Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)

Re:Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016) by tallies on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:35AM (#28024293)

For some data, here's a rough number of Vaporwave albums released per year (source: RYM[1])

2010: 11

2011: 63

2012: 168

2013: 348

2014: 572

2015: 1193

2016: 1144

2017: 812

2018: 816

2019: 798

2020: 732

2021: 269

[1]https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/vaporwave/

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Re:Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016) by tarsinge on Sunday August 01, 2021 @07:27AM (#28025510)

The classic Vaporwave tag may be on the decline because there are many offshoots, and also the sound and aesthetics are absorbed in other genres.

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Re:Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016) by scottmcdot on Sunday August 01, 2021 @08:43AM (#28025878)

I would say Chillwave peaked around 2009. I was at uni when I was listening to it and I feel to old to "get into" it now.

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Re:Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016) by slfnflctd on Sunday August 01, 2021 @10:05AM (#28026313)

You are never too old to get back into music you enjoyed when you were younger, if it was any good to begin with.

The only stuff I've found I can't go back to in the long run is the dreck-- the low quality, overly derivative or ethically questionable non-art. Everything else can fly again after you get over being burnt out on it. [That is, unless you grew up in the age of radio dominance, in which case there are probably several good songs that've been killed for you forever through overplaying.]

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