The fact that Roblox is spawning a new music subgenre speaks to Roblox's current generational and cultural ubiquity Last year the platform spawned its own music genre – robloxcore.

Players can customize their own worlds on the platform. Many illegally upload songs — called “bypassing audio” — and some make intense tracks in a new genre, robloxcore.

I’ve noticed more and more Roblox YouTubers dropping original songs - and I couldn’t help but ask: why is this a thing? In ...