Popping noise in one earphone?

I bought a 4s about 3 months ago, and have been using the new earphones with it. In the last few days, as I'll be listning to music, there has been a popping noise coming from just one of the earphones. It doesn't sound like an electronic pop, like coming from the music or whatever, but it sounds like there is actually something clicking/popping inside the earphone. Could there literally be something inside that's doing that? Or is it a software issue that sounds like a physically created noise? Can I get my headohones replaced?

There cheaply manufactured headphones.. Throw them away and buy a third party set from somewhere else or if you need to have the white Apple headphones go to eBay and buy another pair...

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