So what do you all think? Has the influence of IDM spread throughout many forms of popular music, or has popular music managed to evolve into something very close to IDM? Of course, as IDM is such a hard thing to tie down and categorize, maybe what I think of as IDM-ish may not be thought of that way by the people in this list.
Getting back to the matter at hand, I have noticed that the influences of electronic music in general, and IDM specifically, are pervading the mainstream music scene. Case in point: Destiny's Child. This is a group of 4 young female singers whose music is easily classified as R&B. Although I don't normally listen to this type of music, this group's popularity has made it so that it is hard to avoid hearing their song "Say my name".
I was listening to Love Line one night when Destiny's child was the guest. They received many calls from fans who really enjoyed their music because they, "Have such interesting beats". People said they have, "never heard someone use all those sounds and beats in such interesting ways to make music". After hearing these fans I decided to wait to hear the song played. The song starts off like a normal R&B song, then during its "Chorus" the music goes loopy and you can hear many sounds and beat combinations that I correlate with IDM.
This is not the only example of this I have heard, but it is the only one that I can remember. There are more signs of IDM's increasing popularity popping up all over the place. For example the Volkswagen and Pirelli commercials (I think there was another one too). Not to mention, if you listen to the music during a film (not the soundtrack, but the purely instrumental music that gives a scene it emotion) you will hear a lot of seemingly IDM type music.
So list members, what do you all think? Am I insane, or is IDM creeping into the mainstream?