So basically I’ve noticed a new sound a lot of the boy groups have been doing in the last year but I could never fully describe it properly. All I knew were the basic elements that added up to songs that sounded like they came from the same nexus. Here they are
- vaguely retro 90s rap production
- random retro 90s rap sound effects that sound louder than the song itself (e.g air horns, record scratches
- chant choruses that make the group sound bored
- pretty singing that doesn’t really fit over retro rap production
- choruses that slow the beat down to a crawl
I’m calling this sound Boytude for now because idntt really is the group I associate with this genre(?) now but I’m not saying this is a ‘people who copy idntt’ situation, given how close these songs released to each other it’s clearly more of a case of modhaus releasing their songs first than coming up with the concept. And then again i think they didn’t even do that im sure there are songs before theirs. Also Boytude just fits as a name, given that most of the groups using this sound have the concept of ‘just being boys enjoying themselves and having youthful attitudes’
songs I think fit this description
- idntt unevermet – boytude
- idntt unevermet – you never met
- idntt – pretty boy swag
- idntt yesweare – yea we are
- close your eyes – pose
- alpha drive one – freak alarm
- alpha drive one – omg
- keyvitup – keyvitup
- idid – fly
- idid – step it up
- lngshot – saucin’
this is by no means an exhaustive list so sound off in the comments about what other songs you think fit the description.
anyway am I going insane? is this even a genre? am i a rube who doesn’t know genre? should i hang out at rym more?
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