Glup! was a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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pop band active in the period 1996–2003. In 1999 the band performed at the
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
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, caption =Overture to the closing night of LI Viña del Mar International Song Festival (2010)
, location =Viña del Mar, Chile
, years_active =1960-present
, founders =
, dates =3rd week of February
, ...
, coming soon afterwards into mainstream popularity in Chile due to their adolescent lyrics and sticky melodies.
Freebola
Freebola, also known as Chica Light, is a pop rock song by Chilean rock band Glup! featured in their debut album 1999. The name of the song is a portmanteau of the word ''free'' and ''frivolous''. The song became an instant hit in Chile and, due t ...
, released in 1999, was the group's commercial breakthrough hit. Although the main genre of band was pop rock it drew heavy inspiration from
britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. It produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music and to the ...
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Chilean rock music groups
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