Were There Any New Genres In The 2010s?

Every decade has spawned new genres of music: Rock in the 50s, hip hop in the 80s, etc. So what about the most recent full decade: the 2010s? Has musical innovation slowed to the point where no significant new genres have emerged? Or was the decade, in fact, full of innovation; you just had to know where to look? Well if the length of this video is any indication, it turns out it’s the latter. There were a TON of new genres, more than we could include even in a 1 hour video. Check out the podcast follow-up to the video on Patreon! There were so many songs featured in this video, we cannot list them like we normally do. So please refer to the titles in the video to ID a specific track. OR, check out this Spotify playlist, which has every song in the order it was included: (minus the ones that aren’t on Spotify) 2:37 Alternative R&B 3:58 Drill 5:52 Afrobea
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