Meanings
slurmcore1
- InternetuncountableA microgenre that remixes popular songs by lowering the pitch of the vocals and speeding up the tempo, typically by chopping or truncating every other beat, resulting in a disorienting version of the original track.
Dokpetra is one of Earth’s premiere Slurmers, the heroes chopping up classic songs in Ableton Live to create Slurmcore [...] Humor and goofiness plays a similar role in Dokpetra’s work, [...] when they join in on their favorite trends like Slurmcore [...]
2026 April 29, Gerharz, Oliver, “https://www.emmiemusic.com/interviews/therottenissuedokpetra”, in Emmie
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Origin
slurm + -core In December 2017, a modified version of the song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by the band The Proclaimers was posted to Tumblr, on which one user commented "This is the only mp3 I've ever downloaded off this site that had metadata of any kind and it's Mmmm Slurms [sic]." In the following years, various "Slurms"-related media was posted to YouTube, until late 2025, when "Slurmcore: Weezer – Buddy Holly" was uploaded, sparking the internet meme known as slurmcore.
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slurmcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slurmcore
“slurmcore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slurmcore. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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