Does it trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs

EPISODE 405

In last month's episode predicting the coming year in pop, one of the team's predictions was that trance music – the ethereal, dreamy subgenre of electronic music popular around the turn of the century – would make a comeback on the charts in 2025. And even though we're less than two months into the year, we're already seeing the tides of nostalgia bring this club-oriented music come back into fashion. This episode of Switched On Pop, Nate, Charlie, and Reanna take a look at trance music: where it came from, what it sounds like, and if we can hear it in two of the year's most anticipated records: The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow and FKA Twigs's EUSEXUA. Does it trance?

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Songs Discussed

KLF "What Time is Love? (Pure Trance Mix)"

Sven Väth "L'Esperanza"

Robert Miles "Children"

Paul van Dyk "For an Angel"

Ian Van Dahl "Castles in the Sky"

Tiësto "Adagio for Strings"

Darude "Sandstorm"

Charlotte De Witte "Universal Consciousness"

FKA twigs "Two Weeks"

FKA twigs "Cellophane"

FKA twigs "Tears in the Club" feat. The Weeknd

FKA twigs "EUSEXUA"

FKA twigs "Drums of Death"

FKA twigs "Perfect Stranger"

FKA twigs "Room of Fools"

FKA twigs "Childlike Things"

The Weeknd "Wake Me Up" feat. Justice

The Weeknd "Open Hearts"

The Weeknd "The Abyss" feat. Lana Del Rey

The Weeknd "Timeless" feat. Playboi Carti

The Weeknd "Give Me Mercy"

The Weeknd "Red Terror"

The Weeknd "Sao Paulo" feat. Anitta

The Weeknd "Reflections" feat. Travis Scott & Florence + The Machine

The Weeknd "Enjoy the Show"

The Weeknd "I Can't Wait to Get There"

The Weeknd "Hurry Up Tomorrow"

The Weeknd "Blinding Lights"

The Weeknd "Save Your Tears"

The Weeknd "Until I Bleed Out"

The Weeknd "Take My Breath"

The Weeknd "Out of Time"