Etymology

schizoid pop

Today it means: Music that is erratic, chaotic, or genre-defying, yet anchored by catchy pop structures. Full definition →

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From schizoid + pop; short for schizophrenic pop. While the term has seen usage before the 2010s, it gained prominence between 2012-2013 as a descriptor for the hard-to-categorize musical style of the American band Twenty One Pilots.

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