The 28-year-old is an inspiration to millions of youngsters worldwide, with her infectious
bubblegum pop sound and collaborations with Snoop Dogg and Kanye West.
Fun Size is as amiable and disposable as a
bubblegum pop song and forgotten as soon as it is over.
The slick
bubblegum pop of Motion City Soundtrack was another blighted by conservatism and a sheer lack of excitement.
K-pop has long been led by
bubblegum pop stars hand-picked by talent agencies - often in their early teens - and intensively trained for years before they hit the stage.
Effortlessly shifting from
bubblegum pop to squelchy disco, heavy metal to cocktail jazz, it's jaw dropping stuff, not least because of Conn himself - a dangerously unhinged chap with the bowl-cut hairdo who dances like a gyrating gibbon.
RICHARD FLESHMAN: Coming Down He was a teenager on Coronation Street, but this is no
bubblegum pop wannabee.
Forget tired comparisons with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, from the moment the spiky blonde appeared on stage brandishing a riding crop, her eyes hidden behind dark shades, Pink showed she is no
bubblegum pop princess.
In the late 1950s Reed--a moderately attractive, semi-talented guitar player and would-be actor from Colorado--set off for Hollywood with the distinctly un-Bolshevik goal of superstardom on the
bubblegum pop circuit.
HIT: Ron Wasserman's infectious
bubblegum pop theme song.
And you thought Abba was the be-all and end-all of Scandinavian
bubblegum pop.
Bubblegum pop coquette on the outside, saucy master of celebrity on the inside, there is perhaps no current star better at parlaying her own trials into larger-than-life success than Ariana Grande.
PALM SPRINGS, United States (AFP) -
Bubblegum pop coquette on the outside, saucy master of celebrity on the inside, there is perhaps no current star better at re-fashioning her own trials into larger-than-life success than Ariana Grande.