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Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 to 1972. The chief characteristics of the genre are that it is pop music contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens, produced using an assembly-line process, driven by producers using faceless singers, and has an intangible, upbeat bubblegum sound. The songs typically have singalong choruses, seemingly childlike themes and a contrived innocence .