2022 was another banner year for electronic dance music history as festivals returned en masse, the scene’s biggest artists released albums and live music records were broken. But then there were times when things got… weird. From head-scratching revelations on social media to dance music veterans taking the genre where it hasn’t gone before, read on to discover just a handful of the stories that had us doing double-takes in 2022. Bizarre Reddit sex confession spikes Hudson Mohawke’s “Cbat” on the charts There’s no manual to achieving a chart topping hit—but having your music be the subject of an embarrassing sex confession may be one of the most absurd paths possible. On the “Today I Fucked Up” subreddit, a Redditor confessed to the wo...
There’s no manual to achieving a chart topping hit—but having your music be the subject of an embarrassing sex confession may be one of the weirdest routes we’ve seen a song take. Taking to the TIFU subreddit, a Redditor confessed to the world that Hudson Mohawke’s track “Cbat” had been a staple of his love-making playlist for a number of years, and stood the test of time through multiple relationships. That was much to the chagrin of his current girlfriend, who unfortunately expressed her displeasure for the track after two years of their relationship. The author of the post elaborated that the song happens to be his favorite part of the playlist, and he enjoyed the fact that he could align his motions to the quirky rhythm of the track during intimacy. Howeve...