Had not disco, hip-hop and new wave set pop trends for the next 15 years, her creative decisions might have been different.
Daryl Hall and John Oates have joined a ripple of a pop trend - the acoustic-instruments concert.
Or he could have become a tired imitator of pop trends, which have proved to be the creative graveyard for so many jazz musicians.
To an extent pop trends are cyclical.
As his backup group suggests, Mr. Parks's tastes run contrary to every pop trend of the last two decades.
Without realizing it, the two women had accidentally stumbled into the slipstream of a pop cultural trend.
His career doesn't move forward linearly, but rather in cycles, sometimes in sync with pop trends and sometimes completely out of sync.
At least two distinct pop trends, one rooted in the country's past, the other determinedly modern, have emerged in the last few years.
As Elleza became more invested in the newest pop trends, I became more critical of pop music.
Faye, who is doing her best to spread American pop trends, says: "They're very interested in Western fashions and culture.