“Closer,” by Halsey and the Chainsmokers, has made its way to the top of the charts by combining two different types of music — EMD and pop.

Ten years ago this would have been unthinkable. EDM was only played in the clubs and there was only a small following; pop, meanwhile, was doing its own thing with stars such as Kelly Clarkson and Chris Brown. Pop music and EDM have changed drastically in the past decade.

From being the “underground” dance music several decades ago to becoming the most popular growing music genre, EDM has come a long way.

EDM, otherwise known as Electronic Dance Music, has found its way into the lives of everyday people through social media, the radio, commercials, and more.

“Closer” starts off with the one of the DJs singing about a girl he met a long time ago, and breaks with a few dance beats here and there, then Halsey comes on to sing about a boy and then the cycle repeats. It sounds a lot like most repetitive and catchy pop songs that people all know and love.

“Closer” isn’t the only EDM pop song that has done this before. Songs such as “Let Me Love You” by Justin Bieber and DJ Snake, and “Starboy” by the Weeknd and Daft Punk are similar. They all start off with singing, and then a brief moment of instrumental music, and the cycle repeats until the end.

Although this does add an interesting twist to pop music and brings up EDM’s profile, it seems as though this new style has “watered down” EDM music from what it was originally known as before.

All pop songs now seem to have a repetitive beat that includes singing and then just an instrumental break. It is nothing like what EDM was like ten years ago.

EDM used to start with a build up to get people pumped up for the beat to drop. Classic songs such as “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Daft Punk and “Ghost and Stuff” by Deadmau5 were based on the beat instead of around the lyrics.

Of course this may be just a 2016 trend: It seems that this could be the last big moment for EDM and that in the end, EDM could die off just as disco did.