In short, Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Søderholm from Alta are the creators behind the genre “Nightcore”, which started as a school project at the beginning of the 2000s. The genre has been given new life on TikTok and other social media, something that makes the duo proud. Egil Reistadbakk, university lecturer in music and music didactics at NTNU in Trondheim, says that the new thing is accessibility, and that users on TikTok can mix the songs directly in the app. Spotify has announced that they will come up with a function that gives users the opportunity to remix songs in the app. Several artists and record companies now release their own versions of their music with an increased tempo, which means that they reach more listeners and gain more popularity. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – We think it’s great fun that even after more than 20 years, the way we mix songs is still being used. That’s what Thomas S. Nilsen and Steffen Ojala Søderholm from Alta say, who are known as the brains behind the “Nightcore” genre. It all started when the duo worked on a school project they chose to call “Nightcore” at the start of the 2000s. Where they increased the speed of already existing songs. Hear an example here: Ei stoltheit The duo quickly became a YouTube phenomenon, and now the genre has been revived again on TikTok and other social media. – The fact that the name “Nightcore” appears suddenly and constantly on social platforms makes us smile and feel a little pride, the duo say to news. For the two musicians, it is difficult to say why the genre has become popular again. The duo certainly have some thoughts about it. – The fact that it makes the music more TikTok-friendly and gives more of a “goodvibe” is no secret. The reason why we started with this was precisely to make music more “upbeat” and give more approval. It is something that has spread to more and more artists, they say. When you search for “speedup” on TikTok, a lot of videos with “Nightcore” music come up. Video: Screenshot / TikTok Not a new phenomenon – It’s not a new phenomenon, actually. A parallel can be drawn to disco, when they arose in the late 70s. So says Egil Reistadbakk, university lecturer in music and music didactics at NTNU in Trondheim. He explains that what is new is accessibility. – On TikTok, users can only mix the songs directly in the app, he says. The Swedish music streaming service Spotify has announced that they will come up with a function that gives users the opportunity to remix songs in the app. Reistadbakk believes it is mostly to attract users. – The fact that Spotify will launch such a functionality, I don’t think is necessarily intended as a huge service to the music industry, he says. Egil Reistadbakk, university lecturer in music and music didactics at NTNU in Trondheim. Photo: Elin Iversen Several versions of the same song Several artists and record companies are currently releasing their own versions of their music with increased tempo. One example is American Sabrina Carpenter. Her songs from this year, “Espresso” and “Please Please Please”, both have versions where the tempo has increased on Spotify. Sabrina Carpenter has made a “Nightcore” version of the song “Espresso”. Video: Sabrina Carpenter / TikTok Reistadbakk explains that it has a lot to do with what platforms artists want to be available on. Platforms such as TikTok and Instagram are pushing for shorter videos. – In that case, simply increasing the pace means that you can squeeze in more content in a shorter time, says Reistadbakk. It’s not just new songs that get new versions either, which was the starting point for the “Nightcore” duo. – There will always be musicians who want to produce songs in good old “Nightcore” style, which is very fun. And the fact that artists release both original versions and versions with increased tempo only means that they reach more listeners and gain more popularity, say Nilsen and Ojala Søderholm. Published 21.07.2024, at 17.30
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Thomas and Steffen from Alta are behind the popular music genre “Nightcore” – news Troms and Finnmark
