There is only one way to kill a shapeshifter... a silver dagger through the heart.

That made my day.

you know, this is probably not the answer you wanted great question-poser, and honestly i haven't been on here for so long that i'm clearing virtual cobwebs as i type, but i find pop music really fascinating and like someone said before, it evolves.

i guess i'm more open to shoddy dance top 40 stuff than most people, and i can totally understand you not liking it or not wanting to listen to it, but what is popular says a lot about a generation, and just in general, it's a really interesting thing if you ever wanted to look deeper into.

It will always be short and catchy.

It will continue to be more about the artist being quirky/outlandish so that it can filter through to everyone and be famous/well known.

I think the obviously autotuned for effect will be faded out and be a period thing. Plus it looks like now all pop music is being dubstep-ised.

When something as big as the Beatles or Dylan comes along and completely revolutionizes the genre.

But technically it would still be popular, hence pop music will still exist.

Guys, The Beatles and The Kinks IS pop too, you know. Short songs, catchy choruses, so I don't really see the thing about the "revolution". Pop music is what it is.

Are you talking about the genre pop or the term used to describe music as popular?

Assuming you mean the latter, nothing short of the human race going extinct is going to eliminate "popular" music. As long as music exists, there will always be music that is popular or at least more popular than others. But given the bands you've listed, I assume you mean the likes of electro-pop or dance-pop. In that case, I doubt that it will die out. It will likely just evolve.