Bright colors, following fashion trends, and focusing on love are common conventions in pop music according to the document. Pop artists use bright colors in their work to appeal to young audiences, follow the latest trends to stay current and relatable to listeners, and sing primarily about love since it is a universally relatable topic that everyone can understand. Maintaining a good public image is also important for pop artists as they are role models for many young fans.

1. Codes and Conventions of Pop

2. Bright colours
Bright colours are associated with the pop genre
because the target audience is young people so
bright colours make it easy to look at and seem
fun and happy.

3. Fashionable
Pop artists tend to follow the latest trends, rather than making
them. This means that they will be current and fit in to what is
happening and they are aware of what people want to see. This
makes them relatable to the people that are listening to them at
the time. It also makes them more of a role model because they
can copy what they see.

4. Young artists
Many of the artists in pop music are young. This
makes them more relatable and also gives them
a good image, which is another convention of
pop.

5. Good image
Good image is something that is important in pop
music because they are a role model for many young
people and many people look up to them. They also
need to maintain good image physically in order to stay
relevant because this a huge part of pop music.

6. Love
Most pop songs feature or are about love. This is
a topic that everyone can relate to which makes
it a good thing to sing about.