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Spence's musical style has been described as being in the categories of [[future funk]], [[vaporwave]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/05/saint-pepsi-new-band-of-the-week|title=New band of the week: Saint Pepsi (No 21)|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=September 5, 2014|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> [[disco|disco pop]],<ref name="Mr. Wonderful" /> [[futurepop]], liquid disco, [[slow jam]] and gibber boogie,<ref name="Columbia Spectator" /> although he also borders between traditional music genres. He often incorporates unorthodox sounds in his music, using sources such as the soundtracks from games like ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. He also commonly samples pop songs (ex: ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPXQQ4ic08 Private Caller]'', which also appeared on the compilation album ''Portals Summer II'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0oqVxcxkJVkTMoxBOaC7KS|title=Portals Summer II|website=Open.spotify.com}}</ref> sampled Canadian artist Lustt's 1983 cover of Sylvia Robinson's 1973 track "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZp4CNcvcY Pillow Talk]") <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2FI1qTLjNk|title=Pillow Talk by Lustt-Topic |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/album/Lustt/Pillow-Talk/|title=Pillow Talk by Lustt: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes|website=WhoSampled.com|accessdate=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hakDtRzA0ww|title=Pillow Talk (Instrumental) by Lustt-Topic on YouTube}}</ref>
''[[The Fader]]'' calls his nonchalant approach to Top 40 hits "refreshing,"<ref name=Baby>{{cite web|last1=McDermott|first1=Patrick|title=Listen to SAINT PEPSI's K-Pop-Sampling "Baby"|url=http://www.thefader.com/2014/02/18/listen-to-saint-pepsis-k-pop-sampling-baby/|publisher=The FADER Inc.|accessdate=6 July 2014|ref=Listen to SAINT PEPSI's K-Pop-Sampling "Baby"}}</ref> and calls his music "restless and nostalgic and sonically curious."<ref name="Gin City">{{cite web|last1=McDermott|first1=Patrick|title=Download Saint Pepsi's Gin City EP|url=http://www.thefader.com/2014/02/25/download-saint-pepsis-gin-city-ep/|publisher=The FADER Inc.|accessdate=6 July 2014|ref=Download Saint Pepsi's Gin City EP}}</ref> He is quoted as saying, "I’m drawn to tuneful melodies; complex chord structures; outlandish synths and drums; and I like to take pop [[A cappella|a cappellas]] and see how I can warp the songs while keeping the melodies almost entirely intact [...] I want to make pop music for freaks, basically."<ref name="Carpark" />
== Discography ==
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