as in daydreaming
the state of being lost in thought
lulled by the sound of the train, she stared out the window in a trance, oblivious to the fact that the conductor was taking tickets
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Three years after their auspicious debut, the young Chicago rock trio’s new album features this insatiable lead single — a quick, crunchy guitar track that’s been putting me in a trance for months.
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Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
From its beginnings in the early 1990s, K-pop was heavily influenced by rap and hip-hop, and aespa’s takes those origins and adds some dance and trance sounds to it.
—Sara Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
The album itself is a rip-stop tour through club sonics: techno and banging drum and bass, serotonin-spiking trance, and garage.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
The bill also includes John Summit, Fisher, Amelie Lens, Alok, Agents of Time, Miss Monique, The Blessed Madonna and other artists making mainstage, house, techno, trance, bass and more.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
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Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
From its beginnings in the early 1990s, K-pop was heavily influenced by rap and hip-hop, and aespa’s takes those origins and adds some dance and trance sounds to it.
—Sara Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
The album itself is a rip-stop tour through club sonics: techno and banging drum and bass, serotonin-spiking trance, and garage.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
The bill also includes John Summit, Fisher, Amelie Lens, Alok, Agents of Time, Miss Monique, The Blessed Madonna and other artists making mainstage, house, techno, trance, bass and more.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Trance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trance. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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