TikTok Electronic
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TikTok Electronic is not one sound so much as a platform-shaped lane: short hooks, immediate drops, memeable edits, danceable grooves, sped-up vocals, bass-friendly remixes, and moments that can be clipped into a loop. Some examples are hyperpop; others are deep-house remixes, bedroom pop, dance-pop, or lo-fi electronic hooks. The common factor is that the track's most important musical event is easy to isolate into a 10-30 second social-video behavior.
History
TikTok accelerated patterns that Vine and YouTube had already established, but it made audio snippets central to music discovery. ElyOtto's "SugarCrash!," SAINt JHN and Imanbek's "Roses" remix, Regard's "Ride It," Surf Mesa's "ily," Y2K and bbno$'s "Lalala," Doja Cat's "Say So," Curtis Waters' "Stunnin'," Claire Rosinkranz's "Backyard Boy," Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo's "Savage Love," BENEE's "Supalonely," and Puri's "Coño" show how electronic production and platform behavior merged.
Defining artists
Essential listening
- SugarCrash!(2020) — ElyOttoSpotifyYouTube
- Roses (Imanbek Remix)(2019) — SAINt JHN & ImanbekSpotifyYouTube
- Ride It(2019) — RegardSpotifyYouTube
- ily (i love you baby)(2019) — Surf Mesa & EmileeSpotifyYouTube
- death bed (coffee for your head)(2020) — Powfu & beabadoobeeSpotifyYouTube
- Lalala(2019) — Y2K & bbno$SpotifyYouTube
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- Say So(2019) — Doja CatSpotifyYouTube
- Stunnin'(2020) — Curtis Waters feat. Harm FranklinSpotifyYouTube
- Backyard Boy(2020) — Claire RosinkranzSpotifyYouTube
- Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)(2020) — Jawsh 685 & Jason DeruloSpotifyYouTube
- Supalonely(2019) — BENEE feat. Gus DappertonSpotifyYouTube
- Coño(2017) — Puri, Jhorrmountain & AdjeSpotifyYouTube
Sources
- SOCAN and TikTok coverage of ElyOtto/SugarCrash
- Rolling Stone coverage of Y2K and bbno$
- Spotify pages for Roses, Ride It, SugarCrash, Lalala, and Backyard Boy
- TikTok/sped-up music trend reporting