agitpop

/ ˈædʒɪtˌpɒp /

noun

1. the use of pop music to promote political propaganda

Example Sentences

Sometimes it's subtle, sometimes it's tub-thumping agitpop.

From BBC

As music, it is onerous agitpop — an egregious case of bothsidesism.

From New York Times

Even that U.S.O. show dream sequence — in which the characters rematerialized as grotesque versions of their daytime selves — felt like so much agitpop.

From New York Times

But there’s another piece of foul-mouthed agitpop that offers a closer model: Britain’s Christmas 2009 chart-topper, “Killing in the Name.”

From Slate

On the agitpop single “Formation,” Beyoncé shouts out her “Momma Louisiana.”

From New York Times