epadunk
{{Short description|Music genre}}
Epadunk{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-27|date=2022-12-27|language=sv-SE|title=Orden som gjorde raketkarriär!|url=https://spraktidningen.se/2022/12/orden-som-gjorde-raketkarriar/|work=Språktidningen}} ({{IPA|sv|ˈêːpaˌdɵŋk}}) or raggardunk{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=20 October 2021|publisher=Sveriges Radio|title=Uppsving för fjortisdunk: "man vill känna basen i ryggen"|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/uppsving-for-fjortisdunk-man-vill-kanna-basen-i-ryggen}}{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=19 December 2022|publisher=Österbottens Tidning|title=Fröken Snusk uppträder maskerad på nattklubb i Jakobstad och Vasa|url=https://www.osterbottenstidning.fi/Artikel/Visa/643273}} is a genre of music, often electronic, that has been associated with EPA tractors and A-tractors in Sweden since the early 2020s.
The lyrics often focus on themes like alcohol, sex and driving A-tractors (a car modified to have a low maximum speed that can be driven from 15 years of age and which is often associated with rural Sweden).{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=4 December 2022|first=Anna|last=Rosenström|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|title=Så blev epa-dunk en topplistesuccé|url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/s%C3%A5-blev-epa-dunk-en-topplistesucc%C3%A9-1.87054355}} The genre achieved significant commercial success in Sweden in 2022, with several songs among the most streamed on streaming services. The musical style can be viewed as part of a wider lifestyle and culture where young people driving EPA-tractors/A-tractors want to show off their vehicles with accompanying sound systems.{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=27 December 2022|publisher=Sveriges Radio|title=Epadunket en stor del av livsstilen – "Det ska vara mycket bas"|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/epadunket-en-stor-del-av-livsstilen-det-ska-vara-mycket-bas}} In addition to electronic party music (including 1990s Eurodance), song by artists such as Eddie Meduza and Lasse Stefanz have also been heard blaring from these vehicles.{{cite news|access-date=11 January 2023|date=9 December 2021|language=sv|title=Philip har gett Lasse Stefanz låt nytt liv|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/philip-har-gett-lasse-stefanz-lat-nytt-liv-popular-bland-epa-ungdomar|work=Sveriges Radio}}{{cite news|access-date=11 January 2023|date=19 June 2022|language=sv|title=Här är artisterna som får EPA-traktorerna att skaka|url=https://headtopics.com/se/har-ar-artisterna-som-f-r-epa-traktorerna-att-skaka-27369377|work=Head Topics}}
Bolaget,{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=30 November 2022|publisher=Expressen|title=Epadunk utmanar den svenska hiphoppen|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/epadunk-utmanar-den-svenska-hiphoppen/}} Rasmus Gozzi, Fröken Snusk and Hooja are some of the names associated with the genre.{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=27 December 2022|publisher=Omni|title=Ett succéår för epadunk: "Det betyder mycket"|url=https://omni.se/ett-succear-for-epadunk-det-betyder-mycket/a/XbRWyg}}{{cite news|access-date=11 January 2023|author=Hannah Lindgren|author2=Cecilia Tiberg|date=11 January 2023|language=sv|title=Fröken Snusk om den uppmärksammade låten|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/froken-snusk-om-den-uppmaskammade-laten|work=SVT Kultur}}
Background
File:Volvo at Power Big Meet 2005.jpg, a slow-moving vehicle marked with a red triangle sign at the back, is often associated with the Epadunk style of music.]]Epadunk{{Cite web |date=2022-12-27 |title=Epadunk och putinpriser – här är årets Nyordslista 2022 |url=https://www.tv4.se/artikel/WNmIu86rYOHpkHSzK0aQC/epadunk-och-putinpriser-haer-aer-arets-nya-ord |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.tv4.se |language=sv}} has been described as a cross between electronic dance music (EDM) and könsrock, a Swedish term for a type of Swedish rock music characterized by humoristic and irreverent lyrics that often include sexually explicit lyrics, innuendos, toilet humor and positive descriptions of alcohol consumption and drunkenness.{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2023|date=4 December 2022|publisher=Aftonbladet|title=Epadunk ska vara en dålig och dumkåt version av Crazy Frog|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/a/GMrEQx/markus-larsson-om-eadunk-fran-eddie-meduza-till-bolaget}} Among the precursors and sources of inspiration for the genre are the Norwegian genre russemusikk as well as the so-called "fjortisdunk" (a derogatory Swedish term used to describe dance music commonly listened to by young people in the 2000s, by artists like Basshunter).{{cite web|access-date=3 January 2022|date=20 June 2022|publisher=Dagens Nyheter|title=Här är artisterna som får epa-traktorerna att skaka|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/har-ar-artisterna-som-far-epa-traktorerna-att-skaka/}} Dansband and hiphop music have also been cited as sources of inspiration.
References
External links
- [https://www.svt.se/kultur/musikkritikern "Vad är epadunk? Musikkritikern förklarar."] on the public television broadcaster Svt.se, 11 Januari, 2023.