slurmcore.
A microgenre that remixes popular songs by lowering the pitch of the vocals and speeding up the tempo, typically by chopping or truncating every other beat, resulting in a disorienting version of the original track.
Meaning & usage
A microgenre that remixes popular songs by lowering the pitch of the vocals and speeding up the tempo, typically by chopping or truncating every other beat, resulting in a disorienting version of the original track.
Where this word comes from
slurm + -core In December 2017, a modified version of the song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by the band The Proclaimers was posted to Tumblr, on which one user commented "This is the only mp3 I've ever downloaded off this site that had metadata of any kind and it's Mmmm Slurms [sic]." In the following years, various "Slurms"-related media was posted to YouTube, until late 2025, when "Slurmcore: Weezer – Buddy Holly" was uploaded, sparking the internet meme known as slurmcore.
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