Por que amamos a música que consumimos? O pop em busca da sensibilização do público

Abstract

Pop music has been growing exponentially and gaining large proportions in the global music scenario. In view of that, the present study aims to comprehend the elements and resources used by the music industry to embellish and make its main product, music, appealing. This way, this investigation pursuits a better understanding of the history, the scenario and the patterns that can be observed in the successful compositions of pop music. For that purpose, at first it employs bibliographical research to further understand fundamental concepts and to contextualize the important topics for this study, which refer to the stories told by the lyrics (storytelling), to the sounds that can awaken nostalgia and to the techniques of musical production. Then, the study performs an analysis of current pop songs, using as guiding criteria the previously mentioned concepts, therefore enabling a musical analysis under different biases and perspectives. With that, it aims to highlight and establish the resources and elements that can embellish songs under the perspective of the listener. As a result, the research has identified that music can take on different meanings to each person and that, even following aesthetic features such as concept album, duration, collaborations, repetition and palimpsest, it can carry great emotional value. Hence, the study reaches the conclusion that musical beauty is strongly influenced by the music industry, yet it is variable and dependent on the individual. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]