"(Song) But It Keeps Getting Faster"
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About
"(Song) But It Keeps Getting Faster" refers to a series of video game and pop songs remixed such that the tempo of the original track gradually increases over time.
Origin
The first "…but it keeps getting faster" remix is of the song "Bonetrousle" from the Undertale soundtrack. It was made by Tumblr user stainedinlavenderblood[12] and posted February 2nd, 2016. On February 8th, a GitHub website[1] created by user joezeng featured the track and it was posted to the /r/undertale subreddit[2] by redditor Falzar. It gained 583 points, 98% upvotes as of September 19th, 2016. The same day, redditor walle303 posted a link to an index[3] to "keeps getting faster" remixes he and joezing had made to the /r/undertale subreddit in a thread titled "(Insert Song Name) except it keeps getting faster [Index Page],"[4] which gained 138 points and 98% upvotes.
Spread
Over the next few months, "Keeps Getting Faster" remixes remained part of the Undertale fandom, as dozens of Undertale related remixes appeared on Youtube. There was also a Super Mario Brothers 2 remix uploaded to Youtube by theFizzyNalor.[5]
The format began to spread outside of video game soundtracks to pop songs and other types of music in August 2016. On August 18th, Youtuber "chopping boss" posted a Nutshack Edit that gained over 130,000 views in a month.[8] Another contributing factor to the remix-style's spread was the inception of Keeps-Getting-Faster,[6] a Tumblr dedicated to posting "Keeps Getting Faster" remixes. On August 19th, 2016, its first day of existence, it posted several remixes, the most popular being Britney Spears' song "Toxic,"[7] which gained over 130,000 notes in a month. Other popular remixess of theirs include a-ha's "Take On Me,"[9] The Killers' "Mr. Brightside,"[10] and "All Star". [11]
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External References
[1] Joezeng.github – Bonetrousle remix
[2] /r/undertale – bonetrousle but it keeps getting faster
[3] walle303.github – Keeps Getting Faster remixes
[4] /r/undertale – except it keeps getting faster [Index Page]
[5] Youtube – the super mario bros 2 theme except it keeps getting faster
[6] Tumblr – Keeps-Getting-Faster
[7] Tumblr – Toxic But It Keeps Getting Faster
[8] Youtube – The Nutshack theme but it keeps getting faster
[9] Tumblr – Take On Me but it keeps getting faster
[10] Tumblr – mr. brightside but it keeps getting faster
[11] Tumblr – all star but it keeps getting faster
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Sneaker
Sep 19, 2016 at 02:27PM EDT
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