On Nightcore

Did you know there’s a whole genre of music centered around speeding up songs? And they sound like chipmunks sing them? Well I didn’t.

But Hamilton just put out a Nightcore EP for the tenth anniversary of the musical on Broadway (damn, it’s been a fast decade) and I’ve just discovered that I rather like fast-paced, squeaky voiced music. Brian claims he’s known about this for a while, but not many of the other songs he’s showed me hit the same way as this Hamilton EP. The diction, focus, and breath control needed to keep pace with the sped-up soundtrack is on point. It makes me want to crack open that Hamiltome (or take a look at the lyrics included in the boxed set of vinyl) and study.

This morning, I realized that listening to something fast-paced, with clean, crisp articulation got me hyped up for the day. I’ll have to do this more often. I highly recommend listening to some Nightcore, partially because they tend to have cool anime-style cover art, partially because a lot of them sound like theme songs for action-packed shows, but mostly because it’s hard to be in a bad mood if you’re picturing Cinderella’s mice or Chuck E. Cheese singing to you about the high-stakes American Revolution.

-G