I avoid modern pop music in general… But I’m sorry, I will always have a soft spot for “Baby one more time” by Britney.

I would add “I want it that way” but let’s be real, every dude secretly likes that song.

  • ma11en
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    Lots of Britney, Gaga and Gwen Stefani.

    However specifically for this question, 7 Ring by Ariana Grande and I have no explanation why.

    Fat white mid 50s male.

  • @[email protected]
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    Toxic by Britney Spears. Absolute fucking banger. Musically interesting for an American pop song. Each chorus has the chords walk down, which is pretty cool, but then on the next bar something really interesting happens. Instead of walking down from the second of the four chords, there are back to back tritone substitutions! So fucking cool!

      • Nusm
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        Yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking too….

    • @[email protected]
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      I have an entire playlist that’s just covers of Toxic. It’s too good of a song.

      Try the versions by Solence and Calvin Arsenia.

      • Banana
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        My favourite is when hardcore bands cover pop songs because the songs are often structured the same, so good.

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    2615 days ago

    Call Me Maybe, such a banger

  • @[email protected]
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    “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer

    love to know how people interpret a “girl” song. my mind is all over the place atm trying to classify songs and artists. like, is Taylor Swift the bakery of girl songs? does boss bitch / bad bitch energy count within the realm of girl songs? etc.

  • Monster
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    Would Lights by Ellie Goulding count because that song slaps

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    Attributing gender to someone’s song preferences has to be the strangest example of mental gymnastics I’ve seen for a while.

      • @otp
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        Not as much in English compared to some other (mostly European) languages

  • @[email protected]
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    Every so often I listen to Lady Gaga. I really like a few of her earlier songs but haven’t listened to most of her discography.

    I hate that music and gender are somehow connected, but unfortunately that’s the world we live in. Anyone who gives me crap for listening to/doing/etc. “girly” things is a person I don’t want in my life.

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      Unfortunately I have experienced this quite a lot. I was even shamed for wearing the color pink, and that was a shirt for males specifically and they still thought it was “girly”. Also, I was a brony at one point (not anymore), yep, you can guess what happened.

  • @funkless_eck
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    it’s more interesting to me you think Britney Spears wasn’t marketed towards men.

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    How has nobody mentioned Girls Just Wanna Have Fun yet? That bubbly energy is a great pick-me-up whenever you need it most.