In last month's episode predicting the coming year in pop, one of the team's predictions was that trance music – the ethereal, dreamy subgenre of electronic music popular around the turn of the century – would make a comeback on the charts in 2025. And even though we're less than two months into the year, we're already seeing the tides of nostalgia bring this club-oriented music come back into fashion. This episode of Switched On Pop, Nate, Charlie, and Reanna take a look at trance music: where it came from, what it sounds like, and if we can hear it in two of the year's most anticipated records: The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow and FKA Twigs's EUSEXUA. Does it trance?
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Songs Discussed
- KLF "What Time is Love? (Pure Trance Mix)"
- Sven Väth "L'Esperanza"
- Robert Miles "Children"
- Paul van Dyk "For an Angel"
- Ian Van Dahl "Castles in the Sky"
- Tiësto "Adagio for Strings"
- Darude "Sandstorm"
- Charlotte De Witte "Universal Consciousness"
- FKA twigs "Two Weeks"
- FKA twigs "Cellophane"
- FKA twigs "Tears in the Club" feat. The Weeknd
- FKA twigs "EUSEXUA"
- FKA twigs "Drums of Death"
- FKA twigs "Perfect Stranger"
- FKA twigs "Room of Fools"
- FKA twigs "Childlike Things"
- The Weeknd "Wake Me Up" feat. Justice
- The Weeknd "Open Hearts"
- The Weeknd "The Abyss" feat. Lana Del Rey
- The Weeknd "Timeless" feat. Playboi Carti
- The Weeknd "Give Me Mercy"
- The Weeknd "Red Terror"
- The Weeknd "Sao Paulo" feat. Anitta
- The Weeknd "Reflections" feat. Travis Scott & Florence + The Machine
- The Weeknd "Enjoy the Show"
- The Weeknd "I Can't Wait to Get There"
- The Weeknd "Hurry Up Tomorrow"
- The Weeknd "Blinding Lights"
- The Weeknd "Save Your Tears"
- The Weeknd "Until I Bleed Out"
- The Weeknd "Take My Breath"
- The Weeknd "Out of Time"
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