Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cringe pop

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The result was keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:00, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cringe pop

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First, the scope of the article seems too subjective to be meaningful. The article fails to establish how the subject is notable or discussed extensively in reliable sources. The few sources provided are merely essays about songs that some people happened to find cringe Python Drink (talk) 23:28, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:36, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep: This genre has been gaining significant attention lately. It has been recognized by academia. I don't see why it shouldn't be on Wikipedia. Here are some scholarly /academic sources recognizing it as a musical genre-

Hirmer, Monika. "Taking Cringe Pop Seriously." Economic & Political Weekly LIII.18 (2018): 62–63. Print. [1]
The relatively new music genre known as cringe pop, notorious for its jarring, often discordant tunes and barmy texts, has been particularly prolific in South Asia in recent years.....
Sandeep Kour. Cringe worthy symbol of India: Human creativity and neglected emotions in select cringe pop videos. Int J Appl Res 2022;8(2):351-354 [2]
Cringe Pop, a genre of pop music, is a ubiquitous and popular behavior among young pop singers in the contemporary era. There have been numerous reasons for their widespread prominence and penetration into the internet world- constant repetition of their lyrics, trivial entertainment, schandenfreude, low production value and alike.
Humour and the Performance of Power in South Asia: Anxiety, Laughter and Politics in Unstable Times. (2022). (n.p.): Taylor & Francis.[3]
Cringe pop Is a vast category of songs and music videos that are popularly classified as awkward and are essentially "bad' art. These songs are produced and created by content creators on the internet and widely shared on social media. The element of how cringeworthy the music comes out to be is a factor that determines the virality of the content. One must note, however, that the characteristic that demarcates them from other productions that could be perceived as awkward is that they are created with an intention of producing this awkwardness.
Dutta, Ankuran. "Why Cringe Pops Are Popular in Social Media? A Closer Look on an Indian Cringe Artist and Virality of His Cringe Creativity." South Asian Journal of Communication Studies (2019): n. pag. Print.[4]
The new media has also given birth to a new genre of entertainment, popularly known as "cringe pop" . Because of social media platforms like Youtube, Facebook, this genre is gaining much popularity and the cringe artists are turning to be internet sensations within a very short time. The digital media is stated responsible for giving birth to this new genre of entertainment. With an easy access to internet, cringe pop has penetrated our entertainment industry. The contents of cringe pop becomes viral and even though it annoys the viewers, people cannot stop watching them.
Ramakrishnan, D. & Sharma, R. (2018). Music preference in life situations – A comparative study of trending music. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 4(6), 262-277.[5]
Cringe Pop: It is genre of pop music accompanied by music and music videos which are described as so bad that the one cannot stop watching it. The music is annoying, yet viral.
Martell, James (2021). "Archephonai: The Dangers of Music". [6]
.....on of video-game music (chiptunes), dubstep, electronic, future-pop, etc., ends up being part of the recent genre "cringe-pop." This genre, apparently inaugurated by Rebecca Black's song "Friday" (2011) (a song of which she recently did a remix with Dorian Electra)
Here a few more scholars discussing the sunject- [7], I will be adding more sources..Akshaypatill (talk) 13:44, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep: I was just about to post some sources myself, but Akshaypatill got many of the big ones I came across. It's clearly a notable subject and already has a bevy of sources already in the article. However, the scholarly journals above can prove that the page isn't just subjective or original research. Why? I Ask (talk) 15:03, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep: The citations are a mix of references from educational and news sources. I feel that while the noteworthiness is weak, it is there. The best thing to do would be to expand this article with more information on the topic, and to include more citations that aren't from the same internet domain. Avoid using sources that are merely opinions of distaste for particular songs, but instead focuses on explaining the genre. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 13:17, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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