{{Short description|Genre of music}} {{For|the hip hop subgenre|Trap music}} {{Infobox music genre | name = EDM trap music | other_names = * EDM trap * acid trap * trapstep | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|EDM|trap|house|pop rap|hip-hop|dubstep|reggae|Electro house|hardstyle|moombahton|dancehall|electro pop}} | cultural_origins = Early 2010s, United States | instruments = {{hlist|Music sequencer|sampler|synthesizer|keyboard instrument|digital audio workstation}} | derivatives = Future bass | subgenres = {{hlist|Twerk<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://runthetrap.com/2013/06/02/what-is-twerk-music/|title=What is Twerk Music? | 100 BPM Trap - Bounce Music - Run the Trap|date=3 June 2013}}</ref>|Chill trap|Hybrid trap|Festival trap<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rtrap.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808113402/https://rtrap.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |title=Home |website=rtrap.org}}</ref>|Heaven trap<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edm.com/music-releases/slander-channel-heaven-trap-roots-in-collaboration-with-jason-ross|title = SLANDER Channel Heaven Trap Roots in New Collaboration with Jason Ross| date=29 May 2020 }}</ref>|Hardwave<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatportal.com/beatport-news/exploring-wave-beatports-newest-genre/|title = Exploring Wave, Beatport's Newest Genre|date = 15 April 2021}}</ref>|Hard trap}} | other_topics = {{hlist|Footwork|rage music}} }} thumb|250px|An example of EDM with trap-inspired elements ("Arabian Riches" by Audial)
'''EDM trap music''', or '''Trap EDM'''<ref name="mnt">{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-03-14/music/top-five-trap-stars-at-ultra-music-festival-2013/full/|title=Top Five Trap Stars at Ultra Music Festival 2013|last=Bein|first=Kat|publisher=Miami New Times|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-date=2014-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022143018/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-03-14/music/top-five-trap-stars-at-ultra-music-festival-2013/full/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a fusion genre of hip-hop, rave, and electronic dance music (EDM),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hip_Hop_around_the_World/LRnOEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA2007-IA6 |title=Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia |date=December 2018 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313357596 |page=701 |access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref> that originated in the early 2010s on peaking popularity of big room house and hip hop trap genres. It blends elements of hip hop trap, which is an offshoot of Southern hip-hop, with elements of EDM like build-ups, drops, dense production with rave music synthesizers, and breakdowns.<ref>{{cite news |title=An Idiot's Guide to EDM Genres |url=https://www.complex.com/music/an-idiots-guide-to-edm-genres/trap-4 |access-date=21 September 2019 |work=Complex |date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> As it was popularized, it increasingly began incorporating more pop elements. EDM trap songs and production are typically very dynamic, boisterous, experimental, and sparky in comparison to the hip-hop version of trap, due to its EDM and rave music elements, tendencies and structure.
==History== Around 2012, a new style of electronic dance music (EDM) emerged which incorporated elements of trap music,<ref name="mnt" /> creating "dirty, aggressive beats [and] dark melodies."<ref name="mnt" /> Electronic music producers, such as TNGHT, Baauer, RL Grime, Flosstradamus and Yellow Claw (DJs) expanded the popularity, and brought wider attention to the derivative forms of trap.<ref name="rtt">{{cite web|url=http://runthetrap.com/what-is-trap-music/|title=What is Trap Music? Trap Music Explained|publisher=Run The Trap|access-date=24 November 2013}}</ref> This genre saw the use of techno, dub, and electro sounds combined with the Roland TR-808 drum samples and vocal samples typical of hip hop trap.<ref name="rtt" />
In the later half of 2012, these various offshoots of hip hop trap became increasingly popular and made a noticeable impact on the American electronic dance music scene.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wagner|first=David|date=2012-12-06|title=The New Music Genres of 2012, in Order of Ridiculousness|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2012/12/new-music-genres-2012/320738/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> The music was initially dubbed simply as "trap" by producers and fans, which led to the term "trap" being used to address the music of both rappers and electronic producers, to much confusion among followers of both. The term "trap" continued to be used to describe two separate genres of hip hop and dance music.<ref name="complex">{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/real-trap-sht-the-commodification-of-southern-raps-drug-fueled-subgenre/page/2|title=The Commodification of Southern Rap's Drug-Fueled Subgenre|last=Drake|first=David|publisher=Complex|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011194549/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/real-trap-sht-the-commodification-of-southern-raps-drug-fueled-subgenre/page/2|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> The new wave of the genre has been labeled by some as "EDM trap" to distinguish it from the hip hop genre. The terms "trap-techno" and "trapstep" are often labeled by producers to describe the musical structure of an individual track. The evolving EDM trap has seen incorporation and stylistic influences from dubstep, in which trap has been hailed as the superseding phase of dubstep during the mid-2010s. The new phase typically plays at 140 BPM with strong bass drops, which began growing in popularity from 2013.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/10/trap_music_edm_uz_baauer_ugk.php?page=2|title='What the hell is Trap music (And why is Dubstep involved)'|date=2012-04-10|work=LA Weekly|access-date=2012-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007180702/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/10/trap_music_edm_uz_baauer_ugk.php?page=2|archive-date=2012-10-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2013, a fan-made video by Filthy Frank (also known as Joji), of EDM trap producer Baauer's track "Harlem Shake", became an internet meme, propelling the track to become the first EDM trap song to hit number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/02/harlem-shake-meme-dead/62098/|title=The Harlem Shake Meme Is Dead|last=Wagner|first=David|date=February 13, 2013|work=The Atlantic Wire|publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220094024/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/02/harlem-shake-meme-dead/62098/|archive-date=February 20, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> This challenge the track was used for consisted of one person dancing to the rhythm of the song until the beat dropped, in which then whoever else within the video would dance along with the person dancing in the beginning. Five EDM trap producers performed at the 2013 Ultra Music Festival in the United States, including DJ Craze, Baauer and Flosstradamus.<ref name="mnt" /> The 2013 Tomorrowland festival featured a "trap stage".
On February 10, 2013, All Trap Music released their debut compilation album which featured 19 tracks from artists including RL Grime, Flosstradamus, Baauer, Bro Safari and 12th Planet. Described by the music press as the first album of its kind<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earmilk.com/2013/02/11/all-trap-music-mini-mix/comments|title=All Trap Music Mini Mix|last=Herr|first=Lindsay|date=2014-08-14|publisher=Earmilk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819130934/http://www.earmilk.com/2013/02/11/all-trap-music-mini-mix/comments|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-08-18}}</ref><ref name="autogeneratedmix">{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/article/vibe-premiere-all-trap-music-mix-aei-media-edm-hip-hop-baauer-bro-safari-12th-Planet-RL-Grime|title=V Premiere: "All Trap Music" Minimix from AEI|date=2013-01-28|publisher=Vibe|access-date=2014-08-18|archive-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626164657/http://www.vibe.com/article/vibe-premiere-all-trap-music-mix-aei-media-edm-hip-hop-baauer-bro-safari-12th-Planet-RL-Grime|url-status=dead}}</ref> it reached number two in the iTunes dance chart with ''Vibe'' stating it was "the world's biggest-selling EDM trap album ever."<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In 2013, DJ Snake and Lil Jon released the single "Turn Down for What", which became both a commercial hit charting in several countries and a critical hit. ''Rolling Stone'' voted "Turn Down for What" as the second best song of 2014, saying that, "The year's nutsiest party jam was also the perfect protest banger for a generation fed up with everything. DJ Snake brings the synapse-rattling EDM and Southern trap music; Lil Jon brings the dragon-fire holler for a hilarious, glorious, glowstick-punk fuck you."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2014-20141203/dj-snake-feat-lil-jon-turn-down-for-what-20141202|title=Turn Down For What|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
EDM trap music has also found fame internationally, especially in South Korea. South Korean boy band BigBang was one of the earliest groups to bring EDM trap into the K-pop sphere with commercial hit singles such as "Good Boy" (2014) by its members GD X Taeyang and "Bang Bang Bang" (2015).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/g-dragon-taeyang-gdxty-good-boy-mv-6327197/|title=G-Dragon & Taeyang Combine Powers for Big, Booming Banger 'Good Boy|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|date=20 November 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=31 January 2015}}</ref> In 2018, South Korean girl group Blackpink released the commercially and critically successful single "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du", which propelled the EDM trap sound to "global heights". ''Rolling Stone'' recognized "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" for having perfected and popularized K-pop's EDM trap template, and named it the sixth best Korean song of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2023-07-20 |title=The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-korean-pop-songs-1234727955/ddu-du-ddu-du-blackpink-1234729023/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720223526/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-korean-pop-songs-1234727955/ddu-du-ddu-du-blackpink-1234729023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
EDM trap began to fuse with synth-pop and emo pop in the late 2010s when Philadelphia producer group Working on Dying began to produce Eternal Atake, the third studio album by Francisville rapper Lil Uzi Vert. Brandon Finessin of Working on Dying earned eight producer credits on Lil Uzi Vert's emo rap album, adding hyperpop and EDM elements to traditional trap drum sequences. This led to Lil Uzi Vert and Brandon Finessin leading the Billboard charts collaboratively on the Producers and Songwriters Top 100s.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Brandon Finessin & Lil Uzi Vert Lead Hot 100 Producers, Songwriters Charts|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9336917/brandon-finessin-lil-uzi-vert-lead-hot-100-producers-songwriters-charts|access-date=2021-03-15|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}</ref> This caused an offshoot scene of hyperpop trap beats to emerge from minor YouTube producers based on Working on Dying's electronic approach to trap music.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
A new subgenre of EDM trap music referred to as trapwave (or hardwave) emerged also in late 2010s that fuses trap music with synthwave.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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