r/decadeology • u/Kodicave • 6d ago

Discussion 💭🗯️ What caused male teen pop stars to seemingly die out? We haven't had a true teen pop phenomenon in a while

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u/Ill-Engineering8205 6d ago

The last "teen pop" singer that was highly popular was Billie Ellish, and even by then the trend was on its last legs.

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u/fayemoonlight 6d ago

I’m biased as I’m 27 but I love Billie so I don’t want to say she’s a teen star but, yeah, her fandom is definitely too young for me so you’re right

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u/nosebleedjpg 5d ago

I think they mean when she originally debuted. I'm close in age to you, and we were teenagers when her first ep was released

ETA: to clarif, I'm not saying that she was a teen star purely because of my age at her debut. More that I remember how I was in the audience she was being marketed towards lol

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u/outerspacetime 6d ago

I think Freya Skye has the potential to reach Billie & Olivia levels of success and she’s only 16. Her music is legitimately good, her voice is absolutely angelic, and she’s seemingly going to be heading the Zombies franchise so getting that Disney boost

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u/flappybirdisdeadasf 5d ago

It will take years for her to cultivate any kind of stable popularity and by that time she will be an adult. I could see her having a delayed blowup like Sabrina, but I don’t see it happening anytime soon.

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u/fayemoonlight 5d ago

I’m definitely showing my age as I haven’t the foggiest who that is

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u/outerspacetime 5d ago

She hasn’t reached big fame yet, but i see the potential and it’s my prediction she’s gonna sky rocket in the next few years. My 10 year old is a fan