Meanings
alternative electro-pop · alternative electro pop
- uncountableentertainmenta genre fusing electronic and pop music; technopop
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor / Dancing to electropop like a robot from 1984
2005, Alex Turner, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys1 more example
Electropop songs are essentially pop songs, often with simple, catchy hooks and dance beats, but they differentiated from those of electronic dance music genres in that the songwriting takes precedence over danceability.
2017, Norman Abjorensen, Historical Dictionary of Popular Music, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 160
Origin
- Frenchélectro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- Latinelectro-
- Englishelectro-
- Proto-Italic*poplos
- Old Latinpopulus
- Latinpopulus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinpopulāri
- Old Frenchpopulaire
- Latinpopulāris
- Middle Englishpopuler
- Englishpopularclip.
- Englishpop
- Englishelectropop
Cite this entry
electropop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electropop
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