Nightcore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nightcore is a noun meaning A plunderphonic style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up, increasing its pitch. Usually associated with visuals of anime-style artwork.
Meaning
A plunderphonic style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up, increasing its pitch. Usually associated with visuals of anime-style artwork.
Example Sentences
Mofo's [motherfucker's] tagging nearly everything Nightcore : it's not Nightcore! Maybe if you knew about hardcore you'd know that in the first place. <_<
It's all in the title. Anyone know of good original Nightcore songs? Original being the key word here. And I guess any other really good Nightcore song too.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include noisecore, nocturne, technorock, nerdcore, technopunk, trancecore.
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