Sped-up versions of existing songs are becoming more popular than the original versions. But who’s behind the trend? I’m listening to the accelerated, chipmunk voice of the British singer Raye on ...

It’s not completely unheard of for a trend in the music industry to take time to ignite, but nobody could have expected the touchpaper on nightcore to burst into flames over 20 years after its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Life in the fast lane: Labels are leaning into uptempo remixes as a way of driving streams and bringing "new life to tracks" By Elias Leight Last fall, the 25-year-old English singer Raye was on the ...

A wave of young artists are starting second Spotify accounts for alternate versions of their songs. By Elias Leight Not long after Artist Partner Group (APG) signed Odetari — who specializes in ...

This post was updated March 5 at 8:23 p.m. Thanks to social media, nightcore’s proliferation has sped up significantly in recent years. Sped-up versions of popular songs dominate TikTok audios, driven ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcasted on July 18, 2024. Find that audio here. If you use TikTok, you're used to hearing popular songs remixed and sped up. But now, artists are getting ahead of ...