History Main / Nightcore

It's more of a phenomenon than a genre of its own, with origins in the early HardcoreTechno movement, in fact, "Nightcore" is the name of a Norwegian DJ duo comprised of Thomas Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Søderholm, who began releasing sped-up versions of trance, techno, and early Eurodance songs in 2001. Influenced by pitch-shifted vocals in German group Scooter's songs "Nessaja" and "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", the duo set out to promote their sped-up brand of dance music as an even happier form of happy hardcore, with many other DJs and amateur music producers quickly following suit.

But despite nightcore's acquired negative reputation, its influence remains strong within contemporary ElectronicMusic, particularly in the hardcore and rave techno scenes, where producers have taken the nightcore formula and made their own edits of popular rave tracks from the ground up. One such successful attempt at "true" nightcore was Japanese label EXIT TUNES' long-running series of "speed trance" compilation albums, featuring professionally made nightcore-style remixes of popular anime soundtracks. Advancements in DAW software, particularly the ability to deconstruct tracks into their constituent "stems" have enabled DJs to craft more convincing rave-friendly remixes of popular songs, with or without the pitching-up commonly associated with the style. With the rise of 2000s nostalgia and a growing hard dance revival, there are signs that the nightcore phenomenon might experience a return to form.

'''Nightcore''' is a style of ElectronicMusic, in particular, a style of making music remixes where the song's pitch is altered (often to a major key) and the track is sped up to double the original BPM. Beats are made louder, and other edits are made, such as adding various digital effects, arpeggiated supersaw leads and eurobeat-esque backing melodies but the core element here is the speeding up. Basically a creative (ab)use of the SpeedyTechnoRemake, and user-made tracks are usually varied in quality, from well-composed, professional-sounding remixes to crappily sped-up songs with vocals that sound as if the singer had inhaled helium. There is also a unique type of Nightcore that is called switching vocals. There is 2 or more vocals mixed together with amazing effects. You can find many of these videos on [=YouTube=] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAiU_D0Ro8I example video]]).

It's more of a phenomenon than a genre of its own, initially developing from the UK hardcore scene and branching out into other EDM genres from there. Most modern, well-made nightcore remixes fall under happy hardcore, UK hardcore, or eurobeat, though trance and even DrumAndBass-style remixes are not unheard of.

It has also become a catch-all term for any song that is sped up, which has become a source of BrokenBase among fans of the style, as in such case, it's technically inaccurate —simply speeding up a song without remixing it doesn't make it a "true" nightcore remix, with many [=YouTube=] content owners and practicing music producers calling out the uploaders on this (see below).

It's more of a phenomenon than a genre of its own, initially developing from the UK hardcore scene and branching out into other EDN genres from there. Most modern, well-made nightcore remixes fall under happy hardcore, UK hardcore, or eurobeat, though trance and even DrumAndBass-style remixes are not unheard of.

As time progressed, the term Nightcore has been widespread among various communities and groups, but for negative reasons. Music enthusiasts, artists, video game players, and music game players are the ones who hate this kind of phenomenon due to its usage in Website/YouTube and its effortless and unethical monetization. Nightcore uploaders would rip music off of popular songs, use a free program Audacity to speed up the song and pitch, save an anime girl image off of Google and save the photo as a ''video'', and upload to Website/YouTube and calling it a remix or ''nightcore'' version, while often times not crediting the artist of both the music and the anime girl image. All at the same time, they would monetize the video. The process would take less than 5 minutes to do. With [=YouTube=] having heavier restrictions on copyrighted material (i.e. a music game tournament video getting flagged for having a sound sample of a song), its system does not exactly apply to material that has sped up and higher-pitch. Some of the nightcore tracks get more hits than the original track itself, upsetting the original artists and supporters. For searchers who want to hear a cover or remix version of a track, seeing ''nightcore'' labeled as a top search over actual remixers or composers is also insulting.

'''Nightcore''' is a style of ElectronicMusic, in particular, a style of making music remixes where the song's pitch is altered (often to a major key) and the track is sped up to double the original BPM. Beats are made louder, and other edits are made, such as adding various digital effects, arpeggiated supersaw leads and eurobeat-esque backing melodies but the core element here is the speeding up. Basically a creative (ab)use of the SpeedyTechnoRemake, and user-made tracks are usually varied in quality, from well-composed, professional-sounding remixes to crappily sped-up songs with vocals that sound as if the singer had inhaled helium. There is also a unique type of Nightcore that is called switching vocals. There is 2 or more vocals mixed together with amazing effects. You can find many of these videos on Youtube ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAiU_D0Ro8I example video]]).

It has also become a catch-all term for any song that is sped up, which has become a source of BrokenBase among fans of the style, as in such case, it's technically inaccurate —simply speeding up a song without remixing it doesn't make it a "true" nightcore remix, with many Youtube content owners and practicing music producers calling out the uploaders on this (see below).

As time progressed, the term Nightcore has been widespread among various communities and groups, but for negative reasons. Music enthusiasts, artists, video game players, and music game players are the ones who hate this kind of phenomenon due to its usage in Website/YouTube and its effortless and unethical monetization. Nightcore uploaders would rip music off of popular songs, use a free program Audacity to speed up the song and pitch, save an anime girl image off of Google and save the photo as a ''video'', and upload to Website/YouTube and calling it a remix or ''nightcore'' version, while often times not crediting the artist of both the music and the anime girl image. All at the same time, they would monetize the video. The process would take less than 5 minutes to do. With YouTube having heavier restrictions on copyrighted material (i.e. a music game tournament video getting flagged for having a sound sample of a song), its system does not exactly apply to material that has sped up and higher-pitch. Some of the nightcore tracks get more hits than the original track itself, upsetting the original artists and supporters. For searchers who want to hear a cover or remix version of a track, seeing ''nightcore'' labeled as a top search over actual remixers or composers is also insulting.

As time progressed, the term Nightcore has been widespread among various communities and groups, but for negative reasons. Music enthusiasts, artists, video game players, and music game players are the ones who hate this kind of phenomenon due to its usage in YouTube and its effortless and unethical monetization. Nightcore uploaders would rip music off of popular songs, use a free program Audacity to speed up the song and pitch, save an anime girl image off of Google and save the photo as a ''video'', and upload to YouTube and calling it a remix or ''nightcore'' version, while often times not crediting the artist of both the music and the anime girl image. All at the same time, they would monetize the video. The process would take less than 5 minutes to do. With YouTube having heavier restrictions on copyrighted material (i.e. a music game tournament video getting flagged for having a sound sample of a song), its system does not exactly apply to material that has sped up and higher-pitch. Some of the nightcore tracks get more hits than the original track itself, upsetting the original artists and supporters. For searchers who want to hear a cover or remix version of a track, seeing ''nightcore'' labeled as a top search over actual remixers or composers is also insulting.

As time progressed, the term Nightcore has been widespread among various communities and groups, but for negative reasons. Music enthusiasts, artists, video game players, and music game players are the ones who hate this kind of phenomenon due to its usage in YouTube and its effortless and unethical monetization. Nightcore uploaders would rip music off of popular songs, use Audacity to speed up the song and pitch, save an anime girl image off of Google and save the photo as a ''video'', and upload to YouTube and calling it a remix or ''nightcore'' version, while often times not crediting the artist of both the music and the anime girl image. All at the same time, they would monetize the video. The process would take less than 5 minutes to do. With YouTube having heavier restrictions on copyrighted material (i.e. a music game tournament video getting flagged for having a sound sample of a song), its system does not exactly apply to material that has sped up and higher-pitch. Some of the nightcore tracks get more hits than the original track itself, upsetting the original artists and supporters.

It has also become a catch-all term for any song that is sped up, which has become a source of BrokenBase among fans of the style, as in such case, it's technically inaccurate —simply speeding up a song without remixing it doesn't make it a "true" nightcore remix, with many Youtube content owners and practicing music producers calling out the uploaders on this.

In terms of views, many nightcore remixes have more views than the traditional songs, but this doesn't necessarily mean the song has been EclipsedByTheRemix.

'''Nightcore''' is a style of ElectronicMusic, in particular, a style of making music remixes where the song's pitch is altered (often to a major key) and the track is sped up to double the original BPM. Beats are made louder, and other edits are made, such as adding various digital effects, arpeggiated supersaw leads and eurobeat-esque backing melodies but the core element here is the speeding up. Basically a creative (ab)use of the SpeedyTechnoRemake, and user-made tracks are usually varied in quality, from well-composed, professional-sounding remixes to crappily sped-up songs with vocals that sound as if the singer had inhaled helium. There is also a unique type of Nightcore that is called switching vocals. There is 2 or more vocals mixed together with amazing effects. You can find many of these videos on youtube.
Example Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAiU_D0Ro8I

It has also become a catch-all term for any song that is sped up, which has become a source of BrokenBase among fans of the style, as in such case, it's technically inaccurate —simply speeding up a song without remixing it doesn't make it a "true" nightcore remix, with many Youtube content owners and practicing music producers calling out the uploaders on this.

'''Nightcore''' is a style of ElectronicMusic, in particular, a style of making music remixes where the song's pitch is altered (often to a major key) and the track is sped up to double the original BPM. Beats are made louder, and other edits are made, such as adding various digital effects, arpeggiated supersaw leads and eurobeat-esque backing melodies but the core element here is the speeding up. Basically a creative (ab)use of the SpeedyTechnoRemake, and user-made tracks are usually varied in quality, from well-composed, professional-sounding remixes to crappily sped-up songs with vocals that sound as if the singer had inhaled helium. You can find many of these on Youtube, often accompanied with pictures of anime girls.

'''Nightcore''' is a style of music editing. The pitch is altered (often to a major key) and the track is sped up to double the original BPM. Beats are made louder, and occasionally other edits are made, such as adding synth stabs and eurobeat-esque backing melodies but the core element here is the speeding up. Basically a creative (ab)use of the SpeedyTechnoRemake, and user-made tracks are usually varied in quality, from well-composed, professional-sounding remixes to crappily sped-up song with vocals that sound as if the singer had inhaled helium. You can find many of these on Youtube, often accompanied with pictures of anime girls.

It's more of a phenomenon than a genre of its own, most well-edited releases tend to fall under UK hardcore, happy hardcore, or eurobeat.

It has also become a catch-all term for any song that is sped up, although in this case, it's technically inaccurate, as a song that is simply sped up isn't really a "nightcore", with many Youtube contents calling out the uploaders on this.

Contrast {{Vaporwave}}, a related phenomenon where songs are edited to sound slower instead.

Contrast {{Vaporwave}}, a related phenomenon where songs are edited to sound slower instead.

Nightcore is a style of editing music. The pitch is altered and the track is sped up. Occasionally other edits are made, but the core element here is the speeding up. You can find many of these on Youtube, often accompanied with pictures of anime girls.

It's more of a phenomenon than a genre.

Contrast {{Vaporwave}}, which slows portions of songs down instead.

It's more of a phenomenon than a genre.

Nightcore is a style of editing music. The pitch is altered and the track is sped up, occasionally other edits are made, but the core element here is the speeding up. You can find many of these on Youtube, often accompanied with pictures of anime girls.

Nightcore is a style of editing music. The pitch is altered and the track is sped up, so the overall effect is just "hyperactive dance music". There are tons of youtube videos where people have edited songs this way. Most of them, for some reason, feature a single anime picture with little to no link to the actual song.