PopCon 2025 | Baby, It's a Look: Pop Music, Fashion, & Style at the Edge

The 2025 PopCon/IASPM-US Joint Conference invited proposals that listen with intensity to the frequencies of creative rebellion, agitation, or revolt as they intersect with the edges of pop music, style, and fashion. This year's programming explores how style offers a new version, a remix, or an edit of the world we live in and the realities, struggles, and contingencies we face, leading us on a journey toward the edge of what’s to come.

View the entire schedule via the Sched link and build your personal itinerary.

To register for the opening keynote and other special events, please visit the individual pages below.

Opening Keynote Information and Registration Link.

Quincy Jones Symphonic Registration Link.

VIBE Revived Registration Link.

Learn more about the conference organizers and hosts:

PopCon | PopCon is the premier music writing and popular music studies conference, bringing together the world’s leading scholars, journalists, writers and musicians for over two decades.

IASPM-US | IASPM-US is an interdisciplinary and inter-professional organization that represents the United States branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.

USC Thornton School of Music | The USC Thornton School of Music prepares students for successful careers in the 21st century, drawing upon an unparalleled history of artistry and scholarship established alongside the City of Angels. The Thornton School of Music mission is defined by the pursuit of musical excellence, collaboration, and support. Learn more at music.usc.edu.

Host or Publisher USC Thornton School of Music