Examples of alt-pop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Among 2024 'Billboard' Women in Music Awards Honorees The alt-pop artist (whose real name is Charlotte Aitchison) also opened up about her vision behind the cover. Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024 Saya Gray: Qwerty II EP [Dirty Hit] Qwerty II concludes Saya Gray’s dual-EP follow-up to her 2022 album, 19 Masters, swirling that record’s puckish R&B into hyperactive alt-pop. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024 Saturday, May 11’s headliners are alternative rock veterans Weezer and new school alt-pop singer-songwriter Dominic Fike. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 18 Mar. 2024 Many of Amos’ songs built toward surging, anthemic alt-pop hooks with unsettlingly direct lyrics like that. Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024 The fun continues Friday with an early show by alt-pop singer Plvtinum (7:30 p.m., $15-$75) before DJ Phoenix’s late-night exploration of the Music of 2004, which probably means tunes by the Go! Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 Sitting at a small workstation at his Nashville home, alt-pop artist Morgxn holds up a piece of white poster board. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024 This Must Be the Place, the bulk of their 45-minute performance was one colorless alt-pop tune after another. Preston Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024 The words eventually became the basis for the latest — and possibly last — song from the D.C.-area alt-pop singer: At 31, Janice is in hospice with an aggressive form of cancer. Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alt-pop was in 1994

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“Alt-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-pop. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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