Amapiano vs. Gqom: A Better Music Genre

Most South African house music like Amapiano and Gqom mainly about heavy instrumentals, ranging from drums, piano keys, etc.

This style of music in South Africa has proven to be loved by its fans, as it gives sounds to dance to.

Before amapiano was a strong house Music Genre which is known as Gqom. The music genre has been in existence since way before the advent of the amapiano. Gqom has almost the same pattern of production-emboldened heavy and consistent drum beatings, little or no vocals, and a little touch of other musical instruments here and there.

Gqom was largely pioneered by the music producers DJ Nathan_Medee, Rudeboyz, DJ Lag, Griffit Vigo, Citizen Boy, and Dominowe. It has been confirmed that the sound was mainly developed from Kwaito, and as a subgenre of house music in South Africa. Unlike Amapiano, the pioneers are not really known for certain and were said to have emerged from Pretoria.

Amapiano and Gqom have an interesting handful of things in common like their emergence from South Africa and the fact that they both have the electrifying ability to make people dance away time without a care in the world. Today we are going heavy on comparing and contrasting. Come along if you’d like to discover the better music genre between SA’s beloved Amapiano and Gqom.

Amapiano vs. Gqom Sound

Let’s begin the analysis with the sound itself. Amapiano is founded on thumping basslines and repetitive piano chord progressions. The core of the beat which is the piano keys is very dominant in churches. For this reason, it attracted attention when several artists began to merge it with the typical House Music and Kwaito that South Africans were already attuned to. For Gqom, the sound leans more heavily on bass. One outstanding feature of Gqom is that it often sounds hypnotic with its repetitive kick-drum patterns.

Acceptance

Now, let’s talk about global reach. Amapiano takes the spotlight when it comes to acceptance from a global audience. Gqom was and still is a celebrated music genre, but not in the way that Amapiano has managed to achieve so far. Amapiano’s reach is so vast that it has cut through borders to amass a staggering 920 million all-time streams on Spotify and 570 million views on TikTok using the hashtag.

Longevity

This one might be a bit difficult since the two genres emerged at different times with Gqom coming out in the early 2010s and Amapiano emerging later on around 2012. Gqom was well known during its time, no doubt, but it seems this hasn’t lasted very long. There are a lot of Gqom fans who have put off their love for Gqom to embrace the newer Amapiano sound. Amapiano’s track record of longevity on the other hand might be too early to conclude. So far its popularity has come as a shock starting steadily a decade ago and has now skyrocketed. Still, many people believe that Amapiano is a trend and will decline in popularity in no time.

Conclusion

Amapiano and Gqom are both distinct genres in their own right. While Gqom has blazed a trail in the path of South African music history, there’s no denying that Amapiano has taken over. The global acceptance of the Amapiano genre and the widespread adaptation of its unique betas into other indigenous songs all over the world have been mind-blowing. In the end. It’s really not about competition; both Amapiano and Gqom are giving us back-to-back entertainment loaded with culture and for that, we are grateful. Still, I can’t help but ask: Amapiano or Gqom, which is your favorite?

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