nightcore

night +‎ -core (compare other genres in -core), from Nightcore, the Norwegian duo who created the genre, who said their name meant "we are the core of the night, so you'll dance all night long."[1]

nightcore (uncountable)

1. A plunderphonic style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up, increasing its pitch.
   • 2019 January, Noah Yoo, “Grimes Shares New Nightcore Remix of ‘We Appreciate Power’: Listen”, in Pitchfork‎:

     Grimes has shared a new remix of her recent single “We Appreciate Power.” Billed as a “Nightcore Remix” and produced by HANA, the track sees the original song (also featuring HANA) sped up and pitch-shifted.

   • 2020 April 23, Koltan Greenwood, “You have to hear Waterparks’ dreamy new remix of this ‘FANDOM’ track”, in Altpress‎:

     Unfortunately, we never received other versions of the “Turbulent” track. We were particularly stoked for the “Nightcore Remix.”

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