3OH!3 sprang from Boulder, mixing sly humor, bright synths, and call-and-response hooks built for shouting with friends.

From 303 to big-room hooks

After years of festival slots and their annual hometown 303 Day nods, they are leaning into full sets that revisit Want and Streets of Gold with fresh energy. Expect a tight sprint through DONTTRUSTME, STARSTRUKK, My First Kiss, and maybe a fan favorite like Colorado Sunrise. The crowd skews wide: pop-rap fans, local dance kids, and curious first-timers trading favorite lines and grins rather than elbows. Fun notes: the name salutes the 303 area code, and STARSTRUKK broke bigger when a single version featured Katy Perry. Another small gem: early shows grew from DIY parties where they tested chants before cutting studio versions. For clarity, everything about likely songs and staging here is an informed read of recent habits and could change on a dime.

Songs you will likely shout

The 3OH!3 Scene, In Living Neon

Style leans bright but grown: vintage windbreakers, crisp sneakers, and faded tour tees from the late-2000s sit next to fresh streetwear.

Shared jokes, shared signals

Fans flash the hand sign mid-chorus, swap lines from DONTTRUSTME, and laugh at the timing of a well-placed hush before the beat kicks back. You hear clusters chanting hooks in the hall before the set like a warm-up lap. Merch trends toward loud fonts and throwback colors, with hats and simple black-on-neon logos wins for easy wear. People compare notes on past 303 Day shows and Warped memories, but the tone stays welcoming for new faces. When the drop hits, the room moves as one without crowding, more bounce than shove. It feels like a class reunion for pop-rap fans that also leaves plenty of space for new kids to find the chorus.

Neon nostalgia, modern comfort

How 3OH!3 Make the Floor Jump

Vocals flip between talk-sung verses and clean, shouted choruses, with quick ad-libs tucked into the gaps to keep momentum.

Hooks, beats, and the wink

Arrangements favor brisk tempos, bright leads, and bass that holds off for a bar or two, then lands hard to launch the chant. A compact live team often adds a drummer and a keys/DJ station, thickening the tracks while keeping the duo front and center. Expect small live rewrites: a held-back first chorus, a half-time bridge, then a double-time sprint to the last hook. They like to mute the beat so the crowd can carry the “Shush girl, shut your lips” line before the drop snaps back in. A neat habit: they sometimes tag outros with 8 bars from early cuts over the DONTTRUSTME drums, a nod for long-timers without slowing the flow. Visuals lean on bold color blocks and clean strobes that punch the drop instead of stealing focus from the chant.

Little tweaks that hit harder

Kindred Neon: If You Ride with 3OH!3

Fans of Kesha will click with bratty, glitter-splashed chant-pop and their shared history on My First Kiss.

Same aisle, different carts

Cobra Starship hit a similar vein of neon-emo dance bounce with sly hooks and crowd-call moments. If party-rap beats built for big singalongs are your lane, LMFAO brings that oomph with cartoonish flair. Breathe Carolina bridge EDM drops with Warped-era roots, much like how the duo flips pop into club-thick choruses. For breezy melodies and sugar-rush choruses that attract a comparable crowd, The Ready Set sits nearby on the shelf. Each of these acts prizes hooks you can shout, danceable low-end, and a cheeky wink that keeps things light. If those boxes check out, you are already in 3OH!3 territory.

For fans of hooks and low-end