On Thursday, October 30, 2014 8:50:44 AM UTC-10, notbob wrote:
> On 2014-10-30, dsi1 > wrote:
>
> > Pop is all the rage these days.
>
> Like disco, it has never left us. It's merely reinvented itself into
> a newer form. I don't know what Taylor Swift is calling her music,
> these days, but I heard a song on some awards program my mom was
> watching on TV. I figured my pre-teen granddaughters would probably
> like a copy, so I popped in to see who was singing. When I discovered
> the singer, I had to laugh. Taylor Swift was singing a song so
> blatantly pre-teen popish as to make Yummy, Yummy, Yummy positively
> Wagnarian in comparison.
>
> nb --closet teen pop lover

She calls her newest album "1989", her first foray into "pop" music. Most people with ears would probably disagree but she can call it whatever she likes. My favorite female singer is Shiina Ringo so I'm not too hip to current singers.