ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Microgenres

Okay kiddo, so you know how there are different types of music? Like pop and rock and hip hop? Well, sometimes people want to describe their music even more specifically than that. That's where microgenres come in!

A microgenre is like a really tiny category of music. It's not just rock, it's a certain kind of rock, like "post-punk." And it's not just hip hop, it's a certain kind of hip hop, like "trap."

People use microgenres to describe their own music or to talk about music they like. It makes it easier to explain what kind of music they're talking about. Plus, some people really like finding new microgenres to explore!

So to sum up, microgenres are like super specific categories of music that help people describe and discover different types of music. Cool, huh?