How to Use alt-pop in a Sentence

alt-pop

noun
  • The alt-pop icon is known for keeping a low profile and rarely performs live.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Shake’s sound been described as a cross between rap, alt-pop and ambient.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • His previous album of the year nominees were with his alt-pop trio fun.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Body Talk was dynamite that blasted open a career path for alt-pop stars.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
  • As a baby of the late ‘90s, her nods to alt-pop and indie rock of the early aughts are clear.
    — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 3 May 2024
  • She’ll be joined for all four Australian shows by rising alt-pop star Benee.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 15 May 2024
  • But nonetheless, the alt-pop maven is freaking fans out with her new project, Perverts.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The singer, known for his indie, R&B and alt-pop sound, is currently on tour.
    — Alex Stone, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The singer, known for his indie, R&B and alt-pop sound, has been on tour since August.
    — Alex Stone, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The alt-pop of the past fifteen years has delighted in over-the-top personae and world-building.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But the lyrics and additional social media posts have led the world to question if the alt-pop singers are fight.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Our focus is alternative – alt-rock, alt-pop, alt-country, and indie rock.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Sitting at a small workstation at his Nashville home, alt-pop artist Morgxn holds up a piece of white poster board.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Many of Amos’ songs built toward surging, anthemic alt-pop hooks with unsettlingly direct lyrics like that.
    — Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Fans attending the Dallas show can expect a mix of her biggest early hits alongside newer alt-pop and rock-tinged tracks.
    — Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Mark Sheehan, who played lead guitar for the alt-pop group The Script, died Friday after a brief illness.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Like The Texas Primadonna, the rising alt-pop star once again wades through different versions of herself.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Hathaway’s character is an alt-pop superstar in the vein of Gaga and Lana Del Rey, with a dash of Lorde.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This year, the artist and alt-pop act Alvvays made their respective late-night TV debuts and grew their audiences globally.
    — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
  • That of course extends to the series’ soundtrack, which is stacked with synchs from some of the most popular and acclaimed alt-pop artists of the past decade-plus, as well as some exciting new up-and-comers.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024
  • However, rather than sharing a typical visual, the alt-pop chanteuse uses the nearly 11-minute clip to take her fans behind-the scenes right in the midst of the action.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 10 May 2023
  • This Must Be the Place, the bulk of their 45-minute performance was one colorless alt-pop tune after another.
    — Preston Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Since signing to Matador, the band has sharpened its sound into a quirky, exhilarated alt-pop, too uncanny to be dance-punk and too lively to be slacker rock.
    — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Where her earlier work leaned into acoustic balladry, this record sees Young swerve confidently into an instrumentally tight alt-pop terrain.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In a poll published Friday (April 18) on Billboard, music fans chose the alt-pop icon’s gorgeous new ballad as their favorite new release of the past week.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Nowell, who also records alt-pop under the band name Jakobs Castle, isn’t interested in modernizing Sublime’s sound.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With Saban, she’s switched seamlessly to Spanish, marrying an alt-pop sound with the punch of Spanish-language story-telling, and leaving us better for it.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 July 2023
  • Rostam, the ever-productive alt-pop producer, has given his third solo album the title American Stories.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026
  • Since the album’s release, Charli has dropped a number of remixes of some of the LP’s most popular songs and featuring a veritable who’s-who of alt-pop girlies.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Lounge access can be purchased as an upgrade on a per-ticket basis starting with the April 29 show of electronic duo Bob Moses and alt-pop trio Cannons.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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