Ten years later, though, it’s hard to deny that King Night represented a powerful first dose of the current of extreme nihilism that would come to define youth culture in this decade, from Euphoria to every barely legal rapper with a million face tattoos. Simultaneously lauded and reviled by critics at the time of its release, it was a dark, weird mishmash of demented Christmas song remixes, car crash noises, chopped and screwed vocals, and tungsten-heavy synths-one that seemed to be influenced in equal measure by Three 6 Mafia and Debussy. If 2010 was the year the tea leaves drifted to the bottom of the cup, hinting at how the decade would unfold, we would all have been wise to take Salem’s King Night a little more seriously. So how do you distill 10 years of music into the 100 albums that mattered most? It seems like an impossible task, but we tried. Music is more democratic than ever before-and there's certainly a hell of a lot more of it. And thanks to the proliferation of streaming services, we now have access to an infinite music library anytime, anywhere (just don't think too hard about the inner workings of the algorithm).
If Lil Nas X is any indication, it now seems possible for an artist to reach atmospheric levels of fame overnight. Traditional genre lines have all but dissolved, and impossible-to-classify artists like Billie Eilish or Brockhampton or Deafheaven enter the conversation every day. "Indie rock" as we know it has shapeshifted and split off into smaller factions that are weirder, deeper, and darker, from John Maus to Alex G. Hip-hop has overtaken rock and pop as the heart of youth culture we've seen the rise (and decline) of EDM, the trap takeover and SoundCloud rap renaissance, the reemergence of horny-as-hell R&B, and the second coming of nü metal. The last 10 years in music have brought about seismic shifts.
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