Bubblegum pop is a subgenre of music that’s sweet, catchy, and refreshing—like an addicting piece of gum we can’t stop chewing. Nothing beats counting down the days to Christmas with some ...

The Music Explosion covered “Little Bit O’ Soul” in 1967, which ushered in bubblegum pop’s more fully formed sound. Ramones covered “Little Bit O’ Soul” too, and used the catchiness ...

The way that bubblegum pop creators later disowned the name also foreshadows the way that one K-pop creator wondered if the ...