Yes, so much this. And one of your links mentions 1998s movie "The Wedding Singer" with Adam Sandler, a soundtrack full of 80s-hits and a very old Billy Idol in a guest role at the end. This was about the start of the 80s-nostalgia that never really faded until this day.

I think something is very off about nostalgia these days and my best guess is that digital networks alter the way our collective memory works.