
In an age where pretension is high in music, how did pop become cool again? It's not that it hasn't been good. Since it started getting less cheesy and more electric and dirty it's been of a high standard. The beginnings of this can be attributed to the one song (voted NME's song of the decade, not that that means anything) which changed the face of pop music. Beyonce's 'Crazy In Love', having Jay-Z featuring in it was a stroke of genius as it appealed to a male audience as well and paved the way for such classics [...]