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I think the main novel factor of the electronic music scene that started 2000-ish is the really high BPM, enabled by speeding up samples and using digital tracks. I don't think you'll ever see that in the mainstream. Dubstep is just a melodic direction, a kind of novel instrument, and thus can be absorbed, but if the rhythm is too fast for most people to even parse, it stops sounding like music entirely. So while that song uses dubby elements, I'd still fundamentally call it artsy pop-rock at heart. Which to be fair, goes for lots of current electronic music too.
Well, what constitutes the "mainstream"? This is our winning qualifier to send to Eurovision this year, and it's selected on "The Late, Late Show" which is a very conventional weekend chat show that has been going for decades and is now on its third host. If the Plain People Of Ireland (or those who bother voting) can select this, what does "mainstream" mean?
And if we're guessing Eurovision winners, I don't think this will do it. It fits in nicely with the "at least two or three quirky entries" grouping for Eurovision every year, may even make it to the final, but is not a winner. Not because it's too wacky or Gothick Threatening eek!, but just because "eh, nothing to stand out".
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