List of microgenres

Main article: Microgenre

Music

• Alternative R&B^[1][2][3]
• Art pop^[1]
• Balearic pop^[4]
• Baltimore club^[4]
• Blackgaze^[5]
• Blog house^[3]
• Brostep^[3]
• Business techno^[6]
• Chillwave^[3][4][7]
• Cloud rap^[4][5][7]
• Complextro^[3]
• Crabcore^[3]
• Crunk^[4]
• Comfy synth^[8]
• Country rap^[9]
• Deconstructed club^[1]
• Distroid^[10]
• Drill^[4]
• Egg punk^[5]
• Electroclash^[3][4]
• Electropop^[1]
• Fidget house^[3]
• Freak folk^[3]
• Future funk^[11]
• Future bass^[3]
• Future garage^[3]
• Future house^[3]
• Guarachero^[12]
• Hardvapour^[13][14][15]
• Hipster hop^[16]
• Hyperpop^[1][5][17]
• Hypnagogic pop^[3]
• Incelcore^[18]
• Jerkin'^[4]
• J-garage^[19]
• Lo-fi hip hop^[3]
• Lo-fi house^[3]
• Lo-fi pop^[5]
• Minneapolis sound^[20]
• Moombahton^[3]
• Mumble rap^[21]
• Nightcore^[3]
• Noisegrind^[22]
• Nu rave^[23]
• Pornogrind^[24]
• Seapunk^{[3][7][10][25]}
• Shangaan electro^[26]
• Shibuya-kei^[27]
• Shitgaze^[3][4][7]
• Sigilkore^[28]
• Sinogrime^[29]
• Skweee^[3]
• Slam death metal^[30]
• Slowed and reverb^[3]
• Snap^[4]
• Synthwave^[31]
• Tropical house^[3]
• UK funky^[32]
• Vaporwave^{[3][4][5][10]}
• Weightless^[33]
• Witch house^{[3][4][7][10][34]}
• Wonky^[3]

See also

• List of electronic music genres

Other music genres

• Avant-prog
• Bardcore
• Bedroom pop
• Bubblegum bass
• Cringe pop
• Cuddlecore
• Dream-beat
• Dreampunk
• Folktronica
• Gothabilly
• Indietronica
• Kawaii future bass
• Lowercase
• Minimal wave
• Neon pop-punk
• New Weird America
• New pop
• New wave of new wave
• Nightcore
• Outsider music
• Post-progressive
• Proto-prog
• Proto-punk
• Sophisti-pop
• Wonky pop
• Yacht rock
• Zeuhl

Lists of subgenres

• Hardcore punk genres
• Heavy metal genres
• Industrial music genres
• Punk rock genres
• Trance genres

References

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7. Marcus, Ezra (May 12, 2017). "Wave Music Is a Marketing Tactic, Not a Microgenre". Vice.
8. Magee, Tamlin (2023-03-15). "The inside story of comfy synth, the internet's snuggliest microgenre". Dazed. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
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13. Arcand, Rob (July 12, 2016). "Inside Hardvapour, an Aggressive, Wry Rebellion Against Vaporwave". Vice. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
14. Friedlander, Emilie (August 19, 2019). "Chillwave: a momentary microgenre that ushered in the age of nostalgia". The Guardian.
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16. Matt Preira (May 10, 2011). "Five Key Moments in the Chronology of Hipster Hop". Miami New Times. Retrieved August 17, 2011. a brewing microgenre poised to take the mainstream by storm
17. Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (10 November 2020). "How Hyperpop, a Small Spotify Playlist, Grew Into a Big Deal". The New York Times.
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21. "The real 'Slim Shady' strikes again with latest album release | Arts & Entertainment". theeastcarolinian.com. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
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23. "LA Priest walks us through each track of his homemade, immersive new pop album Gene". The FADER. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
24. Weingarten, Christopher R. (2019-08-07). "WTF Is Pornogrind?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
25. Stevens & O'Donnell 2020, p. 6.
26. "DJ Mag's electronic albums that defined the decade". DJ Mag. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
27. L-Vis 1990 & Sinjin Hawke Feat. Pink Dollaz (29 August 2018). "Singles Club: Empress Of, MihTy, mmph". Factmag.com. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
28. "The Musical Age of Shitpost Modernism". Pitchfork. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
29. "Kode9's new Japanese chip compilation will change your perspective on video game music". The FADER. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
30. Deaville, Jason (2018). "The blackened slamming death metal of hateful transgression". Metal Injection.
31. Hunt, Jon (9 April 2014). "We Will Rock You: Welcome To The Future. This is Synthwave". l'etoile. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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34. Garb, Kyle. "Witch House: An Intro To The Microgenre That Influenced Everyone From Tyler, The Creator To ASAP Rocky". Complex. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

Bibliography

• Stevens, Anne H.; O'Donnell, Molly C., eds. (2020). The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5013-4583-8.