The 21st century's obsession with cute unites the mainstream and the underground—but what's behind it? Take Kyary’s viral hit “PonPonPon,” with its throbbing, robotic pirouette across an arcade dance ...
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, have investigated how the combination of music and images influences the aesthetic perception of ...