2008 was more 2000s than we thought.

Yes, it was! I honestly believe some people are only looking at music, social media, and technology. Then, they also are ignoring other trends such as fashion, gaming, politics, cinema, and everyday attitudes. If we were to look at the top 100 songs of 2008, that year barely had any electropop tracks besides "I Kissed a Girl," "Poker Face" and "Just Dance. (and two of them were more prevalent in 2009 than the year that they came out)

Here's a video and listen to the songs shown in the clip. Most of them were various kinds of genres.

2008 songs

For Social media, Myspace was king, and Facebook just started to rise. Then, people also used AIM/Yahoo Messenger/MSN. Twitter was not on anyone's radar even it already existed at the time. No one mentioned the site in casual conversations. They only talked about Myspace and Facebook. Also, even though Youtube was already famous at this time, it was entirely different from the early 10s version. The ratings were five stars instead of likes and dislikes. The videos themselves were more amateur rather than corporate, and there was hardly any youtube celebrities or viral videos at that time.

For technology, Apple may have released the first iPhone that year, but that doesn't mean the majority of the public had one. Most people still had either a Flip phone, Slide phone, or a Clam phone. Broadband was still universal in most households compared to wi-fi. Then, some people forget that texting and calling family, friends, and other acquaintances were not free. There was no such thing as unlimited data plans back then. It would cost money to call someone or message them for 5 to 10 minutes. Plus, landlines and payphones were still ordinary for people to use if they didn't have a mobile device.

Then we get to the part where most folks had a tool designed for specific activities. For photos, most people still used digital cameras, whether it was for personal use or professional use. A photo taken by cell phone during that period looked awful, blurry and too small. For music, the majority still used iPods or Mp3 players. Then for videos, the standard was DVDs and Bluray. None of these didn't get better or integrated until smartphones became popular unless someone either had a T-Mobile G1, the MyTouch, the Droid or the Sidekick. The game consoles of the day were Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 and the three home ones still had the original version. Plus, The slim/color ones were not out until late 2009 for the PS3 and Wii and 2010 for the 360.

Let's try to stay on topic, everyone.

There were songs that were more upbeat in 2008, Chris Brown's Forever, and Timbaland helped bridge hip hop with Dance music with all the songs he produced with Nelly Furtado in 2006, it was going to happen regardless of Gaga.