Definition of ear candy
: music that is pleasing to listen to but lacks depth
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Recent Examples of ear candy from the Web
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Earrings Meghan and Kate both kept their jewelry simple, but the Cartier ear candy was a little different for the two brides.
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An amalgam of textures, tones and tempos, the 13-track opus delivers plenty of ear candy for guitar nerds to salivate over, but real heart — often a broken one — lies underneath its mazes of synth, stately piano and spaceship blips and beeps.
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Then again, creating ear candy is Coldplay’s specialty.
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Then again, creating ear candy is Coldplay’s specialty.
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Did You Know?
Ear candy made its debut (in print, at least) as the title of a 1977 album by pop singer Helen Reddy. The album has long since faded from the charts, but the term endures and it is now used widely enough to have gained entry into abridged dictionaries. Although "ear candy" is sometimes used critically to describe tunes that are considered "gooey," "sweet," or "saccharine," the people who make the music and their fans find it tasty. As one 90s band member sagely put it, does it really matter if ear candy "isn't about the secret of life"?
First Known Use of ear candy
1977
EAR CANDY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of ear candy for English Language Learners
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: music that is pleasing to listen to but is not serious or interesting
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