Pop Music
Everything published on Viyolens under Pop Music — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
The Best Pop Music Artists to Know
Pop doesn't have one canon. Here's a tour through the artists who each reshaped the mainstream sound for their own era, from Elvis to BTS.
Pop Music for Newcomers: Where to Start
You don't need to catch up on seventy years of pop music before you're "allowed" to enjoy it. Here's a genuinely easy way in.
The Best Pop Music Songs Right Now
Charts reset weekly; genuinely great pop songs don't. Here are the tracks that actually defined what a great pop single sounds like.
The History of Pop Music
Seventy years of teenagers, technology and reinvention: how pop music actually got from the record shop counter to your phone.
A Beginner's Guide to Pop Music
Pop gets dismissed as "just catchy songs" more than any other genre. Here's how it actually works, and why that's not an insult at all.
Essential Pop Music Albums Explained
Singles get you a hit; albums prove an artist can sustain an idea for forty minutes. Here are the pop albums genuinely worth hearing in full.
Pop Music Subgenres, Explained
Pop isn't one sound. Here's what genuinely separates synth-pop, dance-pop, K-pop and the rest, without the usual waffle.
