Did Lorde Spark This Trend?

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lmao that is one of the sounds on an 808 which is a drum machine invented in the 1980s and is the same one that you hear in like almost all popular music 

so no lorde did not spark this "trend" 

[FATCAT 55,820]

That's not a trend, so no, but if it were a trend, it'd still be no. It has a lot of precedent.

[BlingNotTheMusic 25,939]

No one is naming songs or posting videos to them 

[RAMROD 96,432]

 

Not at all.

That stuff is as old as music itself. It is called metronome (most :musician: today who familiar with pro tolls and such known it as click track) and it is there to keep the tempo of the song correct, while adding volume itself so to not sounds o bland.

[Matangi 3,050]

yeah that sounds been around for decades, but TBH its popularization and use in pop music definitely is rooted in trap and hip hop

[Chr 4,217]

1 hour ago, Acsnpdx8 said:

LDR “Cherry”, and a few other songs also. 

Lana has been doing this sound since Honeymoon with songs like Freak and Art Deco 

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2 minutes ago, Chrastapher said:

Lana has been doing this sound since Honeymoon with songs like Freak and Art Deco 

Also high by the beach

[BlingNotTheMusic 25,939]

Flop thread 

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

Ugh I don't even know what you guys are all talking about with tik tik booms and Tik Toks. THOSE STRINGS LADIES. THOSE STRINGS.

YES LORDE STARTED THE TREND

SHE STARTED EVERY TREND

SHE IS THE PARAGON OF POP

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HER

STAN

[Helxig 39,511]

Just a sidenote: I really like when the rap/trap sound is added in the right way to a song. Adds some flair and makes it interesting and catchy. It can make a slow song feel more upbeat without speeding up the tempo. And I've always like when artists blend genres 

[Killa 14,409]

That's just 808 hi-hat's, you put lots of them and combine with low hats and kick and produces that effect. And that's the drumkit you use in trap, that's where this comes from, and has been incorporated in pop music for at least the last 4 years.

 

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5 hours ago, Killa said:

That's just 808 hi-hat's, you put lots of them and combine with low hats and kick and produces that effect. And that's the drumkit you use in trap, that's where this comes from, and has been incorporated in pop music for at least the last 4 years.

 

Thanks! So the question is, who do you think started using them 1st In pop music in the last 5 years or so? I feel like they’ve been around a while but I only recently started seeing it in pop songs. 

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35 minutes ago, Acsnpdx8 said:

Thanks! So the question is, who do you think started using them 1st In pop music in the last 5 years or so? I feel like they’ve been around a while but I only recently started seeing it in pop songs. 

Because Trap (well, Urban music in general tbh) has been slowly reclaiming it’s dominance in the music industry this past decade or so. So it’s only fitting that elements of that genre will seep it’s way into other mainstream genres like Pop. 

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1 hour ago, Acsnpdx8 said:

Thanks! So the question is, who do you think started using them 1st In pop music in the last 5 years or so? I feel like they’ve been around a while but I only recently started seeing it in pop songs. 

Gaga has it in MANiCURE and JnD. Miley used it in songs on Bangerz. I'm willing to bet it's in every Nicki album. The reason it's popular right now in pop music is because hip hop (which is currently mostly Trap music) is the most popular and highest selling genre at the moment. Lorde is not original in using this sound. She's actually being a bit lazy/pandering by picking this sound imo

[JazzGa 14,348]

That's just a hip hop production trick. Hip hop/pop crossover has been happening for forever but it hit the mainstream (again, after a period of being out of style in favor of EDM/dance) probably in like 2013