I just posted this on a rockcritics.com comment thread, in response to Scott saying "the thrilling and frequently surprising evolution of what has come to be known as 'teenpop' (yeah yeah, I'm old — still prefer 'bubblegum' myself)":
Scott, a lot of teenpop isn't remotely bubblegum (Ashlee's "Shadow," Kelly Clarkson's "Because Of You," Aly & AJ's "Not This Year," to name a few obvious examples), and at least some bubblegum isn't particularly teenpop: for instance, there's a whole slew of silly Italodisco and Europop going back to "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and continuing on through Aqua and "Mambo No. 5" and modern bosh like Cascada that's gum-smackingly chewy without being marketed specifically to kids.
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Scott, a lot of teenpop isn't remotely bubblegum (Ashlee's "Shadow," Kelly Clarkson's "Because Of You," Aly & AJ's "Not This Year," to name a few obvious examples), and at least some bubblegum isn't particularly teenpop: for instance, there's a whole slew of silly Italodisco and Europop going back to "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and continuing on through Aqua and "Mambo No. 5" and modern bosh like Cascada that's gum-smackingly chewy without being marketed specifically to kids.