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The term Bubblegum pop is sometimes used to describe any pop music that may seem metaphorically "sickly sweet", but Bubblegum is actually an official genre itself.
Bubblegum was a type of rock 'n' roll in the late '60s and early '70s that was specifically marketed to teenagers, and often literally mentioned sugar and candy in the lyrics.
Kirsten Zemke is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Auckland's School of Social Sciences.
