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future funk

future funk noun: a house offshoot which emerged from vaporwave in the early 2010s, characterized by reverb effects, more rhythmic structures, and often, vocal samples from city pop and anime.

Noun

future funk (uncountable)

  1. a house offshoot which emerged from vaporwave in the early 2010s, characterized by reverb effects, more rhythmic structures, and often, vocal samples from city pop and anime.
    • A lot of people would say that future funk just rips off the original song, but I disagree. It brings a new meaning and feeling to it. There’s a lot more effort put into it than a lot of people think. It also brings a lot of attention to the original song.2019 November 12, Margaret Cataldi, “Classical composer explains future funk”, in The Prospector, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020
    • Where many future funk producers make soundtracks for kawaii dance halls and coastal drives, SUI UZI's feels more at home at a darkening club after last call, or on a lonely drive home from a first date gone wrong.2020 February, deliriously...daniel, “A Twilit Trist: Looking Back at SUI UZI's Night Songs Trilogy”, in Private Suite Magazine, number 11, page 25
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see future, funk.: funk with futuristic elements.

Questions about future funk

What does future funk mean?
Future funk means a house offshoot which emerged from vaporwave in the early 2010s, characterized by reverb effects, more rhythmic structures, and often, vocal samples from city pop and anime.
What part of speech is future funk?
Future funk is a noun.

Words near future funk in the dictionary

  1. future endeavor
  2. future endeavored
  3. future endeavoring
  4. future endeavors
  5. future faking
  6. future funk
  7. future garage
  8. future histories
  9. future history
  10. future house
  11. future interest

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