sigilkore

{{Infobox music genre

| name = Sigilkore

| image = LUCIAEOM.wav

| caption = Sample of All Eyez On Me by Luci4, showcasing common techniques within Sigilkore like sped & chopped mixing, bitcrushing, and trap drums

| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Pop|chopped and screwed|trap|cloud rap|electronic|hip-hop|hyperpop}}

| cultural_origins = SoundCloud, Late 2010s, America (Florida, California)

| derivatives = *Krushclub{{Cite web |last=Haven |first=Simon |date=2025-02-12 |title=Krushclub: The Mysterious Microgenre That Dominated TikTok in 2024 |url=https://www.edmprod.com/krushclub/#h-tiktok-and-the-rise-of-krushclub |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=EDMProd |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title=THE FACE's guide to the American rap underground |url=https://theface.com/music/underground-internet-rap-rage-carti-yeat-ambient-plugg-iokera-terror-jerk-krushclub-lumi-athena |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=The Face |last=Reynolds|first=Kieran|language=en-gb}}

Krushfunk

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| other_topics = *Hyperpop

}}

Sigilkore is an electronic music movement and microgenre that incorporates elements of trap music and cloud rap, originating in the late 2010s on SoundCloud. It is characterized by extremely complicated DJ mixing and digital stereo effects, often layered in-post over recorded vocals.

Etymology

The term "sigil" derives from the Latin sigillum (pl. sigilla), meaning "seal". In medieval magic, the term sigil was commonly used to refer to occult signs which represented various angels and demons which the practitioner might summon.

Musical characteristics

Sigilkore is characterized by difficult mixing and digital stereo effects, often layered in-post over recorded vocals, alongside bass-boosted 808s, wide and reverb-soaked synths, and bitcrush effects. In sigilkore music, lyrical themes mostly revolve around dark themes, including blood and vampires. The genre takes a blend of trap drums with a more ambient approach, faster tempos, and experimental mixing and mastering techniques. It was described as an experimental genre with no boundaries.{{Cite web |last=Lochrie |first=Conor |date=2024-07-12 |title=9lives Drops Lancey Foux Collaborative Single ABU DHABI |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/9lives-lancey-foux-abu-dhabi-single-63567/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Rasmussen |first=Simon |date=2024-04-19 |title=9lives' Latest Single Pushes Sigilkore |url=https://officemagazine.net/9lives-latest-single-pushes-sigilkore |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=Office Magazine |language=en}}

History

Sigilkore originated on the music sharing app SoundCloud during the late 2010s. SpaceGhostPurrp,{{Cite web |last=Orvis |first=Jameson |date=2021-01-15 |title=A Guide to Soundcloud's Demonic Underworld |url=https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/01/14/a-guide-to-soundclouds-demonic-underworld/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Passion of the Weiss |language=en-US}} along with producers within his collective BMB Deathrow, laid the groundwork for what would later become Sigilkore, which was pioneered by producers, Odetari, Luci4, and 9lives.{{Cite web |last=Downs |first=Sarah |date=2024-04-22 |title=9lives Praises the Power of the Internet on New Single CANADA |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/9lives-canada-jnhygs-new-single-58244/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Lavinthal |first=Dennis |last2=Beer |first2=Lenny |date=January 16, 2024 |title=PULSE lands 9lives |url=https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumor-mill/pulse-lands-9lives |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Hits Daily Double |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Shumba |first=Ano |date=2024-01-17 |title=SA: 9lives inks deal with Pulse Records |url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/sa-9lives-inks-deal-pulse-records |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Music In Africa |language=en}} Luci4, a member of BMB Deathrow, would expand upon this style by frequently including references to Occultism, within his cover art and lyrics. He is also credited with coining the term for Sigilkore around 2019.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}} Sigilkore, as a genre exploded in popularity in summer 2021, when Luci4's songs "Bodypartz",{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Cat |date=2021-12-14 |title=The Year in Music on TikTok 2021 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/tiktok-songs-2021/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Pitchfork}} "All Eyez on Me", and "Kurxxed Emeraldz" blew up on TikTok.{{Cite web |last=Karp |first=Hannah |date=2021-08-16 |title=From Trends to Tracks: Social Media Creators Are Becoming Musical Tastemakers |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billboard-new-chart-logitech-creators-trends-tiktok-youtube-9612042/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US |quote=Kurxxed Emeraldz shot upward 61% to 206,000 streams in the U.S during the same time period, underlining Glitchgirlmaster's ability to break songs through original social media content.}}{{Cite web |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |date=2024-01-19 |title=The Musical Age of Shitpost Modernism |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-age-of-shitpost-modernism/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} The genre was also popularized by siouxxie's "masquerade," which would go viral in mid-2021 and Odetari.{{Cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Jeff |title=9 Crossover Songs Of January 2025 Expanding K-Pop: JENNIE, ATEEZ, IVE |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjamin/2025/02/08/9-crossover-songs-from-january-2025-expanding-k-pops-global-reach/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

Krushclub

{{Infobox music genre

| name = Krushclub

| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Hyperpop}}

| cultural_origins = Early 2020s, America

| derivatives = * Krushfunk

| subgenrelist =

}}

Krushclub is a subgenre of sigilkore, originating in the early 2020s, mixing Jersey club elements with electronic sound qualities, known for its energetic sound and catchy beats. Similar to Glitchcore, various social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube has spread it across the Internet, most notably following the increasing traction of Lumi Athena's "Smoke It Off" with Jnhygs. Notable artists who led to this rise in popularity and granted importance to the genre, include 6arelyhuman, Luci4, Odetari, and Lumi Athena. Krushfunk, a subgenre of Krushclub, mixes elements of electronic music with Brazilian funk music, the term was coined by Xxanteria.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}