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 # "What even is lolicore?"
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 from [my fediverse post](https://anime.website/notice/9xiXldzNcHUT5eomFE):
 
 > lolicore is a style of music that incorporates anime (commonly
 > hentai/lolicon) with breakcore, speedcore, techno, noise, and/or
 > mashcore, and in the early days artists pretty much just pushed their
 > music to absurd limits
 > 
 > people telling you "it's an acquired taste" are bullshitting you,
 > lolicore is a really broad, loose spectrum of music, and there's much
 > more accessible shit than what was posted in this thread. first thing
 > you should do is listen to "blue girl on sunday" by goreshit, that was
 > my favourite album from him. it's very "vanilla" as far as lolicore
 > goes, very dancy, he does a lot of that shit as well as some speedcore
 > in other albums
 > 
 > goreshit is part of a label/collective Dance Corps so check out the
 > other artists under that if you want. im not too big a fan but i
 > listen to some albums from Annoying Ringtone and Loffciamcore. also
 > theres Bubblegum Luv where goreshit, sHimaU, and Sub-69 published a
 > split, i have that album and its great, listen to it
 > 
 > if you want to venture out from there, check out Lolishit (everyone
 > who knows about lolicore knows about lolishit) probably starting with
 > "Chest Flattener", then anything by Himeko Katagiri, Napkin
 > Terrorizer, DJKurara, and some others. himeko runs a netlabel called
 > Tsundere Violence, i found a lot of artists through the 13 Seconds
 > Long Songs compilations—yes, those are as absurd as they sound, youre
 > basically shoved into every musical direction as you listen to every
 > sample-sized song, and a lot of submissions push shit close to
 > non-music on there.  you'll see a lot of that with artists on TSV
 > 
 > if you want to take a step back, theres Riajuu, Emray, Rotten Blood,
 > maedasalt/ChrisGendo (same artist, different aliases—i mostly like
 > their older releases but you might enjoy the rest of it), DJA7VGO,
 > anything on The Worst Label. youll notice a lot of this stuff diverges
 > from lolicore's original style, like i said a lot of artists wanted to
 > explore past the old noisy amateur sound and get into other electronic
 > genres. for me The Worst is hit-or-miss, i dont care much for Minogame
 > or Tesslesstess, but look around you might find something
 > 
 > speaking of, there's also p.stmdrn / $$$$$$$$ (again same artist) if
 > youre more into hip-hop. i used to listen to them quite a bit
 > 
 > as for my personal recommendations: Bukiko, Waqs, Nyojikko/matoakai
 > (really good, listen at least once through), Vaenus, Shisa, and i'll
 > save my favourite two for last because i think they deserve special
 > description
 > 
 > one absolute fav of mine is onichomp/yeongrak, very divergent from the
 > rest of lolicore but has done some collabs. one with goreshit called
 > "safety cuts", check it out. her older music has mostly been
 > vapourwave influenced so it's chilled back, besides that she's always
 > had a footwork influence throughout her works, but a lot of it is
 > barely noticeable as footwork since it's heavily experimental. you'll
 > hear lots of samples from things you'd never expect to be used in a
 > song, but here yeongrak pieces them together as if they belonged in
 > her music all along. i have mad respect for this artist, this is
 > definitely a grower, i started out not really appealed to any of her
 > work but quickly began to love it more and more. other than "safety
 > cuts", you'll want to start from her arguably more-accessible earlier
 > releases like "d'chrone" (very footwork), "ASCII GIRLS" and some of
 > her earlier releases for more of an ambient vibe (i'm still trying to
 > find older releases, she deleted them a while back). if you have ever
 > listened to DJWWWW then listen to "animal protein", it's out there but
 > that album was heavily influenced by DJWWWW and did a fucking
 > excellent job at being inspired without stealing his sound. i'll let
 > you explore the rest if you want, definitelt take your time because
 > it's a lot to take in at first and you honestly might not "get it"
 > first listen around. and maybe yeongrak just isn't for you, that's
 > fine
 > 
 > last but not least by a long shot, Nekophiliac. they go by a lot of
 > aliases (see nekophiliac, moetannn, 617399, 97997almonds all on
 > bandcamp) with styles everywhere from breakcore and "more lolicore
 > sound" in their early works, to ambient and field recordings, to a
 > short obsession with lo-fi and oldies combined with other
 > electronic/dance elements, to short experimentation with reggae
 > (LOWLEVELSLIME), to speedcore and noise (MOETANNN)—just check out
 > their discog and you'll see the broad range of influence that crept in
 > over the years. a lot of their shit is paywalled on bandcamp now, but
 > hold that thought, i'll get to it. nekophiliac was a grower for me as
 > well, so keep that in mind when you're listening. […]
 > 
 > that thought you held: i have a shitload in flac, so if you have
 > trouble finding anything or you don't love something enough to pay (or
 > like me you're just too poor), i can look into hooking you up. just
 > note that my home internet sucks so i might have some trouble
 > coordinating, but i *do* want to share this shit with anyone who wants
 > to listen, so i'd be more than willing to figure something out.
 > bittorrent, soulseek, i could set something up to download off me
 > 
 > long post, but lolicore deserves more of a description than most
 > people care to put in. it's a fantastic community of music, there's
 > something for almost everyone to get hooked on, just give it a try and
 > don't knock it because you heard one artist you dislike 
 
 [part 2](https://anime.website/notice/9xiY7zjLSmCWtHyXg0):
 
 > as you can tell im a heavy spectator of lolicore, it's most of my
 > musical life, it got me into some great shit and has actually touched
 > me emotionally, so i think of it as much more than some fad started by
 > immature kids with fl studio. there's a lot of depth, a lot to
 > explore, a lot to love in my experience
 
 [part 3](https://anime.website/notice/9xiYVkD0p6ZJhZB1Hc):
 
 > shit, yeah i forgot to mention. a lot of people like Sewerslvt, i
 > never cared much, but that's another artist to look into. as
 > [@chuculate](https://anime.website/notice/9xhcQ5DlzbRTn782k4) said,
 > [s]he really is the new goreshit as far as accessibility
 > 
 > some recent artists i got into that are really worth a listen no
 > matter what you're into: Starlit, Romantiqué, and aimaiishitsu. i
 > might have more but i've been going through their music more recently
 > and organising it into my library, and it all stood out to me