Marni Rose McFall is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on internet trends, U.S. politics and popular culture. She has covered fashion, culture, art and music extensively.

Kesha just released a new single with T-Pain titled Yippee-Ki-Yay, and it's recapturing that recession pop vibe. You know, those upbeat, dancey bops from the late 2000s and early 2010s when ...

Some prime examples of recession pop are “Tik ToK” by Kesha (2010) , “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” by Usher (2010), “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus (2009), “Club Can’t Handle Me ...

When President Donald Trump was asked about the possibility of the U.S. economy heading into a recession during a March ...

Though a retroactively coined term used to prescribe that era’s reign of club-ready music, “recession pop” has gained a second life in the present. Online, people heralded Kesha’s latest ...

recession pop is back—-just listen to Kesha and T-Pain’s latest single “Yikkee Ki-Yay” or Lady Gaga’s new album Mayhem, both of which have been heralded as recession pop’s heirs.