Short answers, pulled from the story.
A teenager named Dalton created the virtual sanctuary Loser's Club in 2018, which served as the birthplace of the genre. The term Digicore was coined in late 2019 by an artist named lonelee to distinguish this new wave of music from the existing hyperpop scene.
The genre emerged from a collective need to express anxiety during a global pandemic starting in 2018. By 2021, the genre had gained enough traction to be featured on mainstream music sites like Pitchfork and Paste.
These young artists learned to produce music through YouTube tutorials and a pirated copy of FL Studio. They used this industry-standard software to create their chaotic and emotional soundscapes.
The scene is deeply rooted in the LGBTQ community with many key artists identifying as gay, non-binary, or transgender. Artists use vocal modulation to experiment with gender presentation and androgyny in ways that traditional music scenes had not allowed.
The music is a direct reflection of the creators' lives characterized by heavy autotune used as an instrument and sharp 808 basslines. These elements mirror the glitchy and unstable nature of their online existence and the anxiety of growing up during a global pandemic.