Choose Your Phonk Flavor
Blend vintage Memphis tapes with Brazilian bounce or EDM energy on command.
Memphis Tape
SP-1200 grit, chopped vocal sermons, and VHS sirens for purists.
Drift Phonk
High-energy cowbells, dopamine drops, and stereo-sweep sirens for car edits.
Brazilian Fusion
Baile funk percussion layered with phonk basslines and bilingual chants.
Haunted Trap
Organ pads, horror choir chops, and whispered verses for midnight horrorcore.
How to Build Phonk in Neume
Describe the Mood
Drop references, BPM, percussion feel, and any quotable lyrics or samples you want included.
Generate the Track
Hit Make My Song — get the beat, chopped vocals, ad-libs, mix, and master in one go.
Remix With Precision
Edit specific lines, add dropouts, or extend instrumental sections without redoing drums.
Where Phonk Hits
It’s more than TikTok car edits.
Drift/Auto Content
Cut soundtrack-ready instrumentals for car reels, POV drives, or motorsport campaigns.
Club Drops
Deliver loopable hooks and drops for DJs needing underground flavor.
Streetwear Launches
Pair lookbooks and pop-up spots with gritty phonk underscoring.
Game & Stream Backgrounds
Loop instrumental phonk beds behind livestreams or game clips with built-in rights.
Why Neume for Phonk
Artifact Control
Dial in tape hiss, vinyl pops, and distortion exactly how you want.
Glide-Ready Bass
Specify slide speeds, octave jumps, and saturation type — no external plugins needed.
Structure Edits
Remix sections to extend drops, tighten hooks, or swap languages without rebuilding.
Club-Grade Masters
Loudness, stereo imaging, and low-end headroom tuned for headphones or PA systems.
Instant Links
Send the finished record via Neume share links/videos or download HD audio on the spot.
Grow the Scene
Phonk thrives on fast drops. Keep collaborators and fans looped in without bouncing stems.
Tag-Team Drops
Share Remix notes with co-creators to add verses or alternate hooks.
Car Edit Packs
Export video snippets plus HD audio for editors running drift compilations.
Event Promos
Spin custom phonk beds for pop-ups, art shows, or esports gatherings via instant share links.
The Anatomy of Phonk
Phonk is the spiritual cousin of chopped-and-screwed rap: grimy samples, blown-out bass, and hypnotic cowbells cruising at 90–120 BPM.
Pillars
- Cowbell or woodblock patterns drive the swing.
- Vocals get pitched down, chopped, or layered with VHS-style reverb.
- 808s are distorted, sidechained, and often gliding.
- Samples pull from soul, funk, gospel, or horror OSTs.
- Lyrics range from low-fi flexing to moody cruising monologues.
Classic phonk tapes were mastered straight to cassette: grainy, bass-forward, and heavy on atmosphere. Today's phonk keeps the same DNA but merges with drift culture, Brazilian funk bounce, and EDM drop structures. The result is brooding yet high-energy.
Use prompts like "Memphis tape, 95 BPM, pitched-down vocal hook, cowbell triplets, horror organ stabs" or "Brazilian phonk fusion, 110 BPM, baile funk percussion, phonk vocal chops, bilingual verses." Mention ride style (night cruise, highway drift, underground rave) to help the AI set mood.
Structure can be hook-driven or instrumental. Request "hook-drop-hook" for playlist fodder or "verse-hook-verse" if you want storytelling. Include instructions for chopped ad-libs, sirens, reverse cymbals, or filtered intros. Remix gives you surgical control over bars once you hear the first cut.
Prompt Blueprint for Phonk
Tempo & Swing
Call out BPM and meter: '92 BPM half-time drift', '120 BPM baile swing'.
Percussion Stack
Mention cowbells, rimshots, Brazilian tamborzão, or trap hats. Add 'tape-slammed' or 'clean' cues.
Bass & Texture
Describe 808 behavior (glide, crunch), pads, organs, choirs, or guitar samples.
Vocal Treatment
Ask for pitched-down leads, ghostly chops, radio-call samples, or Portuguese ad-libs.
Structure
Specify drop placement, hook repeats, instrumental breaks, or vocal chop intros.
Sample Prompt
"Phonk, 100 BPM, cowbell + rimshot groove, distorted 808 slides, horror organ chords, pitched-down male vocals chanting about night drives, hook-drop-hook with 8-bar instrumental outro."
