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Maidcore (Russian: Мейдкор, Japanese: メイドコア), also known as maid rock, is an underground electronic music microgenre and online music community aesthetically defined by the prevalence of anime girl French maid personas. Popularized on the Russian website VK.com, the genre and subculture are influenced by the otaku subculture, anime and manga fandom and internet culture. Maidcore variously blends post-rock, shoegaze and witch house.
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Nijiura maids
The Nijiura maids (虹裏メイド) are a collection of French maid bishōjo characters created c. 2001 by anonymous users on the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel (colloquially 2chan), from the eponymous 'Nijiura' (虹裏, lit. 'back of the rainbow') board. Maidcore stems from a derivative Russian imageboard 'omichan', where future Maidcore artists used the Nijiura maids as image macros for trolling.[1][2][3]
Yakui the Maid, a foundational artist of the scene, claims that they used the Nijiura maid persona for their first 2013 VK.com digital music release on a whim. Other artists in the online music community followed, claiming or inventing a 'maidsona' as a musical persona, with the 'the Maid' suffix.[2][4]
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Characteristics
Aesthetic
Many maidcore projects have a depressive and wistful audiovisual tone, informed by post-Soviet life, Soviet nostalgia, the "doomer" mentality and otaku subculture. Nijiura maids are frequently depicted coping with smoking and recreational drug use, with psychedelic art motifs.[1][4]
Music
Maidcore music varies widely by artist, with genre influences including post-rock, breakcore, shoegaze, witch house and anime song.[5][6][7]
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