He momo te waiata arotini ka takea mai i te puoro rakapioi i te ngahuru tau o te 1950. He maha ngā āhuatanga o te waiata arotini, engari ko ngā mea matua, ko tōna poto (te takiwā o te 2 ki te 5 meneti noa iho), ko tōna hanga (pērā i te whai o te korihi i ia whiti), me te rangi, he rangi māmā te hopu (RTP 2015:120). / Pop songs are a genre that originated from rock and roll in the 1950s. There are many characteristics of pop songs, but the main things are their shortness (in the vicinity of 2 to 5 minutes), their structure (such as a chorus following each verse), and the tune , which is easy to catch.

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