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The rulebook has been well and truly torn up when it comes to making pop music, with countless artists pushing the boundaries. Movements like hyperpop emerged in the 2010s, pioneered by AG Cook and his PC Music label to name a few, combining accessible songwriting with far-reaching influences from trance, EDM, dubstep, punk – and everything in between.

These sample packs focus primarily on the electronic side of things, drawing inspiration from names like Charli XCX, Flume, Sophie, and KUČKA – who explained more about the process of recording her album, Can You Hear Me Dreaming?, and its ‘no-rules’ approach in our digital cover feature.

Want to get a little experimental with your own pop productions? These free sample packs are filled with loops, one-shots, textures, and effects to help you score a chart-topper.

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Experimental Pop

Distorted basses, crunchy drum hits, and sparkling arpeggiators are just a taste of what you’ll find in this highly versatile pack. Sounds range from simple to complex, and many are treated with quirky and intriguing effects for plenty of character.

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Pop Essentials

This pack focuses more on cleaner, melodic content like chord progressions and riffs perfect for contemporary pop productions – or for mashing and mangling with your own processing if you’re looking for a bit more edge. You’ll find everything from modern synth patches to more organic loops featuring guitars, keys, and acoustic drums.

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Alternative Pop

This collection slows the tempo down a bit, serving up brooding bass sounds, sparse drum loops, and ethereal pads that blend seamlessly into darker, more atmospheric production styles.

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Rookes: POPNOTPOP Pack Vol 1

UK producer Rookes is the name behind this lighter, playful selection of loops and one-shots comprising glistening keys, snappy drum parts, and experimental reversed textures that work as well in radio-ready chart toppers as they do in left-leaning alternative productions.

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91Vocals: Pop Vox

Vocals – it’s hard to do pop without them. This pack contains a vast selection of hooks, harmonies, ad-libs, and effects from professional vocalists. Leaning into the hyperpop sound? Try dirtying them up, running them through autotune, or pitching them well beyond their original key.

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Experimental Electro Pop

Want to channel the weirder sonics of producers like Sophie and AG Cook? This pack takes sound design in a more creative direction, with wobbly leads, siren-esque synths, and growling basses, plus a handful of foley-inspired drum loops.

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Bedroom Pop Vocals

Pop vocals don’t always call for a powerful performance. If you’re looking for something on the softer side, this pack offers gentler delivery recorded with an upfront, close-mic sound that’s intimate and emotive. Alongside dry vocals, there are plenty of effected versions with carefully dialled reverbs, delays, and filters.

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Tim Wicked: Dream Pop

New Yorker Tim Wicked takes a more dance-inflected approach to pop with this pack. There’s a distinctly analogue flavour to the synth sounds, which is perfect if you’re leaning on the nostalgia factor that’s nearly always in vogue.

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Hyperpop Vocals

While the other vocal packs in this list offer plenty of options for warping into something new, this selection of hyperpop vocals lets you shortcut straight to the sounds of 100 Gecs and Midwxst out of the box. From formant-shifted hooks and melodies to glitchy autotune effects, these samples could inspire your next track from the ground up, or be the final piece in a more developed production.

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Effected Percussion

Whether you’re after heavy-hitting half-time beats or crafting intricate patterns with an IDM flavour, getting your drums right is vital in any electropop arrangement. This pack errs on the minimal side, but its tight, snappy hits are great for adding detail to your loops – especially with the healthy dose of modulation that’s been applied.

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