It doesn’t have to. Both can be used interchangeably but one doesn’t always necessarily mean the other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music has a really good outline on the history and why “pop music” is a sub genre of “popular music”.
That’s very different from what you stated early. Because “pop music” doesn’t stand for “popular music”. They are different things in the way the OP stated.
The genre of pop music was built off using instrumentation and song structures common in popular music, hence the name. Not sure why this is confusing, but I’m also not interested in talking to you anymore, so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
It literally does stand for popular music.
It doesn’t have to. Both can be used interchangeably but one doesn’t always necessarily mean the other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music has a really good outline on the history and why “pop music” is a sub genre of “popular music”.
I’m not saying that all pop music is actually popular, I’m saying that the origin of the term “pop music” is “popular music”.
That’s very different from what you stated early. Because “pop music” doesn’t stand for “popular music”. They are different things in the way the OP stated.
The genre of pop music was built off using instrumentation and song structures common in popular music, hence the name. Not sure why this is confusing, but I’m also not interested in talking to you anymore, so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Crazy the Wikipedia link is right there and everything. Oh well! Good day!