daycore

English

Etymology

From day +‎ -core, coined by analogy with nightcore (“a style of music based on taking an original track and speeding it up and increasing its pitch”).

Noun

daycore (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang, music) A style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.

   Synonym: anti-nightcore

   Antonym: nightcore

   a daycore remix

   • 2020 December 21, Cat Zhang, “The Year in Music on TikTok 2020”, in Pitchfork‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-03-28:

     Perhaps extending from their relative ubiquity on TikTok's predecessor Musical.ly, nightcore audios have a strong presence on the app; so do their opposites, "daycore" or "anti-nightcore" remixes, in which tracks are slowed down for a heady, sluggish effect.

   • 2022 June 3, Allia Luzong, “7 Weirdly Specific YouTube Channels That Are Perfect for Procrastinating”, in A Little Bit Human‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

     If you've heard of the reverb + slowed trend, congrats, you've been listening to music on YouTube. The slowed trend is just one of many YouTube music trends, earlier versions of which include Nightcore and Daycore.