Trap is an Electronic Dance Music genre heavily influenced by Trap. It is characterized by deep, pulsating, hard-hitting sub-bass, 808 drums, sharp synth leads, and heavy use of vocal samples such as "Damn, son. Where'd you find this?" While trap is heavily influenced by trap rap (pitch shifted vocals, 808 drums), rapping is usually absent from trap EDM songs, with the focus being on the instrumentation. The genre takes a lot of influence from Brostep too, using similar drum patterns, heavy bass drops, and a focus on low-end frequencies. It also tends to be influenced by Moombahton, often using moombahton-esque melodies and vocal samples.

The origins of trap can be traced back to Flosstradamus's remix of Major Lazer's "Original Don" as well as RL Grime, Baauer, ƱZ, CRNKN, and Gent & Jawns.

EDM Trap has also been one of the main roots and influences of Future Bass, a subgenre of EDM that came into prominence and achieved mainstream success around the mid-2010s. Many trap producers fuse the melodic, happy soundscapes of future bass with trap percussion and basslines, sometimes while also dabbling at grimier, heavier styles of trap music. Due to the common fusions between the two, future bass is sometimes considered to be a direct derivative of trap music.