# What do they call the current genre of pop music?

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**Created:** [June 10, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-the-current-genre-of-pop-music/624690 "2012-06-10T05:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-the-current-genre-of-pop-music/624690/1 "2012-06-10T05:13:27Z")

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In past decades, pop music seemed like there was a much greater separation between rock, dance, and hip hop music. And of course you had specific subgenres within each (alternative, trance, house, etc)

These days, they all seem to overlap in a sort of crossover mishmash. The typical stucture seems to be either a rock song interjected with hip hop lyrics or a hip hop song interjected with vocals from a rock singer. Often with a dancable beat if not outright mixed by a dance DJ.

Some examples:  
[Payphone - Maroon 5 feat Wiz Khalifa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaWnd3LJfs)

[Princess of China - Coldplay feat Rhihanna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uw6ZkbsAH8&feature=branded)

[The Fighter - Gym Class Heroes feat Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxV-OOIamyk&feature=branded)

[Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat Adam Levine (of Maroon 5)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E)

[Gettin’ Over You - David Guetta & Chris Willis feat Fergie & LMFAO](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjrMTWXH28)

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-the-current-genre-of-pop-music/624690/2 "2012-06-10T05:22:19Z")

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I fear your mad linking skills, and retreat from this thread with a small wet spot in the frontal area of “Levi Zone”.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-call-the-current-genre-of-pop-music/624690/3 "2012-06-10T06:00:58Z")

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I’m tempted to call your own examples “Feat Music.”