Synth-pop

/sˈɪnθpˈɒp/

/sˈɪnθpˈɑːp/

[noun]

Synth-pop

[NOUN]

a subgenre of wave music developed in 1980s that employs a heavy use of synthesizers and electronic instruments

Examples

1. The genre emerged as a direct response to vastly different musical stylings of the previous decade: the overstuffed sounds of synth-pop and the glamorous excesses of hair metal.

2. so I assume everyone on Game of Thrones has on a solid or throne as it where if they die off-screen they did die on a try better a hundred percent Rhiannon Oh designed an 80s synth-pop lead

3. So and in terms of music that is inspiring me a lot right now, I've been listening to a lot of Brooklyn synth-pop because it has that kind of '80s throwback thing, and there's a lot of that kind of fun funk electro finding its way into the new music, which again, now that I'm producing or co-producing all the stuff, it's definitely a lot more me and exactly what I want.