History Main / IndiePop

* Music/{{Gotye}} (overlaps with PopRevival)

* TropeCodifier: Bands like the Smiths and Yo La Tengo laid the seeds for the genre, but the Postal Service's ''Give Up'' was the album that started the genre's flood onto blogs and later the radio.

* Music/Passenger (with folk-rock)

Also known as "hipster pop" or "alternative pop". See also AlternativeRock, which is influential on the sound, and {{Synthpop}}, which often turns up in indie pop acts. IndieRock often goes hand-in-hand with indie pop, with many bands being both. In fact, it can be hard to tell the difference between the two at times. It also went hand-in-hand with JanglePop. In general, indie pop artists don't use instruments like guitars, bass, and drums...except when they do.

* Music/AmericanAuthors (also indie rock)
* Music/ArcadeFire

* Music/{{Bastille}} (also indie rock)

* Music/DeathCabForCutie
* Music/{{Echosmith}} (also indie rock)
* Music/EllieGoulding (with electronica)

* Music/FosterThePeople (also indie rock and indietronica)
* Music/{{Fun}} (scored one of the first indie pop hits ever with "We Are Young")
* Music/{{Gotye}} (had possibly the biggest indie pop hit ever with "Somebody That I Used to Know" before [[OneHitWonder fading into obscurity]])

* Music/LanaDelRey
** 2012 - ''Music/BornToDie''

* Music/NeonTrees (also indie rock)

* Music/OfMonstersAndMen (with folk)

* Music/{{Passenger}} (also folk and rock)

* Music/{{Phoenix}} (also indie rock)

* Music/{{Wavves}}
* Music/YoungTheGiant

* TropeCodifier: In the 2000s it was Music/DeathCabForCutie. Since 2013 however, that honor would probably go to Music/{{Lorde}}.

* Foster the People -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlAgHt92lqE Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)]]
* fun. -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkBeOisNM0 Some Nights]]

Indie pop first grew into popularity in the early 1980s, but it wasn't until the release of the NME compilation [=C86=] that the genre really became influential, characterized by sounds influenced by '60s music, jangly guitars and melodic PowerPop structures. Indie pop continued and especially became popular in the UK in the late 2000s, where bands like Music/TheHoosiers, The Feeling and Scouting for Girls topped the charts. In America, however, indie pop was just a cult genre until TheNewTens, where it ''really'' became popular.

'''Indie Pop''' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Pop}}-centric music made independently. While indie pop has been around since roughly the 80s, with artists such as Music/BeatHappening and Music/TheSmiths getting the label, as well as around 2006 to 2009 when bands like Music/TheHoosiers, The Feeling and Scouting for Girls topped British charts, it wasn't until about TheNewTens that it took off in popularity. Indie Pop is defined by its production. Whereas standard pop acts often employ a team of writers (often with the artist in question having little-to-no involvement with the songwriting), indie pop acts write all of their songs by themselves (occasionally guest writers may be involved to help with the creative process, but it largely comes from the heart of the singer). Standard pop acts are often signed to a major label, and take heavy direction from those labels in both their image and sound. Indie Pop acts are often signed to independent label and have full creative control over their music and image. Although some indie pop acts are signed on to major labels, they're used solely for the distribution of their music.

From a sound standpoint, it can be hard to describe what indie pop is supposed to sound like, since some indie pop acts don't really sound a whole lot like other indie pop acts. For example, compare Music/{{M83}} to Music/{{Lorde}}. One defining characteristic of the indie pop sound is the aforementioned freedom in the direction of their sound. As such, many indie pop acts may [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly incorporate elements of other genres]] (or [[GenreBusting even have a distinct sound that's hard to describe]]), have more [[WordSaladLyrics complex, harder to understand lyrics]], focus on themes besides the usual SillyLoveSongs and party anthems (often will be DarkerAndEdgier compared to standard pop), and some might make more liberal use of [[PrecisionFStrike profanity]], maybe even [[ClusterFBomb plentiful use of it]]. Also, many indie pop artists make use of [[ElectronicMusic electronics]] and [[{{Synthpop}} synths]] with varying degrees of prominence, though not all of them do.

As mentioned before, indie pop didn't hit it big until TheNewTens with the 'internet age' allowing for music to be discovered by other means than physical or radio airplay. Before, the biggest indie acts were cult heroes at best. Now, the biggest indie acts have produced chart topping hit singles and albums and are among the biggest acts in the industry alongside the standard pop artists. Indeed, the internet age has truly changed the landscape of the music industry. Of course, if an indie pop artist does successfully crossover to the mainstream, there'll be cries that they're "[[ItsPopularNowItSucks not truly indie]]".

Also known as "hipster pop" or "alternative pop". See also AlternativeRock, which is influential on the sound, and {{Synthpop}}, which often turns up in indie pop acts. IndieRock often goes hand-in-hand with indie pop, with many bands being both. In fact, it can be hard to tell the difference between the two at times. In general, indie pop artists don't use instruments like guitars, bass, and drums... except when they do.

* Music/TheSmiths (also jangle pop)

* Music/{{Peace}}}

'''Indie Pop''' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Pop}}-centric music made independently. While indie pop has been around since roughly the 80s, with artists such as Music/BeatHappening and Music/TheSmiths getting the label, as well as around 2006 to 2009 when bands like The Hoosiers, The Feeling and Scouting for Girls topped British charts, it wasn't until about TheNewTens that it took off in popularity. Indie Pop is defined by its production. Whereas standard pop acts often employ a team of writers (often with the artist in question having little-to-no involvement with the songwriting), indie pop acts write all of their songs by themselves (occasionally guest writers may be involved to help with the creative process, but it largely comes from the heart of the singer). Standard pop acts are often signed to a major label, and take heavy direction from those labels in both their image and sound. Indie Pop acts are often signed to independent label and have full creative control over their music and image. Although some indie pop acts are signed on to major labels, they're used solely for the distribution of their music.

* Music/BeatHappening (also punk and lo-fi)

* Music/TheSmiths

'''Indie Pop''' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Pop}}-centric music made independently. While indie pop has been around since roughly the 80s, with artists such as Music/BeatHappening and Music/TheSmiths getting the label, it wasn't until about TheNewTens that it took off in popularity. Indie Pop is defined by its production. Whereas standard pop acts often employ a team of writers (often with the artist in question having little-to-no involvement with the songwriting), indie pop acts write all of their songs by themselves (occasionally guest writers may be involved to help with the creative process, but it largely comes from the heart of the singer). Standard pop acts are often signed to a major label, and take heavy direction from those labels in both their image and sound. Indie Pop acts are often signed to independent label and have full creative control over their music and image. Although some indie pop acts are signed on to major labels, they're used solely for the distribution of their music.

'''Indie Pop''' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Pop}}-centric music made independently. While indie pop has been around since roughly the 80s, it wasn't until about TheNewTens that it took off in popularity. Indie Pop is defined by its production. Whereas standard pop acts often employ a team of writers (often with the artist in question having little-to-no involvement with the songwriting), indie pop acts write all of their songs by themselves (occasionally a guest writer is involved to help with the creative process, but it largely comes from the heart of the singer). Standard pop acts are often signed to a major label, and take heavy direction from those labels in both their image and sound. Indie Pop acts are often signed to independent label and have full creative control over their music and image. Although some indie pop acts are signed on to major labels, they're used solely for the distribution of their music.

* Music/{{Passenger}}

* Music/ToveLo

* Music/{{Lorde}} (named by ''Billboard'' as the "Queen of Alternative")

* Music/{{Lorde}} (TropeCodifier, was named by ''Billboard'' as the "Queen of Alternative")

Also known as "hipster pop" or "alternative pop". See also AlternativeRock, which is influential on the sound, and {{Synthpop}}, which often turns up in indie pop acts. IndieRock often goes hand-in-hand with indie pop, with many bands being both.

* Music/{{Gotye}} (had possibly the biggest indie pop hit ever with "Somebody That I Used to Know" before fading into obscurity)

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