Okay here goes....
I have nothing against pop. It is not my favorite genre but that doesn't mean I won't listen to it occasionally. Generally speaking I listen to what most people call "screamo" but I find that it's good to open myself up to other styles. There are some pop artists who I do hold a bit of higher regard for than others. For instance both Katy Perry and Owl City are pop artists but both can actually play an instrument besides just making music using a synthesizer. Both do play guitar so I think that they deserve a bit more credit than what they get.
I don't like pop too much. I'm more of a rock/metal head kind of person. I think pop is just like everyone else says, bleeps with auto tune. Most pop music is about drugs, sex or pointless break up songs. That's great for our future generations to heard :L
Honestly, there is no point to it. I like songs with real meaning. I don't completely 'hate' pop. I just dislike it and it's not really my thing.
Not all pop music is that way and some of what I listen to (that I know you also listen to
) has talk about drugs, sex, and breakups. Owl City writes love songs that are about going the distance for someone he loves. I find it to be quite moving and hopeful.
I would agree that a lot of pop sounds the same and that's why I usually stick to Indie artists if I listen to pop at all.
Now as for electronic music, you're better off actually listening to something in the genres of Trance or Drum&Bass (especially Pendulum) if you want good electronic music because your not going to find "good" electronic music in pop. Groups like Nsync and One Republic don't write their own stuff. They have their own input on what they want to hear but they even touch a computer to add in sound. They sing. Good electronic music comes from the sub genres of Electronica (ie. Trance, House, Dub, Dubstep, DJ, Drum&Bass, etc.).
Now I also listen to a few other types that are "semi-pop" artists.
Pop Punk and
Power Pop are both types that focus on using Alt. Rock in a pop fashion. But I would not say that they are even remotely similar to pop. Here's a couple of examples.
I See Stars (Power Pop)
-Over It
-Filth Friends Unite
-It Will Be Up (High School Never Ends)
Taking Back Sunday (Pop Punk)
-MakeDamnSure
-Cute Without the E (Cut From the Team)
Make Me Famous (Power Pop)
-It's Now Or Never
Chunk! No Captain Chunk! (Power Pop/Pop Punk)
-In Friends We Trust
-Captain Blood
-Born For Adversity
Hopefully this helps in clarifying the specific types that I listed in my last sentence.