100 gecs

Since 2015 · United States

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1000 gecs (2019)

1000 gecs crams half a dozen genres into songs that rarely last past the two-minute mark, distortion pushed so far past comfortable levels that it becomes the point rather than a flaw. "money machine" is the clearest entry point, Laura Les's pitch-shifted vocal riding a beat that swings between ska guitar, dubstep bass drops, and pop-punk shout-along energy without any of it feeling like a transition. "stupid horse" and "745 sticky" show the same instinct for genre collision applied even more aggressively. The album's sheer density and refusal to resolve into one sound became a genuine reference point for hyperpop as it moved from internet niche to a term major labels started using.

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100 gecs

1000 gecs · 2019

100 gecs are Dylan Brady and Laura Les, who began making music together after connecting online and built 1000 gecs (2019) from a deliberately overloaded mix of hyperpop, nightcore, ska, dubstep, and pop-punk, released independently before it spread largely through online meme culture rather than any conventional promotion. The record's aggressively distorted, maximalist production and Les's pitch-shifted vocals made it sound unlike anything charting at the time, closer to an internet in-joke than to any single genre lineage.

A remix collection, 1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues (2020), brought in an unusually wide range of guest artists, from pop stars to hardcore and pop-punk musicians, reflecting how broadly the duo's sound had already traveled. 10,000 gecs (2023) pulled back some of the extremity in favor of a more straightforwardly pop-punk-leaning sound, while keeping the duo's sense of humor intact. 100 gecs are often cited as a foundational act in hyperpop's mainstream visibility, despite the duo's own account of their influences running mostly through metal, dubstep, and novelty pop rather than through the PC Music scene they're frequently grouped with.