RAYE started 2023 with a bang earlier this month by bagging her first-ever UK Number One single. ‘Escapism’, which features 070 Shake and hooks about “running away from reality as fast as you possibly ...
Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Soderholm made songs with superfast tempos and high-pitched vocals for a school project. They were shocked to learn their “nightcore” sound had gone global. By ...
TL;DR: Artists release sped-up versions of songs, but why? Norwegian duo sped up trance tracks in ‘00s, nightcore is born. Decades later, fans do the same with chart hits on TikTok, labels cash in.