The 5 Most Exciting Musical Rabbit Holes of 2025 So Far
Briefly

The writer shares their overwhelming consumption of modern digital culture, highlighting how platforms like Discord, YouTube, and Instagram contribute to a chaotic creative process. They discuss their fascination with Scandi culture and the euphoric electronica and alt-pop emerging from Scandinavia, referencing artists like Drain Gang and DJ Billybool. The chaos of modern content juxtaposes the calm and dreamy impressions of Scandi music, suggesting a rich and evolving contemporary culture, despite critiques from traditionalists.
"The document where I keep ideas for future stories looks like a web crawler got wasted and puked out a bunch of incoherent sentences."
"Music from that part of Northern Europe feels like a halcyon portal to a cleaner and clearer world."
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