It’s time to learn about the Russian sound you hear every time you scroll

Phonk has quietly become the soundtrack of global internet cool – even as its creators remain obscure and under-credited Not long ago, ‘internet music’ meant something soft, silly, or ironic. Think ‘Nyan Cat’, vaporwave edits, lo-fi loops. Even TikTok’s early soundtracks leaned toward mellow, melodic moods. But in the past three years, something has shifted. […]