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Adult Contemporary

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Music genre and cultural aesthetic associated with middle-class adults in their 30s during the late 2000s, characterized by pop rock and specific lifestyle markers.

Mentions (2)
"it seems like all new popular music is intended for teenagers nowadays. Back in the 90's my parents would have the Adult Contemporary station going all the time and it was putting new songs into rotation - either singer songwriter-y stuff like Sinead O'Connor and Sarah McLachlan or more straight pop"
Is the Adult Contemporary genre dead? · u/speakersgoinghammerr · ↑67 · 2024-10-24
"I remember hearing the label 'adult contemporary' when I was younger and having this idea of people in their 30s drinking coffee and listening to James Blunt in their Priuses. They were probably into Lost or American Idol or some other bullshit as a guilty pleasure. I thought it was kind of cool to "
What happened to pop rock? · throwawayyyy-101 · ↑33 · 2024-08-12
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