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Post by Telso on Feb 7, 2020 0:09:46 GMT 10
This song from FKA Twigs (she was actually the stripper from Usher's Prince tribute) sounds nothing like the mainstream charts, and it honestly sounds gorgeous and ethereal at the same time. I feel like this song transcends time. FKA Twigs in general has consistently put out great, forward-thinking stuff through the 2010s. Truly an amazing, underrated artist. Here's one of her older songs that still sound very fresh:
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Post by kev2000sfan on Feb 7, 2020 0:29:18 GMT 10
Lil Nas X's Panini sounds literally 2020s even though it was released mid 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2020 16:00:35 GMT 10
I don't think we will get a true indication of what the sound of the 2020s will be until at least sometime next year, and even then, I've got a hunch that it will be in the form of a new sound becoming a smash hit towards the end of 2021. When it comes to music, I tend to think we are in a similar place to what music was like back in 1990. The majority of the songs on the charts could easily have been released just a few years ago. I agree with this 100%. So far, mainstream music still sounds very 2010s and nothing has come out to indicate a shift. I think this is going to be one of those decades, like the 1990s and 1960s, where the previous decade's sound lingers a few years before the new sound establishes itself. Music in 2029 will be much more different compared to 2020 than 2019 was compared to 2010.
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Post by Telso on Feb 10, 2020 19:12:05 GMT 10
Music in 2029 will be much more different compared to 2020 than 2019 was compared to 2010. This is gonna be quite hard knowing that 2019 music was practically the complete opposite of 2010 music in basically every way, but we'll see I guess.
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Post by mc98 on Feb 11, 2020 2:15:36 GMT 10
Most of the songs right now easily could've been released in 2018. If you look at the top 5 of the global Spotify charts, these songs can be hits in 2018. Unfortunately, the 2020s will be similar to the 1990s and 1960s where the songs from the first few years remain strongly indistinguishable to the previous decade. The 1970s, 2000s, and 2010s started almost just in time. The 1980s started right on time in UK but there were plenty of 70s leftovers in 1980 at the US.
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Post by #Infinity on Feb 13, 2020 17:41:08 GMT 10
The prevailing sound right now is still trap beats, which became the new norm around the middle of the 2010s. The closest things we have to artists of the future right now are Billie Eilish and maybe BTS, if the trend of American interest in Korean culture continues to flourish this decade.
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Post by Telso on Feb 16, 2020 8:36:35 GMT 10
This one song definitely stands out from the current pop music or from anything of the 2010s in general:
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Post by mc98 on Feb 18, 2020 12:49:52 GMT 10
Dance Monkey, Don’t Start Now, and Blinding Lights could POSSIBLY be the sound of the early 2020s. Circles by Post Malone definitely sounds inspired by the underground bedroom pop scene that is ready to burst anytime.
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Post by Early2010sGuy on Feb 19, 2020 4:36:26 GMT 10
Dance Monkey, Don’t Start Now, and Blinding Lights could POSSIBLY be the sound of the early 2020s. Circles by Post Malone definitely sounds inspired by the underground bedroom pop scene that is ready to burst anytime. Dont start now sounds very similar to Moves like Jagger, but I guess you could say modern disco could make a comeback
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2020 15:10:02 GMT 10
Most of the songs right now easily could've been released in 2018. If you look at the top 5 of the global Spotify charts, these songs can be hits in 2018. Unfortunately, the 2020s will be similar to the 1990s and 1960s where the songs from the first few years remain strongly indistinguishable to the previous decade. The 1970s, 2000s, and 2010s started almost just in time. The 1980s started right on time in UK but there were plenty of 70s leftovers in 1980 at the US. I agree with this.
The 1960s and 1990s were both very changeful decades in music as well so I wonder if the 2020s will follow suit. 1960, 1965, and 1969 all sounded very different as did 1990, 1995, and 1999. By 1969, the '70s sound had already been established and by 1999, we were already sounding like the 2000s.
I'm sure I'll be disputed on this, but I believe the 2010s followed a similar pattern to the '80s. Though there were differences between the early, mid, and late '10s, there is a distinct and iconic sound that the music of the '10s had throughout the entire decade. If you turn on the radio and you hear a song from the '80s, you know it's 80s even if you don't know the band, the song, or exactly what year and I think the '10s are similar. You mention that in the US, the '70s lingered a bit into the '80s and we saw the same thing in the '10s with post-grunge lingering into the early '10s. Also as you mention any song right now could have been released in 2018, it was the same way in 1990, with music sounding almost indistinguishable from 1988.
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Post by mc98 on Feb 20, 2020 15:44:03 GMT 10
Most of the songs right now easily could've been released in 2018. If you look at the top 5 of the global Spotify charts, these songs can be hits in 2018. Unfortunately, the 2020s will be similar to the 1990s and 1960s where the songs from the first few years remain strongly indistinguishable to the previous decade. The 1970s, 2000s, and 2010s started almost just in time. The 1980s started right on time in UK but there were plenty of 70s leftovers in 1980 at the US. I agree with this.
The 1960s and 1990s were both very changeful decades in music as well so I wonder if the 2020s will follow suit. 1960, 1965, and 1969 all sounded very different as did 1990, 1995, and 1999. By 1969, the '70s sound had already been established and by 1999, we were already sounding like the 2000s.
I'm sure I'll be disputed on this, but I believe the 2010s followed a similar pattern to the '80s. Though there were differences between the early, mid, and late '10s, there is a distinct and iconic sound that the music of the '10s had throughout the entire decade. If you turn on the radio and you hear a song from the '80s, you know it's 80s even if you don't know the band, the song, or exactly what year and I think the '10s are similar. You mention that in the US, the '70s lingered a bit into the '80s and we saw the same thing in the '10s with post-grunge lingering into the early '10s. Also as you mention any song right now could have been released in 2018, it was the same way in 1990, with music sounding almost indistinguishable from 1988.
I agree. Most 1990 songs sound almost the same as 1988 except 1990 had House music popular. Looking back, a lot of songs from 2010 couldn’t be released in 2008(aside from Breakeven). 2010 mostly broke away from the 2000s sound. Unlike 2020 where songs are not any different from 2018 but it is still the beginning of the year so anything could change.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 8, 2020 4:26:29 GMT 10
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 8, 2020 15:50:14 GMT 10
All of us are waiting for the new 2020s sound to establish itself, but what if it doesn't actually happen?
It's telling that 2020 has been significantly defined by a revival of '80s synthpop. The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" and Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" have been two of the best-selling singles of this year. Besides trap beats still being incorporated into new releases, synthpop is the dominant sound in music right now. Also, with how fragmented our pop culture and society in general now is, who's to say that the rest of the 2020s won't play out the same way? The world is only going to become increasingly more fragmented.
The songs posted above don't sound too dissimilar from Late 2010s pop music to me.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 9, 2020 1:15:46 GMT 10
All of us are waiting for the new 2020s sound to establish itself, but what if it doesn't actually happen? It's telling that 2020 has been significantly defined by a revival of '80s synthpop. The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" and Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" have been two of the best-selling singles of this year. Besides trap beats still being incorporated into new releases, synthpop is the dominant sound in music right now. Also, with how fragmented our pop culture and society in general now is, who's to say that the rest of the 2020s won't play out the same way? The world is only going to become increasingly more fragmented. The songs posted above don't sound too dissimilar from Late 2010s pop music to me. Well, you don’t really hear these type of songs in 2017-18. I’m convinced that trap beats will not go away for a long time. It might not be a 2010s thing after all. It’s like how pop punk and post grunge from the 90s continued all the way into the 2000s. Once life in developed countries return to “normal” around summer, many people will begin to discover something new and the young generation will probably unite under that new thing.
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Post by John Titor on Dec 9, 2020 2:10:18 GMT 10
it is already happening now
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