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Bubblegum Pop consists of catchy, upbeat songs that were mass-marketed for young audiences in the late ‘60s and this music is still with us today.  These songs included basic upbeat melodies, with repetitive hooks, simple contrived lyrics with sing-along choruses, danceable rhythms, making it oversimplified music, featuring sunny escapism, infectious exuberance, and playful videos that are fun to watch.  This genre represents all the best parts of being a teenager, having endless summers, young love, infectious dancing, slumber parties and chomping away on bubblegum.  The term bubblegum pop refers to its intended audience, as it was one of the first genres to deliberately market itself to tweens and teens and the sweet nature of its subject matter, which largely concerns young love (romantic and platonic), colors, and sugar.  Music producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz coined the phrase bubblegum pop when producing a song while chewing on gum.

Last week we had Coping Music where the theme was to find Sunshine Pop songs which was suggested by John Holton of The Sound of One Hand Typing.  This week the theme is to find Bubblegum Pop songs and this is also suggested by John Holton.  Take some time to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this music challenge, and even better, read as many of them as you can as you will probably find many enjoyable songs and it is quite possibly that you will learn a thing or two.  Share your music with others and post a video, try do some research and let everyone know something about the song that you post.  Tell everyone why you like the song, whether it was a hit, or what you think the song is about.  Show the lyrics, let’s all listen to our favorite songs and explore some new music.  Try to find a song that fits the theme, then write your post and create a pingback, or you can just place your link in the comments section.

Suggestions
• Try to use the prompt words or at least conform to a general theme, as you see it.  If the song you select does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• It would be good if you could post the lyrics to the song of your choice, as this is helpful for the people that want to follow along with the music.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due. It would also be a good idea to give credit to the singer and the band associated with your song.
• Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be, but please try not to include too many videos as that just makes it take longer to look at all of the other posts.
• Link to the YouTube video, or you can pull it into your post, so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.

This week I will be writing about The Cuff Links song ‘Tracy’, and next week, I will be writing about the song ‘Undercover Agent for The Blues’ by Tony Joe White.  The upcoming prompts will be:
February 26, 2023 – Swamp Rock
March 5, 2023 – Rockabilly music
March 12, 2023 – Surf Rock
March 19, 2023 – Bluegrass