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[[File:Fizz is Pop.jpg|thumb|"Fizz is Pop" tongue in cheek | [[File:Fizz is Pop.jpg|thumb|"Fizz is Pop" tongue-in-cheek bell curve meme from the fizzmemes_ page on Instagram]] | ||
'''"Fizz is Pop"''' is a saying in [[fizz]] music culture that brings light to the idea that fizz music, despite being a '''based''' genre (in the same broader way that progressive jazz and EDM music tend to be) is at its core far more about intentional clarity and defined gestures than about technicality or complexity as an end in and of itself (even though those things do show up all the time in fizz. "unhinged musical shenanigans" and "music theory and sound design abuse" are essential tenants of [[Torus of Fizzosophy|fizzosophy]] afterall). Fizz musicians commonly refer to this defined and intentional gestural clarity as "[[The Thing]]", which is believed by some to be the [[Dark Fizz|most important idea]] in the [[Fizz Movement|fizz movement]] (aside from perhaps saving human made art itself from the coming [[The Great Slop Reset|slopocalypse]]) when you strip everything down to its core. This core philosophy and goal of "Endless Pursuit of The Thing" within fizz, as well as the tenant "Everything Matters" (where every single musical choice down to the smallest decisions about individual notes are recognized as a deliberate intentions that changes the final result) are philosophies that fizz music and pop music shares. This makes the best fizz music more in line the best pop music [[Fizz vs. Jazz|than it does with jazz]] music, which explains why based pop songs are far more talked about amongst fizz musicians than complex progressive jazz music is. | '''"Fizz is Pop"''' is a saying in [[fizz]] music culture that brings light to the idea that fizz music, despite being a '''based''' genre (in the same broader way that progressive jazz and EDM music tend to be) is at its core far more about intentional clarity and defined gestures than about technicality or complexity as an end in and of itself (even though those things do show up all the time in fizz. "unhinged musical shenanigans" and "music theory and sound design abuse" are essential tenants of [[Torus of Fizzosophy|fizzosophy]] afterall). Fizz musicians commonly refer to this defined and intentional gestural clarity as "[[The Thing]]", which is believed by some to be the [[Dark Fizz|most important idea]] in the [[Fizz Movement|fizz movement]] (aside from perhaps saving human made art itself from the coming [[The Great Slop Reset|slopocalypse]]) when you strip everything down to its core. This core philosophy and goal of "Endless Pursuit of The Thing" within fizz, as well as the tenant "Everything Matters" (where every single musical choice down to the smallest decisions about individual notes are recognized as a deliberate intentions that changes the final result) are philosophies that fizz music and pop music shares. This makes the best fizz music more in line the best pop music [[Fizz vs. Jazz|than it does with jazz]] music, which explains why based pop songs are far more talked about amongst fizz musicians than complex progressive jazz music is. | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 11 July 2026
"Fizz is Pop" is a saying in fizz music culture that brings light to the idea that fizz music, despite being a based genre (in the same broader way that progressive jazz and EDM music tend to be) is at its core far more about intentional clarity and defined gestures than about technicality or complexity as an end in and of itself (even though those things do show up all the time in fizz. "unhinged musical shenanigans" and "music theory and sound design abuse" are essential tenants of fizzosophy afterall). Fizz musicians commonly refer to this defined and intentional gestural clarity as "The Thing", which is believed by some to be the most important idea in the fizz movement (aside from perhaps saving human made art itself from the coming slopocalypse) when you strip everything down to its core. This core philosophy and goal of "Endless Pursuit of The Thing" within fizz, as well as the tenant "Everything Matters" (where every single musical choice down to the smallest decisions about individual notes are recognized as a deliberate intentions that changes the final result) are philosophies that fizz music and pop music shares. This makes the best fizz music more in line the best pop music than it does with jazz music, which explains why based pop songs are far more talked about amongst fizz musicians than complex progressive jazz music is.
The saying was created in opposition to denial of fizz as its own genre and as a clap-back to accusations that fizz musicians dislike simple music. Some of these accusations go as far accusing fizz musicians of being snobby and having naive elitism about music, implying that when a fizz musician dislikes a song it's because there aren't 7+ notes per chord and the song isn't going full Tigran Hamasyan with the time signatures, rather than that maybe the song just isn't that interesting or is lacking in intention (something that both complex songs and simple songs can suffer from). These pervasive myths about fizz musicians' tastes never cease to get internal eye rolls from fizz musicians that have heard it for the millionth time. Maybe you said it, and got sent this page in response, but it's okay, now you probably understand why it's wrong once you've gone down the rabbit-hole here.
"Fizz is pop" in its phrasing is a bit of an aphorism, bordering on a humorous half truth and tongue and cheek metaphorical figure of speech.