Key Background. Sped-up remixes of songs blew up on TikTok last year, and some label executives have embraced the trend as a marketing opportunity, Billboard reported.After a fan-made sped-up ...

Sped-Up Songs Are Taking Over TikTok and Driving Songs Up the Charts 11/10/2022 It’s likely that no one is playing more sped-up remixes on the air than SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio, which launched ...

Sped up songs: why are music fans becoming captivated by quick TikTok hits? The recent influx of sped-up remixes intended for TikTok have helped push certain songs to the top of the charts.

With sped-up versions of popular songs taking over TikTok and boosting Spotify streams, music industry experts DJ 4Korners and Reanna Cruz look at what’s fuelling this need for speed — and how ...

Sped-up songs, mashups and slowed versions are really TikTok’s way of giving that to people.” The sped-up sound has musical roots going back to the mid 2000s, when it originated as a subgenre ...

With Sped-Up Songs Taking Over, Artists Feel the Need for Speed. Life in the fast lane: Labels are leaning into uptempo remixes as a way of driving streams and bringing "new life to tracks" ...

Sped-up listening emerged in the early 2000s as “nightcore”, launched by a Norwegian DJ duo of the same name, who sped up a song’s pitch and speed.

Instead of balking at the existence of the sped-up remix, it’s worth understanding where this “new” sound comes from, and how there might be more to it than just shorter attention spans.