Hit Em Music

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About

Hit Em refers to a series of original electronic music compositions inspired by a tweet from X / Twitter user @DDDrewDaniel, who claimed he had a dream in which a girl told him about a genre called "Hit Em" that is "in 5/4 time at 212 bpm with super crunched out sounds." The tweet in late July 2024 inspired electronic music composers to attempt to make beats within those parameters, with several of the compositions spreading widely on Twitter.

Origin

On July 29th, 2024, Twitter user @DDDrewDaniel^[1] tweeted, "had a dream I was at a rave talking to a girl and she told me about a genre called 'hit em' that is in 5/4 time at 212 bpm with super crunched out sounds thank you dream girl." The tweet gained over 650 retweets and 10,000 likes in two days (shown below).

DREW DANIEL @DDDrewDaniel had a dream I was at a rave talking to a girl and she told me about a genre called "hit em" that is in 5/4 time at 212 bpm with super crunched out sounds thank you dream girl 9:11 AM ⚫ Jul 29, 2024 from Sky Londa, CA 1.9M Views

Spread

Quickly after @DDDrewDaniel's post, electronic music composers began trying their hands at making a "Hit Em" track, using the parameters laid out by the girl in the original tweet. For example, later on July 29th, 2024, Twitter user @smthingsprtual^[2] posted a SoundCloud embed of a "Hit Em" composition in @DDDrewDaniel's replies, gaining over 30 retweets and 680 likes in two days (shown below, top).

On July 30th, Twitter user @industrial_book^[3] posted a link to a "Hit Em" song on Bandcamp, gaining over 20 retweets and 170 likes in one day (shown below, bottom).

I made a hitem track:https://t.co/rvUOUwbxHp

— Greg (@smthingsprtual) July 30, 2024

in full!https://t.co/dLncExVqqB

— S. Alexander Reed (@industrial_book) July 30, 2024

Other popular examples include a July 30th, 2024, tweet by Twitter user @jetskitosway2^[4] that gained over 530 retweets and 5,500 likes in one day (shown below, top). The same day, Twitter user @janeplne^[5] posted a composition that gained over 2,100 retweets and 26,000 likes in one day (shown below, bottom).

throwing my hat in the ring, my take on hit em💥💥 https://t.co/ecop6dp3gp pic.twitter.com/rUFuwDzezz

— jetski 3 (@jetskitosway2) July 30, 2024

hit em https://t.co/7D0KwMTmT9 pic.twitter.com/3qrms5Ojdt

— jane (@janeplne) July 30, 2024

On July 30th, the Twitter account for the rhythm game NOISZ STΔRLIVHT announced that they were opening a "Hit Em" song contest that would run until the end of September 2024 (seen below).^[6]