The genre is so steeped in 4chan culture that even incelcore band names tend to reflect in jokes found on the message board. “The epic songs that get TikTok roasties seething” The songs are almost exclusively written in a vernacular borrowed from the murkier corners of 4chans /pol/ board and reflecting the usual obsessions of the far-right communists, liberals, George Soros, as well as their primary target of women. While the sonic palette of the music draws to mind the low-fi surf punk of Pitchfork buzz band Wavves who rose to fame 10 years prior, the lyrical themes found in the incelcore genre paint a stark contrast with the beach bum lifestyle espoused by their predecessors. “BPD and ecstasy, conceited with low self-esteem, she’s a whore, a hole a dime a dozen jezebel” sings flagship incelcore artist Negative XP in his song “Scott Pilgrim VS the World Ruined a Whole Generation of Women” which became a viral hit on TikTok and propelled the 19-year-old from relative obscurity to music industry infamy. A cursory listen will, however, reveal more shared ground between Elliot Rogers manifesto than the blues-rock classic. The songs in question are part of the new but growing internet micro-genre known as “incelcore” – on account of their anti-feminist lyrical content coupled with the artists self-identification as involuntary celibates.Īs music has long been an artistic medium in which young men can profit off tales of unrequited love and broken hearts – one might be tempted to ask what makes this any more incel than, say, a yearning hit such as Eric Clapton’s Layla.
Recently however, a starkly different trend emerged seemingly out of nowhere in which TikTokers react to songs featuring deeply misogynistic lyrics. For the most part the apps big successes have been the types of dances that you may have seen enthusiastically practiced by your nephew, Ellen DeGeneres, or both. In recent years the social media behemoth TikTok has led to the emergence of a wide variety of largely innocuous viral crazes. Jake Hurley explores the emerging wave of self-described incels using DIY punk as a vehicle for their misogyny. Sexism in the hyper-masculine world of rock music is nothing new, but recently a group of 4chan trolls turned Soundcloud artists have made it their entire USP.
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