I used to say that "girl pop" was my guilty pleasure. But nah, I genuinely enjoy and love it. Stupid teen me convinced himself that I have to be ashamed of liking it. Glad my 19 yo self realized it's bullshit to think that. Rock/Alt rock/Grunge is my essence, but girl pop is the next best thing. - ThreadSky

snoweternal.and.cat • 185 days ago

I used to say that "girl pop" was my guilty pleasure. But nah, I genuinely enjoy and love it. Stupid teen me convinced himself that I have to be ashamed of liking it. Glad my 19 yo self realized it's bullshit to think that.

Rock/Alt rock/Grunge is my essence, but girl pop is the next best thing.

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redfives.bsky.social•185 days ago

Hey, I'm a metal head but still jam out to Britney, NSYNC, and The Backstreet Boys lol

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

Hell yeah. I just love music in general, rap/hip hop is the only genre that I generally don't listen to, but even there are some exceptions that I love.

kyddrums.bsky.social•185 days ago

I listen to Ava Max in the gym on the regular, shit just slaps what can I say

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

Ava Max is PHENOMENAL, love her songs

kyddrums.bsky.social•185 days ago

Me singing along to Sweet but Psycho every morning

bcripster.bsky.social•185 days ago

The best music is the music you enjoy listening too. Never be embarrassed by what you like... Well unless it's 24/7 Baby Shark loops tapes.

bcripster.bsky.social•185 days ago

.... speaking which this rocks!

https://youtu.be/DX6SXrSDErY?feature=shared

kerron.bsky.social•185 days ago

My Spotify is a mesh of Metal, Industrial, Punk Rock, Classic Rock... and also J Pop, City Pop, 80s Pop and the Video Game OSTs 🤣

brianwithani.bsky.social•185 days ago

I have a soft spot for some stuff like that. Some of those girl/boy bands were so good. I was obsessed with a few from France back in the day. I still listen to them. 🤫 😂

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

Haha, for me it's specifically girl pop, I don't know why it speaks to me so much. Though I did have a soft spot for Backstreets Boys back in the day and such.

brianwithani.bsky.social•185 days ago

I was never a BSB guy for some reason. This is the one I was listening to the other day. Right after Beastie Boys. Hahaha

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

Dream are nice! Haven't listened to them that much, Spice girls is where it was for me with these kinds of bands haha.

brianwithani.bsky.social•185 days ago

Omg yasssss! They were a total guilty pleasure. And that movie! Hahaha I still howl at some of the lines in that.

barnabyjonesnw.bsky.social•185 days ago

No guilty pleasures! Only pleasures!

valyriann.bsky.social•185 days ago

I used and still am "Ashamed" for rocking to Avril Lavigne because I'm worried friends will judge me. But I genuinely enjoy her music.

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

Some folks took this a bit too personal/differently than intended. First off, I am not 19 now, that is why that portion of the post is in past tense. And as clearly as the post states, I am NOT ashamed of it now.

PS: I call it girl/girly pop because 100 % of my pop selection is female artists.

brinkofgaming.bsky.social•185 days ago

Good for you, dude! 🙌 Yes, it's important to let ourselves love the things we love without guilting ourselves with silly standards. 💙

-Your moot who loves death metal, black metal, and NSYNC 😆

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

I miss the prime of NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, different time haha.

My "mixed" playlists is the most random thing ever. You get Duality from Slipknot, and right after it plays Dance the night by Dua Lipa.

brinkofgaming.bsky.social•185 days ago

Those are the best playlists! Haha

resapixie.bsky.social•185 days ago

THIS!!!! Boy bands aren't what they used to be. Showed my hubby some Backstreet Boys music videos and he was like, "are they all weird." I told him they were and he told me he would have listened to them more if he had known how weird their MVs were. 🤣. BB girl over NSYNC 🤣

brinkofgaming.bsky.social•185 days ago

Yeah, that Era just had a vibe that isn't captured today haha!!

nikmuna.bsky.social•185 days ago

Stay true to yourself king👑

blackmass91.bsky.social•185 days ago

1990s is the peak of girl pop

melvs.bsky.social•185 days ago

I love girl pop. Once I have a couple of drinks at the bar and get my hands on the jukebox it’s all girl pop.

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

Even though I love rock and it's my "main" genre, I'm not always in the mood for it. I am ALWAYS in the mood for girl pop lol.

melvs.bsky.social•185 days ago

Hell yeah, man. I mostly listen to rock and metal but I always have my Lady Gaga playlist at the ready.

nestersnexus.bsky.social•185 days ago

My guilty pleasure artist is Rihanna, just banger after banger

melvs.bsky.social•185 days ago

Oh man I’ll jam to some Rihanna. Umbrella >>>>

marklaskey60.bsky.social•185 days ago

Love umbrella

melvs.bsky.social•185 days ago

You have great taste Mark

steveoroni.bsky.social•185 days ago

Rihanna to me was like what Taylor is now. Precisely as you said every song a banger.

melvs.bsky.social•185 days ago

Taylor got a couple of songs I have on rotation 😂

steveoroni.bsky.social•185 days ago

I’m a full on swiftie at this point. I mean I’m not gonna shell out for a concert or buy all the gear she’s selling and play the outfit game. But I’m playing her music a lot and have vinyls. It’s just really good pop music. Gotta respect it

vhszach.bsky.social•185 days ago

This is so real. I used to be a pretentious indie kid that thought my niche taste was a personality trait, and I was miserable. I still love niche music, but I no longer need to convince myself it’s the only “good” music out there to feel superior.

lyingndespair.bsky.social•185 days ago

just wait till you discover girl rap

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

I know about it 😅 I'm just not a fan of rap/hip hop in general

jonnymeboy.bsky.social•184 days ago

I think of my punk friends who would probably laugh right in my face if they caught me listening to the Grateful Dead or Belle & Sebastian and I realize they probably have stuff they listen to that they don't really talk about too. All music is connected, like what you like.

jonnymeboy.bsky.social•184 days ago

BTW my taste is ALL OVER the place and I tend to be adventurous with it. My gateway into sorta girly pop music was Pizzicato Five in the 1990s and it was me buying the Made In Usa" CD like, "what's this gonna be like?" and bam, instant connection.

legitlexine.bsky.social•185 days ago

It’s just pop for me! There’s a distinction, sure! But when I think about a lot of the pop songs when I was young, it would technically fall in those lines! Like things from Cyndi Lauper or Debbie Gibson or something!

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

I generally call if "girl pop" because for me, it's almost exclusively female artists haha, and not the mainstream ones, either. I used to listen to regular pop from any artist as well, but that has somewhat shifted out off my playlists over the years.

nizzleb.bsky.social•185 days ago

When I was younger, I only listened to hip hop. My musical horizon has broadened so much. You don't have to be ashamed of the music you like.

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

I'm not! That's the point of the post haha. Rap/Hip hop is pretty much the only genre that I never really warmed up to. But I do have some songs in it that I like.

lachlanh.me•185 days ago

I get ya I used to feel shame for liking I and that I was "wrong" now I've gotten over that I'm infinitely more happy and comfortable

gamedadvii.bsky.social•185 days ago

Love me some Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, and Dua Lipa bother

mayhewmark.bsky.social•185 days ago

Whatever hits. If I feel like listening to Paleface Swiss I will. But if I'm feeling some Sabrina Carpenter I'm bumping that shit just as loud and proud

ajwieler.bsky.social•185 days ago

Very rarely, I become incredibly jealous of people who say that "pop" is their favorite music, because they, by default, don't really have guilty pleasures the way people that get deep into genres do. When's the last time you heard someone say, "I listen to top 40, but my guilty pleasure is Slayer."

ownerdbomber.bsky.social•185 days ago

I’m glad you’ve leaned into it! And honestly right now is like a peak girl pop era. The songwriting and lyricism is off the charts, whether it’s a chart topping artist or smaller up and comers. It’s a good time to be a girl pop lover!

varemaras.bsky.social•185 days ago

19
nineteen
nineTEEN

You're still a teen, and good for you for reevaluating shit you like.

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

It's in past tense for a reason, I am not 19, much closer to 30 now. Early teen me "convinced" himself, at 19 I said fuck that.

varemaras.bsky.social•185 days ago

and good for you buddy, good for you

vilegentleman.bsky.social•185 days ago

Christina Aguilera and NSYNC were my shit. I've always listened to everything but I still listen to a lot of my wife's girl pop. Though, my main guilty pleasure is female-led big band and jazz singers from the '20s-'50s.

motherbonanza.bsky.social•185 days ago

I’ve always been into indie/alternative; in the 90s I worked with a signed Welsh/Irish punk band signed to a UK label. When my daughter was a teen she hit a K-Pop phase, shit was catchy and I loved it. Red Velvet still gets regular play from me.

snoweternal.and.cat•185 days ago

K-Pop and J-Rock is fucking nuts, man. They do such a good job at capturing you outright.

narosis.bsky.social•185 days ago

(as a DJ among other things) i feel exactly the same way about Disco. people claim they hate it, "do you boo", me i'm going to mix Funk with House, Underground, & Disco. you can claim you hate it all you want, for me it's not a guilty pleasure it's my first TRUE love! ( as it survives to this day.

underlevelqueen.bsky.social•185 days ago

Same ! Honestly I love all kinds of genres, I just end up listening to some more than others, depending on the mood. I remember in my 20s I had this playlist called 90s or something, and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world until a friend was like “the 90s weren’t just 1 genre!” 🤣

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