The most salient new sound in recent years is hyperpop, a dizzyingly hooky, wildly referential microgenre that has been described by one of Spotify’s influential “data alchemists” as “ebullient electro-maximalism.” After a boom in scripted programming, trashy reality TV is surging, in a resurgence fueled by self-consciously trashy shows like Selling Sunset and FBoy Island.
Designers are hawking hot-pink suits, belt-length skirts, and logo-plastered handbags. Everything is suddenly bigger, brighter, louder, raunchier.
