![]() Often Yé-yé lyrics and music were written by older male songwriters and sometimes would contain sexually suggestive themes and lyrics hidden in metaphors that were meant to sound innocent. ![]() Yé-yé girls were also sexy, in a deliberately naive way. Yé-yé girls were always young (age 15 through 17 usually) and maintained an innocent public image which was perpetuated through the music. Yé-yé music was unique in a number of ways: first, it was the only musical movement so far to be spearheaded by females second, it was a mostly European phenomenon, although it grew very popular in Japan in 1965. The term "yé-yé" derived from teenagers shouting "yeah! yeah!" at concert venues and while listening to the music genre to show enthusiasm. Yé-yé was a popular style of pop music that had emerged from France, Québec and Spain in the early 1960s. Also Yé-yé has not only been influential in the evolution of popular music but also has had just as much, if not more, influence on music that has strayed away from the mainstream. Yé-yé music has had a very influential part in the history of what popular music is today and what it will some day evolve into eventually. A large majority of people have never even heard of the genre nonetheless listened to it. Mainly because of it's ever growing obscurity as time has moved forward. I decided to create a blog about the popular European Genre of music known as Yé-yé.
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