I'm amazed on how both the 2014/15 and 2016/17 school years are so distinct from each other despite being 2 years apart. I feel like at this moment, our retrospective outlook of the 2010s have certainly altered because I remember around 2017 that it felt mostly the same as 2014 pop culture wise.
2014-2015:
-No one knew Trump will run for president until June 2015.
-Pop culture leaned millennial.
-Hipsters were dominating.
-Vine was a must-have
-Teens kept on using Kik, Facebook, and Skype.
-Snapchat didn't have filters
-Discord doesn't exist until May 2015.
-Instagram had the old layout.
-Music was overwhelmingly pop.
-Trap was not the most popular genre and it sounded different then.
2016-2017:
-Trump won the presidency
-Pop culture began to lean Gen Z.
-Hipsters declined while athleisure took over.
-Vine died in January 2017.
-Kik, Facebook, and Skype were no longer cool.
-Snapchat had plenty of filters.
-Discord began to become widespread.
-Instagram transformed into the current look.
-Dancehall and Future Bass were the sound of pop music.
-Trap and mumble rap started to dominate the charts.