Idan akwai shekara da ake buƙatar waƙoƙin hayaniya, mace mai tayar da hankali ba tare da neman gafara ba, ita ce 2026. Tare da muguntar yaƙi, AI, da matsalar yanayi a kewayenmu, har yanzu ana sa ran mata su zama alamomin tsari da natsuwa: sirara, kyawawa, kuma har abada 25—wani nau'in kamala wanda yanzu ya fi sauƙi a saya saboda magungunan rage kiba da gyaran fuska mai zurfi.
Amma gungun matasa mata masu tauraron pop suna tayar da hankali kan wannan tsammanin da ya gaji. Ba su da wasa suna sanya fatar damisa da duwatsu masu haske, suna yin kiɗan pop na lantarki mai ƙarfi tare da waƙoƙin son rai marasa kunya, jima'i na daji, da sha'awar abin da a da ake kira "farar shara." Wannan kallo da sauti suna karɓe ta hanyar masu fasaha kamar Slayyyter, Kim Petras, Cobrah, Demi Lovato, Snow Strippers' Tatiana Schwaninger, Tove Lo, da kuma tsohuwar gunkin fage Kesha.
A kan "I'm Your Girl Right," waƙar farko daga sabon kundin ta Estrus, Lo ta rera, "Muna yin jima'i duk dare akan Ritalin-lin-lin-lin." Slayyyter ta kira kanta "yar St Louis mai buguwa, mai shara ... gashin kai yana bayyana ... ina kama da hauka." Kuma "Thong," wata sabuwar waƙa daga mai fasahar London Amara ctk100, tana murna da rigar ƙarƙashin da ba a iya gani ba (hoton murfin yana nuna thong yana leƙawa sama da ɗamara) da halin karya-har-ka-yi-nasara: "Benz a waje / Oh a'a, na yi ƙarya."
"Wani ɓangare na wannan yana jin kamar ci gaba na rashin bege bayan kulle-kulle," in ji Ione Gamble, editan tarin rubutun da ke zuwa The Polyester Book of (Bad) Taste. "Abubuwa sun yi muni sosai a siyasance har ma mu yi nishaɗi."
Abin da ya bambanta wannan da zamanin farko na pop na tattalin arziki mai wahala shine makamashin babban hali mara kulawa da ƙin yarda da mutuncin mace. "Yayin da na tsufa, ƙarin matsin lamba yana kan zama 'mace ta gari,' kuma wannan rawar tana da ban sha'awa," in ji Lo, wadda take da shekaru 38. "Akwai amincewa a cikin rashin yin komai daidai."
Shekaru biyar da suka wuce, mawaƙa masu baƙin ciki na ɗakin kwana kamar Olivia Rodrigo da Holly Humberstone sun haɗu da tsara wanda suka yi shekarun su na girma a cikin kulle-kulle. Da zarar annobar ta ɗaga, Gen Z ta sake dawo da al'adun ƙarƙashin ƙasa na rashin kulawa bayan 9/11 a matsayin "indie sleaze" kuma suka yi liyafa ta cikin tarkacen makomarsu marasa tabbas. Eyeliner mai shafawa, tights da suka yage, da electroclash sun dawo, godiya ga masu fasaha kamar Dare da Fcukers.
Wannan sautin na 2000s "yana tasiri kiɗa a yanzu," in ji Lo. Tana son "danyensa da rashin laushi," wanda take ganin ya fito daga "mutanen da ba su damu ba saboda ba a yi musu fim ba" a zamanin kafin wayar hannu. "Wannan buƙatar tawaye ga al'ada tana girma a cikinmu kamar tukunyar matsi. Sautin 'm, ana bugun fuskata yayin da nake kururuwa' na waƙar Slayyyter 'Crank' ya sa hakan ya yiwu."
A cikin 2026, waɗannan tasirin sun zama sleazy electro-pop—daga drum'n'bass mai buguwa zuwa EDM mai yawan aiki—wanda aka kawo da makamashin tauraron rock da salon rap. Samar da shi yana da ƙarfi sosai: guitars masu datti, synths masu fashewa, da ƙugiya masu jan hankali. Makamashin ya fito ne daga al'adun Amurka na tsakiyar 2000s masu sha'awa: Spring Break na MTV, Britney Spears a mafi yawan haukanta, da haɓakar batsa na kan layi da talabijin na gaskiya (sau da yawa ana haɗa su, kamar a cikin shirye-shirye kamar Girls of the Playboy Mansion).
Demi Lovato a Los Angeles a 2025. Hoton: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Tana fita daga fagen gay club na Hollywood, tsoffin waƙoƙin pop na taurarin talabijin na gaskiya waɗanda a da aka watsar da su a matsayin marasa kyau—na Paris Hilton, Heidi Montag, da The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Erika Jayne—an sake dawo da su a matsayin classic na trash-pop. Ko Slayyyter tana kururuwa "Ni ainihin sananne ne" ko Kim Petras tana nuna jakar Louis Vuitton da kuɗi a cikin bidiyon ta "Freak It," waɗannan taurari suna tuno da lokacin da dokokin shahara ke canzawa, kuma ga wasu, shahara ta ba da matakin dutse mai duwatsu masu haske daga talauci.
Kuna iya jin alamun farko na wannan sautin shara a cikin raunch mai datti na farkon 2000s, gunkin electroclash Peaches da wayo, rap mai tasiri na Princess Superstar sun yi fice. Waƙar Princess Superstar ta 2005 "Perfect" ma ta sami farfaɗo da Gen Z bayan an yi amfani da ita a fim ɗin Saltburn. Trash-pop ya ɗauki siffa a tsakiyar 2000s a fagen liyafa na Hollywood, inda mutane kamar uban EDM Skrillex za su yi liyafa tare da Hilton. Wannan haɗin ya yi wahayi ga Porcelain Black, wadda ta ƙaura daga Detroit zuwa LA tana matashiya. Ta ƙirƙiri wani haɗin electro-pop da kiɗan club na masana'antu mai ƙarfi, tare da waƙoƙi game da zama "sarkin duniya" da "yin jima'i kamar tauraro." Hakan ya sa ta sanya hannu da Virgin Records, amma ta ce lakabin ya firgita game da halinta na tayar da hankali kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin tura ta ta zama "wani abu kamar Avril Lavigne." Black ta ƙi yarda kuma ta yi wa lakabin ƙalubale ta hanyar loda waƙoƙinta zuwa Myspace, inda suka sami miliyoyin wasa. "Mutane suna mafarkin yin lambobi irin wannan a kan layi yanzu," in ji ta.
Amma ba da daɗewa ba masana'antar kiɗa ta fahimci yadda wannan nau'in yake da riba. A 2009, waƙar farko ta Kesha "Tik Tok" ta ɗauki yanayin rashin bege bayan rikicin kuɗi, kuma ta zama sarauniyar wuce gona da iri na pop. Shekarar da ta gabata, Slayyyter da Kesha sun haɗu da mai samar da Burtaniya Rose Gray a kan waƙar club "Attention!" Slayyyter ta ce, "Kiɗana ba zai wanzu ba tare da Kesha ba."
Shekaru biyu da suka wuce, kundin Charli XCX Brat ya kawo sabon makamashi ga pop tare da yanayin club na son rai, yana buɗe kofa don trash-pop ya kwarara cikin al'ada. "Charli mai tayar da hankali ne, ba mai amsawa ba," in ji Lo. "Sautin ta yana da yaduwa sosai har ba zai yiwu ba ya shiga cikin kowane sabon abu." Mai samar da Slayyyter Kyle Shearer ya ƙara, "Ya taɓa jijiyar al'ada. Yana bugawa, kuma yana da daɗi."
Tun da Brat shine kundin na shida na Charli, ya kuma ba da tsarin aiki ga Slayyyter. Kundin ta na uku, Wor$t Girl in America, ya canza Hollywood glam zuwa denim hotpants da hulunan direban manyan motoci, a ƙarshe ya ba ta nasarar pop da take nema tun 2018. Lokacin da Slayyyter ta yi wa babban taron mutane a Coachella a wannan shekara, ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan magana a cikin pop na Amurka. Charlie Harding, mai haɗin gwiwar podcast Switched on Pop, ya ce kundin ya ji kamar "Slayyyter ta shiga gaba ɗaya, ƙoƙarinta na ƙarshe. Kiɗan pop sau da yawa yana lada ga abin da ya fi dacewa da mai fasaha."
Ko da masu sauraro na al'ada suna ɗauka, babban camp, rashin kunya, da jima'i na gaba ɗaya na trash-pop koyaushe suna jan hankalin mabiya LGBTQ+ masu yawa. Masu fasaha daga al'umma—ciki har da Slayyyter, Kim Petras, tauraruwar Sweden Cobrah, da mai samar da hyperpop na Amurka Ayesha Erotica (mai haɗin gwiwa na farko na Slayyyter)—sun yi wannan nau'in kiɗa tsawon shekaru.
Tana hawa wannan igiyar ruwa, Cobrah yanzu tana samun karbuwa mai yawa don kiɗan club ta mai tayar da hankali, mai jima'i. Demi Lovato ma ta nemi ta fito a sabuwar waƙar "Fantasy." Yawancin waƙoƙin Cobrah—kamar masana'antu, mai sanyi "Brand New Bitch" da son rai "Good Puss"—suna game da neman matsananciyar farin ciki. "Komai kawai yana jin mara kyau da taushi," in ji ta. Ta hanyar karkata ga jima'i a cikin waƙoƙinta, ta bayyana, "Na zama kamar kaina. Akasin diluted: concentrated."
Harding ya ba da shawarar cewa ta hanyar jin daɗi a cikin son rai, waɗannan masu fasaha suna "tsallake ra'ayoyin mata na rashin hankali da hauka yayin da suke masu shirya dukan abu." Kuna iya ganin shi a matsayin sake dawo da zamanin tsakiyar 2000s, lokacin da taurarin farar mata masu rikici aka ɗauka ba su da iko. Yanzu mun san cewa Hilton tana wasa ne kawai da rawar wawa, kodayake Britney Spears ba ta yi sa'a haka ba—ta rasa iko da rayuwarta lokacin da aka sanya ta ƙarƙashin kulawar da ta dauki shekaru 14.
"Wani nau'in 'farkon intanet' ne na kyau wanda, har zuwa kwanan nan, har yanzu ana ɗaukarsa mara kyau," in ji Gamble. Slayyyter ma ta sanya waƙa sunan "Brittany Murphy" bayan marigayiyar tauraruwar Clueless da Girl, Interrupted. Ta mutu a 2009 tana da shekaru 32 daga ciwon huhu, anemia, da yawan amfani da magungunan likita. "Matan wannan zamanin waɗanda a da aka raina su yanzu ana sake kimanta su," Gamble ta ba da shawara.
'Ban yi tsammanin wani zai shiga ciki ba': Slayyyter ta mayar da shara ta tsakiyar yamma zuwa zinariyar pop
Karanta ƙarin
A wannan makon, Slayyyter ta fara fitowa a shirin Tonight Show na Amurka tana sanye da rigar nono da aka yi da gwangwani na giya, alama ce ga wani sanannen yanayi daga fim ɗin trailer-trash pageant Drop Dead Gorgeous. Wannan kallon "farar shara" da gangan ana iya ganinsa yana nuna da kuma son matsalolin tattalin arziki da mutane da yawa ke fuskanta a Amurka. A 2010, wani ɗan jarida ya rubuta game da Kesha: "Ita ce wannan bikin farar shara. Tana sa ƙasƙanci ya zama babba."
Farfesa Robin James ta yi hasashen cewa "idan 'farar shara' tana nufin farar da ke kusa da baƙi, to farar mata masu luwadi da suke yin 'shara' na mata shine hanyarsu ta yin wani abu kamar sigar farar yarinya na 'ratchet'—jima'i na mata wanda ya fita daga iyakokin kabilanci da mutunci na aji." Ta nuna tushensa a cikin rap: "Tabbas, masu fasahar baƙi kamar Megan Thee Stallion da Cardi B suna yin wannan shekaru biyar da suka wuce."
Manyan lakabi suna lura da yadda wannan nau'in zai iya zama riba. Bayan farawa a SoundCloud, Slayyyter ta sanya hannu da Columbia don sabon kundin ta. Mawaƙin Koriya Heyoon, wadda ta fito daga ƙungiyar pop mai tsabta Now United, ta fito da EP mai yawan aiki Seriously Unserious, yana nuna yadda trash-pop ke shiga kasuwar Koriya ta Kudu mai riba. "Na girma a matsayin 'mai wasa,' wanda ke nufin dole in yi kyau kuma in yi komai daidai," in ji ta. Canzawa zuwa wani abu "danye da rikici" ya taimaka mata ta saki damuwa na neman kamala. "Wani abu ne na warkarwa a gare ni," ta ƙara.
Sautin yanzu ya shahara sosai har an riga an yi masa izgili. Mai wasan barkwanci Meg Stalter—daga Hacks da jerin Netflix na Lena Dunham Too Much—ta fara aikin kiɗa da sunan Prettiest Girl in America, wata waƙar trash-pop ta rubutu game da yadda yake da wuya a zama mai arziki, shahara, da kyau, tare da tattoo "tramp stamp" a kan hoton murfin.
Duba hoton cikakken allo
Charli xcx a kan mataki a Brisbane, Queensland a 2025. Hoton: Henry Redcliffe
Yayin da wannan kyan gani ya bambanta sosai da igiyar ruwa na taurarin pop masu kyau, masu salon retro kamar Olivia Dean, Raye, da Sienna Spiro, yana da haɗarin zama kamar wucin gadi. Kallon trash-pop na iya nuna katunan kuɗi da suka cika, amma a ƙarƙashinsa akwai taurarin pop masu basirar kuɗi. Duk da haka, mai sukar al'ada Philippa Snow ta yi jayayya cewa Gen Z mai yiwuwa ba za su damu ba ko waɗannan masu fasaha suna rayuwa da abin da suke rera. "Duk abubuwan da suka faru suna da wasa ta yanayi, ko?" in ji ta. Game da magoya bayan Gen Z waɗanda suka ɗauki kyan gani ba tare da halin tequila mai dacewa ba, "watakila suna kan wani abu a cikin dogon lokaci: dukanmu mun lalata jikinmu a 2000s."
Amma akwai ƙarin abin da ke motsa wannan yanayin fiye da sha'awar nishaɗi kawai. "Ana kwace haƙƙin mutane," in ji Harding. "Mutane masu luwadi, mata—kowa ya cancanci yin fushi. Wannan kiɗa yana juya takaici zuwa biki, kuma da fatan, a gefe guda, zuwa wani nau'in aiki." Kuma Lo ta ƙara: "Barin wannan tashin hankali na ciki ya fita kuma ya yi daji yana da matuƙar warkarwa. Na yi farin ciki da yawancinmu suna fahimtar hakan." Kundin Tove Lo Estrus yana fitowa ta Pretty Swede/Virgin a ranar 18 ga Satumba. Kundin Cobrah Torn yana fitowa yanzu a Atlantic. Waƙar Amara ctk100 da ta fitar da kanta Thong tana fitowa yanzu.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa bisa ga taken labarin Trash is a hit Heres why a wave of wild pleasureseeking female pop stars are ditching the need to be seen as respectable
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Menene ma'anar trash a cikin wannan mahallin
Kalma ce ta wasa da ban tsoro Tana nufin ƙin halin kyakkyawan yarinya mai ladabi don zama mai rikici mai ƙarfi mai jima'i da rashin neman gafara Ka yi tunanin rungumar hargitsi da nishaɗi a kan mutunci
2 Su wane ne wasu misalan waɗannan taurarin pop
Masu fasaha kamar Miley Cyrus Doja Cat Cardi B Megan Thee Stallion da Lizzo Sau da yawa suna rap ko rera game da liyafa jima'i da nishaɗi ba tare da kula da zama masu ladabi ba
3 Me yasa suke watsi da mutunci
Tsawon shekaru taurarin mata dole su kasance masu ladabi masu kunya da kuma abokantaka don samun nasara Waɗannan masu fasaha suna cewa hakan yana da ban sha'awa da karya Suna son su sami 'yanci su zama masu daji masu jima'i da kuskure ba tare da kunya ba
4 Shin wannan kawai game da girgiza ne
A'a Yayin da yake jan hankali da gaske game da gaskiya ne Suna ba da fifiko ga jin daɗinsu da nishaɗinsu fiye da faranta wa masu suka rai ko tsofaffin tsararraki waɗanda ke son su zama masu ladabi
5 Yaya wannan ya bambanta da taurarin pop maza
Taurarin maza koyaushe an ba su izinin zama mugayen yara Wannan igiyar ruwa tana game da mata suna neman 'yanci iri ɗaya don zama masu rikici da jima'i ba tare da ana kiran su karuwai ba
Tambayoyi na Matsakaici da Ci gaba
6 Menene fa'idodin wannan yanayin trash ga masu fasahar mata
Nasarar kasuwanci mai girma Magoya baya suna son danyen makamashi da kusanci
'Yancin kirkire-kirkire Suna iya yin kiɗa mafi ban mamaki da nishaɗi
Sake dawo da iko Ta hanyar mallakar lakabin trash suna cire zafinsa Ya zama alamar tawaye
Sakin motsin rai Yana ba su damar bayyana takaici fushi da sha'awa a fili
7 Menene suka ko matsalolin gama gari na wannan yanayin
