In 2015, a new genre of music called Q-Pop (as in Qazaq pop) appeared.

Q-Pop is a contemporary sub-genre of the popular music of Kazakhstan which was partly inspired by K-Pop.

This genre features groups with quite a flamboyant image who perform songs largely inspired by electronic music and, in the same way as K-Pop generally involve choreography.

Q-Pop’s founding group is called Ninety One, in reference to the year Kazakhstan declared itself independent from the USSR, in 1991.

Examples:

• Ninety One – Ah!Yah!Mah!
• Moonlight – Tokyo
• Red Blaidd – You