daycore
daycore noun: a plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.
Noun
daycore (uncountable)
- A plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.
- a daycore remix
- Perhaps extending from their relative ubiquity on TikTok's predecessor Musical.ly, nightcore audios have a strong presence on the app; so do their opposites, "daycore" or "anti-nightcore" remixes, in which tracks are slowed down for a heady, sluggish effect.2020 December 21, Cat Zhang, “The Year in Music on TikTok 2020”, in Pitchfork, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2023
- Synonyms:
- anti-nightcore
- Antonyms:
- nightcore
Synonyms of daycore
Antonyms
Origin of daycore
From day + -core, coined by analogy with nightcore (“a style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up and increasing its pitch”).
Questions about daycore
- What does daycore mean?
- Daycore means a plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.
- What part of speech is daycore?
- Daycore is a noun.
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