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Emily ‘Cutie of Darkness’ AF 🧛‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

@rockstarelise.com

A general reminder that your 17th favorite #TransEmily also has a ton of great music out there! #MusicSky #Indie #NostalgiaPop #RetroPop #Queer #Trans

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Rockstar & Elise

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October 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM Everybody can reply

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Emily ‘Cutie of Darkness’ AF 🧛‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

@rockstarelise.com

I hired a photographer last night, and I have so many pictures when she’s done editing them, but she sent me a few last night!
#Queer #SynthPop #RetroPop

A pretty white woman with long brown hair stands on a stage, back lit with three red lights and two blue lights. She has a microphone in her hand is and is in mid singing. She’s wearing a pop art space themed dress, and you can see over her left breast. It says bam!

October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM Everybody can reply

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Dreamoddity

@iamdreamoddity.bsky.social

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCwA...

Honesty, like most traits, is a neutral one, and not "always the best policy".

#music #newmusic #dreamoddity #originalmusic #retropop #powerpop #synthpop #sunomusic #neurodivergentartist #neurodivergentmusician #lgbtartist #lgbtmusician #teddybear #honesty

Dreamoddity - Honestly

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September 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM Everybody can reply

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Ether Diver

@etherdiver.bsky.social

Floby – “Tenderly”

A charming classic rock/pop (with a touch of R&B) song that could have come out in the ‘70s, ‘90s or, obviously, today.

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@flo.by

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#RetroPop #R&B #rock

Tenderly

lyrics: We care a lot but, no, it's never about you Living the dream, that's what we do No rule to follow, no need to pretend Our love will last until the end No one can put us down, we live to be h

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September 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM Everybody can reply

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Plastic Mag

@plasticmgzn.bsky.social

Phil shares latest release with new single "Mind at Ease"

#phil #mindatease #new #music #newmusic #newmusicnow #indie #pop #indiepop #poprock #rockpop #retropop #softrock #artist #singersongwriter #vienna #austria #plastic #plasticmag

Phil drops new single "Mind at Ease"

Vienna-based indie pop act Phil brings pure heart and conviction wrapped up in a buoyant and truly delightful sound. The project was founded by Austrian-British singer-songwriter and pianist Phil Wolo...

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September 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Diego Cambiaso 🏳️‍🌈

@diegocambiaso.bsky.social

🖤 Close to Me turns 40

Still one of the boldest pop experiments of the '80s, intimate, twitchy, and unforgettable.

Happy birthday to the song that taught us how to dance with our doubts.

#TheCure #CloseToMe #PostPunk #RetroPop #40YearsOfCure #MusicSky #Classics

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From the TheCure community on Reddit: Happy 40th birthday, Close To Me! 🎉🎊

Explore this post and more from the TheCure community

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September 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM Everybody can reply

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Black Boy Synth Magic

@blackboysynthmagic.bsky.social

Hello everyone So we're dropping an album Nostalgia is for the broken-hearted. But we wanna get you a taste of I want your love. #retropop #dancepop #synthwave #lgbtqa

January 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM Everybody can reply

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sh4desthevibe

@sh4desthevibe.com

I've already got some really nice tracks lined up for #SynthwaveSaturday this week.

I'll start the thread around 12pm EST and update it throughout the afternoon. If retropop/synth is your jam, drop on by and feel free to add your own favorites to the mix! #SynthSky

A neon sunset with rows of palm trees on either side. Synthwave art style.

November 21, 2024 at 12:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Karl Magi

@synthwriter80s.bsky.social

Hey #synthfam! Here’s my take on Don Eastland’s “Young Boy” which conveys a sense of struggle, uncertainty and a search for meaning. Review here: hub.me/arpvm
#synthpop #retropop #synthwavemusic #synthwave80s #retrovibes

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Synth Single Review: “Young Boy’’ by Don Eastland

Read along further to learn about “Young Boy” which conveys a sense of struggle, uncertainty and a search for meaning.

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March 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM Everybody can reply

Holly Boson

@fireh9lly.bsky.social

As a kid listening to that in 2004 it was a lovely little educational TARDIS moment of "no, THAT is what that sound was actually for, and THIS is kind of how it must have felt" which no other retropop ever has given me

July 20, 2024 at 6:16 PM Everybody can reply

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The Domi

@thedomitheband.bsky.social

Ola On commence la journée avec un morceau rétropop de the Domi ' Do you remember when'
On a eu la chance de passer sur l'excellente radio @fipplaysnow.bsky.social il y a peu encore
youtu.be/7qdM8XE8mZw?...
#indiepop #love #morning #np

Do you remember when - the DOMI

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November 29, 2024 at 6:12 AM Everybody can reply

Asahi Takeyama /竹山あさひ

@asahitakeyama.bsky.social

レトロポップなイラスト「SWEETS」2ver.完成しました！

明るく甘い昼バージョンと、ちょっぴりクールな夜寄りバージョン。
空気感の違いを楽しんでもらえたら嬉しいです。

#イラスト #art #レトロポップ #80s風 #retropop #retroaesthetic #illustration

April 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM Everybody can reply

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Laxrax

@laxraxmusic.com

Join me live on Twitch and YouTube at 1 PM est! It's a new week and time to start a fresh Retro Pop banger! Will I get off to a good start? Will the ideas flow? Tune in and find out! #livestream #retropop #twitch #youtube #musicproducer

www.twitch.tv/laxrax_music

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Laxrax_Music - Twitch

Hey, I’m Laxrax! I make retro pop & synthwave tunes and stream my music process + some laid-back gaming. Been producing since early 2023. Not a hardcore gamer, just here for fun, vibes, and cool convos. Let’s hang!

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May 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM Everybody can reply

Evie🖤

@bluepearlmoon.bsky.social

I need more songs like Stunner. dont care what era or language. the like old school 80s/90s retropop sound

May 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM Everybody can reply

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Lyra Flux

@lyraflux.bsky.social

QP #Freckles art

#aiart #synthart #qp #freckles #retropop #editorialportrait #vintagestyle #lyrafluxpersonal #SDA24

June 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Sandra Boom 🕊

@missyfrissie.bsky.social

Ohw, dan moeten ze echt verder van de bebouwde kom hoor 😬😵‍💫
Misschien eens kijken in Emmen, daar heb je Retropop. Wel een stuk korter, maar verder van een woonwijk. Ik vind dat er sowieso veel teveel festivals zijn, nog meer is echt idioot!
Wij hadden;
Blues
Jazz
Keistad
Straattheater
Torenpop

October 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM Everybody can reply

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Russell Nash

@russellnashmusic.bsky.social

My remix of @bendinggrid.com & Jolie's epic track, "Party In My Time Machine", is out now! Links in the comments 👇

Also, please check out @heartbeathero.bsky.social's awesome remix, too!

#synthwave #synthpop #synthfam #retrowave #80s #retropop #electronicmusic #electronica #bandcamp #spotify

December 28, 2024 at 1:21 AM Everybody can reply

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Keikat & Tapahtumat Kuopio

@keikat-kuopio.mastodon.bot.ap.brid.gy

🎵 Retropop 🎵
📅 18.07.2025
🗺 Wanha Satama, Kuopio

🔗 http://www.meteli.net/tapahtuma/379198

Retropop @ Wanha Satama, Kuopio 18.07.2025 - keikkatiedot ja liput | Meteli.net

Löydä liput ja keikkatiedot tapahtumalle Retropop @ Wanha Satama, Kuopio 18.07.2025

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June 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM Everybody can reply

Meu nome não é Johnny

@jhppenha.bsky.social

Então. É a virada do meio da década. Brat realmente foi divisor de águas e meio que matou o retropop e o Taylorismo que vinha desde 2020.

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July 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM Everybody can reply

OWMR

@owmr.bsky.social

The Summer edition of Cult Classics is now available on podcast.
www.mixcloud.com/OWM/playlist...

#owmr #classicrock #cultclassics #stevesheppard #strangetales #retropop

July 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM Everybody can reply

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GetMusic

@getmusic.bsky.social

Gustavo Wornunk - Semi-Detached Tales Vol. I

"Semi-Detached Tales. Homemade music inspired by the British sound of 1966/67."

#bandcampcodes #psychedelic #psychedlicrock #psychrock #retropop # #retropowerpop #powerpop #unitedkingdom #classicrock

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September 27, 2024 at 11:06 AM Everybody can reply

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Aztec Records

@aztecrecordsuk.bsky.social

Every note was made by hand in Heartbreak City studios in South Wales. No samples, no shortcuts, just three mates chasing the sound they love 🎛️

Add it to your late summer Playlist and share with ‘Your little secret’ 🔊

#newmusic #southwales #80svibes #retropop #retrowave #synthpop

August 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM Everybody can reply

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Karl Magi

@synthwriter80s.bsky.social

Hi #synthfam! Check out my review of @colortheory.bsky.social‬’s “Proof of Concept” which embodies the idea that creation is an act of courage. Review link here: hubpages.com/entertainmen...
#newwave #retropop #retrosynth #retrowave #synthpop

Synth Single Review: “Proof of Concept’’ by Color Theory

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August 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM Everybody can reply

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