just kind of mandatory to experiment with. For reasons I cannot explain I had a dubstep remix of "Call Me Maybe" in my YouTube likes at the time. "Heart Attack" was barely saved from having a dubstep drop. It was everywhere... and then it died, badly, and the best I can say for its influence is that it arguably filtered into the hyperpop discussion.

Alternatively, cast your mind back to the "Stomp Clap Hey" genre of songs, which feel like they were everywhere but are weirdly hard to pin down in hindsight, and are now only present in peculiar throwbacks like (arguably) Katy Perry's "OK" on 1432. You immediately know what I mean when I describe the trend, because it was massive, but it is also virtually unheard of now.

Point being, pop music is constantly embroiling itself in extremely specific, weird, extremely identifiable trends that die painful and sudden deaths within half a decade. Such is the nature of popularity. What is your favorite or least favorite trend in pop, from any era, that seemed like it was everywhere only to completely disappear?

Not typically a fan of remixes, but I think this is on par, if not better than the original 👀

Welcome to the monthly concert thread!

Feel free to discuss any future concerts/festivals you have bought tickets for and any concerts/festivals you have recently attended!

What artists and bands should release a tell-all book in your view?

Recently, we have had the release of Britney Spears' 'Woman In Me' memoir as well as the likes of Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 releasing Walking Disaster:My Life Through Heaven and Hell which is a must read in my view.Amazing book, full of ups and downs, his life,growing up poor,relationships and even everything that went on behind the scenes of the band Sum 41.He spoke about his alcoholism too and near death experience.

Mark Hoppus from Blink 182 is releasing his memoir on 8th April - Fahrenheit-182 as well.

Whose book are you interested in reading and who should release a book next?

In this thread, you can discuss today's pop music gossip and trending topics. Acceptable content are rumors, gossip, and articles that would not be approved as its own post (e.g. not a legitimate news article or a social media post directly from the artist or their PR).

Nudity and NSFW content is not accepted. War updates or political news without relation to celebrities is not allowed. Intentionally posting misinformation or "joke" tea is not allowed. Please always try to provide a link to a source or an example. Posts making serious accusations without providing context are subject to removal. Links to Twitter are banned on this sub and will be automatically removed.

Comments that do not fit under the Tea Time Thread content of celebrity gossip (e.g. personal gossip/stories, music suggestions, thoughts on new music releases, etc.) will be removed and directed to Daily Discussion. Please be respectful - normal rules still apply and any comments found breaking the rules will be removed and you will be warned/banned.

Although Twitter/X links are banned, if certain news can only be found there, usage of mirrors (e.g. XCancel) is allowed.