{"id":1553,"date":"2025-04-22T15:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/04\/22\/electronic-music-dethrones-indie-on-tiktok-as-festival-lineups-reflect-genres-growing-influence\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:10:46","slug":"electronic-music-dethrones-indie-on-tiktok-as-festival-lineups-reflect-genres-growing-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/04\/22\/electronic-music-dethrones-indie-on-tiktok-as-festival-lineups-reflect-genres-growing-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Music Dethrones Indie on TikTok as Festival Lineups Reflect Genre&#039;s Growing Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edm.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA4NzUwODQ4NTc3MTg1MDc1\/small-2_ethankarlin_ethankarlin-6-large.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the number of views of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@edm?lang=en\">TikTok<\/a> videos with electronic music soars past that of indie, the genre is no longer just pulsing through clubs, but powering pop culture&#8217;s algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>The rise of EDM on TikTok is a signpost for where global listening trends are heading, and the numbers are hard to ignore. In 2024, TikTok videos tagged with #ElectronicMusic garnered over 13 billion views globally, a 45% leap from the previous year, For the first time, those figures outpaced content using indie and alternative music tags, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/20\/views-of-tiktok-posts-with-electronic-music-outgrow-those-using-indie\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The genre&#8217;s breakneck momentum has even left hip-hop and indie, longtime dominant forces on the platform, trailing in growth. Videos tagged with electronic music were made in droves, with over 100% year-on-year growth in creation, particularly tied to themes like fitness, fashion and travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dance music has become more accessible and big in the commercial sphere,&#8221; said Toyin Mustapha, TikTok\u2019s Head of Music Partnerships for the UK and Ireland. &#8220;We are seeing the breaking down of boundaries for artists, and TikTok is part of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That influence echoes across the industry\u2019s biggest stages. According to recent data from ROSTR, electronic dance music artists comprised a <a href=\"https:\/\/edm.com\/events\/coachella-lineup-edm-genre-claims-lions-share-2025\">commanding 39% of Coachella&#8217;s 2025 lineup<\/a>, a staggering shift for a festival similarly once known for its indie and rock foundations.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/edm.com\/industry\/electronic-music-dethrones-indie-tiktok\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the number of views of\u00a0TikTok videos with electronic music soars past that of indie, the genre is no longer just pulsing through clubs, but powering pop culture&#8217;s algorithm. The rise of EDM on TikTok is a signpost for where global listening trends are heading, and the numbers are hard to ignore. In 2024, TikTok [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}