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city pop en · NOUN

Etymology

From Japanese シティ・ポップ (shiti poppu), itself from English city pop.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) a form of Japanese pop music that emerged in the late 1970s and peaked in popularity during the 1980s, including influences such as funk, disco, R&B, AOR, soft rock, and boogie, and associated with the country's nascent economic boom and leisure class.