Como o Brazilian Phonk Dominou o Mundo? Explicado

Phonk, an aggressive and motivating musical style, gained the Brazilian Phonk subgenre and, through trends, spread throughout the world. In recent years, aggressive electronic beats that contrast with aggressive profile images of their producers' characters became something not only viral, but also a consolidated musical style loved by people, seen as something motivating around the world, and it cannot be denied that one of the main responsible for this is TikTok. This 2018 social network managed to adopt something different from other platforms such as trends, created from a function in which original audio, for example, a phonk song is used by a creator and goes viral can be selected and used by thousands of other creators, what forms a trend in order of most popular video causing this song to become popular on streaming like Spotify.

This was the case with Phonk, which was driven by trends and memes. Who remembers the 2021 meme of the titan from the movie Megamind? who imagined him as a child being Eugene from the film 'The Secret of the Animals' So, this meme in question was linked to the phonk song "Close Eyes" by 19-year-old DVRST.

Who also remembers the skull meme from the anime Berserk? which was associated with Cowbell Cult's 2020 Phonk called Smoke We also have DrLivesey's unforgettable walk which went viral in 2022 to the sound of the phonk song "Why Not" by Ghostface Playa We can't leave out the latest hit of 2023 which is already a Brazilian Phonk being the "Ashley look At Me" to the sound of S3BZS - MONTAGEM PR FUNK - But how did all this start? Phonk is a subgenre of hip-hop and trap directly inspired by Memphis rap, which originated in Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, in the United States in the early 1990s.

The word "PHONK" in the 90s was popularized by SpaceGhostPurrp who released tracks like "Pheel Tha Phonk. " Look at this similarity to this 1994 song called "Meet Yo Maker" by Tommy Wright III with Phonk's current beats, tell me if it's not the root of Phonk. Mainly present on the S'oundcloud' platform The genre employs distortion techniques to create a darker sound.

The Phonks' home and their initial departure could be said to be "Soundcloud" because there you can find music by Phonk in 2014, plus thousands of other Phonks songs. In 2021, a subgenre of Phonk, Drft Phonk, began to gain fame on YouTube. produced by the Russians, characterized by the use of high bass and distorted sounds, making the letters often unrecognizable.

These songs often use drift car and street racing clips. Drft Phonk was popularized mainly by the North American artist "Kordhell". The most recent evolution of Phonk is the Brazilian Phonk popularly known around the world as "Brazilian Phonk" which combines elements of carioca funk, electronic music and trap creating a distinct and aggressive sound with lyrics that address themes such as: violence, drugs, sex and ostentation.

The interesting thing is that a Norwegian is considered responsible for the beginning of Brazilian Phonk. 21-year-old William Rod, also known as stage name "Slowboy" was influenced by Brazilian funk and thought about combining elements of Funk with Phonk Thus, Brazilian Phonk was born. In January 2023, the young man began experimenting with mixing the two musical styles his track called "Brazilian Phonk Mano" was responsible for starting the "Brazilian Phonk" movement and according to Slowboy it is his most listened to song.

There is a long history behind Phonk that is difficult to describe precisely. as it is part of the evolution of music over the years where there was a mix of various elements based on references from other genres to form the aggressive rhythm we know today. Phonk ended up having several subgenres, becoming famous in general for being an aggressive, motivating style that literally empowers the listener.

and being associated with videos and memes made it even more famous and, therefore, funk playlists on Spotify are one of the fastest growing in recent times which has been reformulating and evolving all the time, being part of the evolution of music recently suffering Brazilian influence generating a subgenre that takes Brazilians to the world, BRAZILIAN PHONK.