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ear candy

noun

  1. Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ear candy1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences

It’s an album of nonstop ear candy.

He also wrote a hypnotic groove to accompany their preparation of a trap for the predator in the sky — using marimba, mellow piano, glass bottles and other “ear candy.”

Sure, I liked ear candy like “Sugar Magnolia” and “Casey Jones,” but I really didn’t get the band or the cult-like devotion of their fans.

But ear candy abounds, not least the throbbing reggaeton beat in “Encanto’s” “Surface Pressure,” which sits behind “Bruno” at No. 14 on the Hot 100.

When Abba, whose classic songs like “Dancing Queen” and “Take a Chance on Me” are the epitome of Europop ear candy, announced in September that it would be returning this fall with its first studio album in 40 years, it was assumed that the new release would be an immediate blockbuster.

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