Analysis Of Trap And Pop Music Genres

Music is considered in the 21th century an art form and the perfect way to express your feelings, in this way, it accommodates to any mood you are in; If you feel sad, slow and chill music could help you to get pass through the difficult time you are living, but if you are celebrating something and you are feeling happy and excited, dance music would definitely get along with your mood and would create an enthusiastic environment. As it is well known, there are lots of genres in which music divides, for example, Rock, Pop, R&B, House, Rap, Trap, Electronic, and more. Without a doubt, I would say that my two favorite genres are Pop and Trap, but both are so different and so good that it’s really difficult to me to choose which one is my favorite.

All genres have the same purpose, which is to entertain people by expressing experiences, stories, and ideas but obviously in different rhythms. Both Pop and Trap are genres that are commonly played in parties, celebrations, birthdays, etc., and immediately make everybody feel the good vibes and the strong energy they give. I think that it’s very important to know the lyrics to each song of these genres in order to perfectly fit in with the mood and to get along with party vibes and excitement these two genres notoriously give. Another thing these two genres have in common is that they are sung in many different languages. In fact, Trap and Pop are out of them all genres, the ones that are more frequently sung in different languages, for example, English, Spanish, French, and even Korean. It’s hard to compare two music genres, because they have the same intention but both express different things and each rhythm is way too different than the other. Now, when it comes to explain why I like them is difficult because actually there is no reason, I can just say these two are the genres that entertain me the most.

Now, I’ll go over some of the differences between Trap and Pop: The first one and I believe the most obvious one, is that Trap songs are mostly sexual songs in which men express their sexual desires to women, and in Pop songs when can find love stories mostly and topics regarding love, friendships, infidelity, past relationships, etc. Other big difference between these two is that Trap songs are obviously rapped so they are sung really fast, when pop songs tend to be slow and/or chill.

Going back to the first difference, I think it’s important to highlight that Trap songs are really controversial nowadays. Parents, teachers, adults in general, think that these songs teach male teens to be sexists and to see and treat women as sexual objects. I understand their point, but I think it's just music, sexists are sexists because their environment teaches them to be so, therefore I don’t blame trap music for inculcating sexists thoughts on male teens. The last difference (I believe) between Trap and Pop regards to the ages of their listeners. Trap fans are mostly teens, Pop fans people from all ages. I think that Pop is listened by people of all ages because it is popular since a long time ago, and even though it has changed through the years, it regards topics that everybody likes.

Concluding, Trap and Pop are different genres that regard different topics in different rhythms. Which is better is a difficult question for me; I think I can listen to both without being obligated to choose a favorite. In general, I think that choosing favorites is not always necessary; you don’t have to always pick a winner or a loser, you can choose both sometimes. Now, whenever I decide which genre to hear when I want to listen to music, the decision I would take won’t rely if Pop is better than Trap or if Trap is better than Pop, it would depend on in which mood I am.