1. Clean cut, fresh faced and young artists
are very common in the pop genre. They
all look young, innocent and sweet to
relate to the target audience. This is
because you would connote a roughlooking, scruffy female artist with a
tattoos as a pop artist. The artists
featured in a pop magazine are usually
aged between 16-27, as the magazine is
appealing to a young target audience.
Their styles would be cute and quirky,
always fitting in with the current fashion
trends. This allows them to appeal to
the TA, as they can easily create the
same look on the high street. The artists
are always smiling in their images and
clearly having a good time to appeal to
the lively genre that is pop. Featured
artists would include 1D, Justin Bieber,
Little Mix, Taylor Swift, Cher Lloyd etc.
Quirky and edgy clothes are very common with
female pop artists. You will regularly see pop
artists wearing clothing such a bright
patterned tops and jeans, ripped jeans, funky
shorts, cute skirts and dresses and tees. Artists
in pop magazines always wear brightly
coloured clothes to fit in with the pop genre.
Although their choice of clothing is similar,
each artist has their own individual style that is
recognisable to your average pop fan.
Bright colours are associated with pop music and
magazines. This is because pop is a very upbeat and
lively genre of music, with a young target audience.
Dull colours like greys, blacks, and dark blues
wouldn’t feature in pop magazines as they are very
dull and plain colours and wouldn’t represent the
genre. Bright and vibrant colours such as
pinks, light blues, yellows, purples and oranges are
used to highlight the youthful and fun personality
of pop and pop listeners.
Codes and
Conventions
Of Pop
The male artists featured in pop
magazines are usually your typical
‘boy next door’ personas. They are
usually clean cut, bubbly and wellmannered boys that make the
target audiences hearts melt when
they see them and listen to them
sing.
High heels or bejewelled trainers are very
common on female pop artists. The styles of
females are very similar but seem to vary
from artist to artist. Fashion is an important
topic in pop magazines and their readers.
There is always at least one page dedicated to
the top fashion trends in every pop magazine.
This is one of the things that make pop
magazines completely different to other
music mags.