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Video: The Story of the Best Meme EVER: “Never Gonna Give You Up” & Rickrolling. Shawn Coter, posting as coter548, is widely credited with the first famous online Rickroll in 2007. He disguised Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”…
Video: Modern English – After The Snow (Visualizer). What role did Modern English’s album After the Snow play in shaping the sound of synth-pop music? It helped show how synth textures and polished pop hooks could live alongside post-punk guitars,…
Video: The Story Behind Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up’. What is the story behind the song “Wake Me Up”? Avicii created it with singer Aloe Blacc and guitarist Mike Einziger, blending folk-inspired guitar and soulful vocals with electronic dance production. Its…
Video: Yazoo – Only You • TopPop. The Yazoo band was the short-lived British synth-pop duo of singer Alison Moyet and keyboardist Vince Clarke—and their two albums left a lasting mark on electronic pop. Start with “Only You” for their…
Video: The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination. The Human League are still active, but their story reaches far beyond the immortal “Don’t You Want Me.” Start with Dare for their defining synth-pop sound, then rewind to “Being Boiled” to…
Video: Lipps Inc. – Funkytown (Official Audio). “Funkytown” is Lips Inc.’s disco-synth classic: a dance-floor-ready hit about wanting a fresh start somewhere more alive. Released in 1979 and propelled to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, it…
Video: New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (Official Music Video). New Order are the Manchester pioneers who fused post-punk guitars with synthesizers and dance-floor rhythms—and Power, Coruption & Lies is our pick for the best place to start. From the…
Synthwave is modern electronic music inspired by ’80s synth-pop, film scores, arcade games, and neon-soaked nostalgia—and the best way to understand it is to start listening. Try Kavinsky’s “Nightcall” for cinematic atmosphere, The Midnight for soaring pop hooks, or Perturbator…
Morten Harket sang “Take On Me” as the lead vocalist of Norwegian band a-ha. The group’s 1985 re-recording became an international hit, powered by Harket’s soaring chorus and a now-iconic music video that turns a comic-book romance into animated adventure.…
Video: Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People. of the Sun: Your Cosmic Guide (2026) Prepare to be transported: Empire of the Sun isn’t just a band; it’s an immersive, genre-bending odyssey that continues to redefine modern synth-pop…
