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Since signing to Matador, the band has sharpened its sound into a quirky, exhilarated alt-pop, too uncanny to be dance-punk and too lively to be slacker rock. Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025 Her Instagram announcement featured a set of photos of the alt-pop artist and her then-fiancé embracing, along with an image of a tea tray with an engagement ring on it — a hint as to how Daniel popped the question. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025 Where her earlier work leaned into acoustic balladry, this record sees Young swerve confidently into an instrumentally tight alt-pop terrain. Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025 The Korean alt-pop indie band known as The Rose is composed of Woosung, Dojoon, Hajoon, and Taegyeom. Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alt-pop

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 9 Oct. 2025.

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