OK, listen up. I know you're probably gonna hate and tell me this song shouldn't qualify for SOTD because it's a year old and isn't "mainstream" enough. Well, it's been in the iTunes Top 100 for weeks if not months now, and it has almost 40 million YouTube views. And it's almost Halloween and this song is pretty creepy. So how's that for relevant and mainstream?
Nope, this clearly meets the qualifications for Song of the Day, and consequently, that means dubstep is unequivocally going mainstream. This is a pretty radical thought, because dubstep started out as nothing more than underground industrial noise music only listened to by hardcore hipsters who apparently like having their eardrums shattered. And if you were to ask them, I'm sure they would tell you they much prefer their music to go unheard by the masses. But now, dubstep has fully merged with the dance/rave scene, and actually threatens to overtake it. While mainstream artists have been incorporating dubstep elements into some of their hits, or releasing dubstep remixes, we hadn't actually seen an original dubstep composition firmly entrench itself in the Top 100.
Until now. And if the public actually wants to hear and buy this stuff, expect to start hearing a lot more of it. To prepare yourself, I would suggest investing in some better speakers, because dubstep sounds absolutely terrible unless you listen to it loud enough to make your clothes shake. But most music sounds better the louder it is, so I'm not really sure what's so special about this noise.
But hey, there are some better dubstep options out there. Try these (and turn it up!):
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