![]() ![]() It’s all Bounce slang,” according to Freedia. We bend over, bust over, make it clap, show the hustle, pee the pants. “We don’t call it twerking, we call it shaking. Bounce music comes with its own vocabulary of movement. The music aims to rattle you in your bones, body and soul - to make you Bounce with the beat endlessly. “It has a lot to do with ass shaking,” says Freedia. Bounce music requires active participation from its audience, both lyrically and physically. The backbone of the genre is its use of the “Triggerman” beat, paired with signature call-and-response lyrics, inspired by Mardi Gras Indian chants. The up-tempo, heavy bass music originated during the late 80s in the New Orleans housing projects. ![]() Her visit to Berlin last week marked the third performance on her European tour, proof that Freedia is an icon dedicated to spreading the joy of her genre to an international audience.Įven if you haven’t heard of Bounce music, you’ve heard it. The New Orleans native has in recent years become the unofficial ambassador of the hip hop subgenre unique to her home turf, “Bounce”. “The wiggle comes from within,” explains Big Freedia while sitting on the banks of the Spree. ![]()
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