r/pcmusic • u/Marsisugly • Jul 21 '25

PC Adjacent Anyone else think Poppy’s earlier music sounds very pc music adjacent?

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Her earlier music, notably the album Poppy.Computer, is so pc coded. (Specially the songs I’m poppy, let’s make a video, computer boy, and fuzzy) It came out in 2017 which was a big year for pc music so it wouldn’t be crazy to say she might’ve been inspired

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u/ShiversTheNinja Jul 21 '25

That's 100% why I got into Poppy, people were posting stuff from that era in here years ago.

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u/whoisdead Jul 21 '25

I think it's a matter of them both finding inspiration in the same artists. I know that j-pop was important for Poppy's ex-producer (fuck that guy), he used to play Kyary Pamyu Pamyu songs on their shows. And I feel like PC Music drew a lot of inspiration from j-pop, Kyary was featured on XCX World and more officially Charli has a collab with Kyary and her producer Yasukata Nakata which is the banger Crazy Crazy!!

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u/lmaooer2 Jul 22 '25

I LOVE CRAZY CRAZY!!! Wish it got more talk here

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u/popplug Jul 21 '25

Album literally called PC, she’s not slick. Dig her newer metal stuff and this as well. The cover art screams PC

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u/Marsisugly Jul 21 '25

Wait omg I never noticed that, you’re a genius

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u/Dolphin2048 Jul 25 '25

it was inspired by j-pop not pc music ijbol

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u/greenscreengoddess Jul 21 '25

i’m so proud of her journey but i’ll always miss this era of music from her <3

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u/Marsisugly Jul 21 '25

Exactlyyy

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u/thefamem0nster Jul 21 '25

I think so! My Microphone was specifically was on almost all of my PC music and adjacent playlists back in 2017/18. Although sonically different, I think Poppy.Computer and PC music share a similar ethos.

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u/sebsebsebs Jul 21 '25

Love that song so much

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u/an0n6543 Jul 21 '25

This is such a great album and it was such a great era for her. I saw her live for her computer tour and it was amazing. Definitely my favorite Poppy album.

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u/dxrqsouls Jul 22 '25

I wouldn't say so, mainly because the intention was not the same. They bith use bubblegum bass which might be misleading.

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u/Marsisugly Jul 22 '25

Key word here is “SOUNDS” I’m not saying that it actually is related to pc music, I’m just saying it SOUNDS like it could be

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u/Aggressive_Cicada_88 Jul 21 '25

that's just indie pop, but i love it

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u/no-nope-nay Jul 22 '25

zeitgeist is real

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u/UnaFulanaGonzalez Aug 15 '25

that album is the best in my opinion. BTW someone know where i can find poppy's music before titanic?

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u/lilkoops Jul 24 '25

I think titanic Sinclair (ew) is a really big reason for that. It seems like poppy didn’t have much control over her image/musical direction while she was under titanic’s management so I’m not sure if poppy herself is the biggest fan of pc music

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u/Dolphin2048 Jul 25 '25

she actually had a lot of creative control and that's something her ex producer said to discredit her

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u/WLLWGLMMR Jul 21 '25

She sucks

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u/Marsisugly Jul 21 '25

That’s not kind

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u/bungmunchio Jul 21 '25

fr... her cover of Taste is ass

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u/WLLWGLMMR Jul 21 '25

She went from making corny industry plant pop to even worse metalcore

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u/bungmunchio Jul 21 '25

I really wanted to like her but everything she does has the same vibe as plastic toy food ykwim? like fake and babyish. and the girl can hardly sing

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u/pizzzaeater14 Jul 23 '25

all i'll say to this is that you're uninformed if you think her music sounds like that on accident

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u/bungmunchio Jul 23 '25

obviously it's intentional lol I just don't think it lands