How to Use EDM in a Sentence

EDM

abbreviation or noun
  • That change of promotion is part and parcel with the way EDM has shifted gears over the years.
    — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Pokémon is throwing an EDM party.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The two-day blowout features a packed lineup from artists across the worlds of pop, rap, country, rock, and EDM.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
  • Next week’s show will feature EDM, followed by Latin artists on May 15.
    — JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 2 May 2026
  • The Sahara is Coachella’s usual home for K-pop, hip-hop and EDM.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The party will play Reggaeton, Latin EDM and other hits.
    — Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Anyma first gained popularity as one-half of the EDM duo Tale of Us.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Instead of a typical pop formula, Amanda takes us to an EDM realm.
    — Tara Klein, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The festival hosts acts covering pop, EDM, rock, bluegrass, hip-hop and many genres in between.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • And maybe pinky fingers weren’t the only thing getting high in this milieu, as the number further exploded in a riot of EDM rhythms and pink hues.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Forward-thinking enough to reinvent the guitar-bass-drums palette for the EDM boom; yet stark and lovelorn enough to pass for Motown in another era.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Over the years, the festival has largely featured acts from across the EDM and dance spectrum, with jam bands, rock groups, pop acts, and hip-hop artists occasionally taking the stage as well.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • The 90-minute set got the crowd dancing to EDM remixes and hits from one of the genre’s pioneers, bringing back 2010s nostalgia.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • Well, Kelce is a big fan of English EDM producer Chris Lake and inspired him to give the glittery pop song an electronic treatment.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
  • To chime with Thaiboy’s love for old-school Tiësto and Basshunter, swedm® split the atom to find Swedish EDM’s roots in Dutch trance and Eurodance.
    — Nathan Evans, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
  • Daniel Wherrett, the legendary West Coast DJ and EDM producer known as DJ Dan, has died.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The pop star will headline the festival with Sabrina Carpenter, Karol G and EDM star Anyma.
    — Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The music itself sounds like reverse-engineering the moment in the 2000s when metalcore kids discovered EDM.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • The New York BFFs make blingy electroclash and giddy EDM inspired by online brainrot and good ol’ fashioned blackouts.
    — Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Despite their over-the-top reputations, their contributions are less about adding a boisterous EDM drop and more about accentuating Toki’s strengths.
    — E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
  • There have been so many different genres — from hip-hop and dance-pop to classic rock and EDM — showcased during the Super Bowl week concert lineup in the Bay Area.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The festival takes place at Double JJ Resort and features dozens of DJs and bands, mostly within the EDM and jam band genres.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • Born Oliver Tree Nickell in 1993, Tree broke into the EDM scene in 2010, at the age of 17.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • On his first solo release in eight years, 100 gecs’ mutant-pop prankster turns his attention to relatively straightforward big-tent EDM—but not without a little noise-scene provocation.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The explosions took place at Downsview Park, the site of the EDM festival Veld, opposite the temporary Rogers Stadium.
    — Karen Bliss, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Saturday night represents the pinnacle of the festival weekend with a set from EDM artist Fisher and dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • So, to be able to represent that on such a gigantic platform to a whole ton of people who might not necessarily be 100% EDM festival attendees… to play for them is really exciting.
    — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Krauss teamed up with Robert Plant on the Grammy winning Raising Sand, and Tyminski had an EDM smash with the late DJ Avicii.
    — Chris Parton, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
  • These span several thousand loops and dozens of kits, bass samples, modern ambient, and TR-808 drum hits for EDM, Hip-Hop, Indie, and more.
    — Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • However, Sunday day passes are still on sale, and with the significant amount of EDM artists performing in mid-May, the end-of-weekend pass still offers an eclectic concert-going experience.
    — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 7 May 2026

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