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 ...

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 ...

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Here’s why your favorite recent chart-topper has probably gotten that sped-up remix treatment on TikTok, the app’s latest viral ...

Invented by two students 20 years ago, this eclectic genre that involves speeding up popular songs from Beethoven to Lady Gaga has experienced a slow-burn rise to the mainstream High-pitch perfect: ...

If you’ve opened TikTok recently, you’ve likely scrolled past a video soundtracked by a fresh take on Miguel’s 2010 single “Sure Thing” — the defining moodiness of the original replaced by a jaunty ...

Everyone from Sabrina Carpenter to Malala Yousafzai is lip-syncing on TikTok to an unexpected remix mashing up Nicki Minaj’s hit “Beez in the Trap” with 4 Non Blondes’ ‘90’s classic, “What’s Up,” ...