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Post by mc98 on Dec 3, 2021 11:42:52 GMT 10
I was very excited in the first half, but the second half felt like a ghost town for some reason. 2020 was more of an exciting year than this year. For example, Drakes CLB album sounds EXACTLY like his 2018 album. Music seems to be looking back into past sounds than making something fresh, I have no idea why artists aren’t experimenting with hyperpop or drill.
The only highlights of this year are the fashion moving away from the skinny fitting trends of the last decade; and Squid Games as well. Politics are still divisive, if not more than the late 2010s. Movies don’t seem to form a new identity as well or even showing hints of that happening.
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Post by dudewitdausername on Dec 3, 2021 11:44:34 GMT 10
I think there were changes, especially since concerts and movies only just came back in the second half. 2022 will make them more clear. Drill is definitely still huge, and there's a reason why hyperpop is underground lol.
Drake is Drake, he's been boring for years. I only really like his early music from 2009-2013. Problem is radio stations hyping up decade-old artists like him and not giving the newer ones enough attention.
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Post by nightmarefarm on Dec 3, 2021 11:59:07 GMT 10
2021 was a filler year but it was a pretty decent filler year at least. I like the neo-80 and neo-early00s style music and it's probably the best music has been since the late 00s or early 10s. The PS5 and games that came out this year have been fun. COVID restrictions were completely gone for most of this year where I live although they just came back literally today with mask mandates(not actual lockdowns though, the last lockdown was back in the first month or two of the year). My personal life has been the best in record time this year as well. Just a really chill year and one that I will probably be nostalgic about years down the line.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2021 12:02:10 GMT 10
I thought Drake retired in 2018 or 2019. Maybe I’m confusing Drake with Childish Gambino. Drake needs to stay in the 2010s. His 2021 material sounds like Scorpion Part 2, could’ve easily come out in 2018. I’m surprised he’s still relevant and his crap music is still charting.
I thought 2021 would be a similar transition for the 2020s to how 2001 was for the 2000s with the first full year of a new gaming console and new president. Removing mask and social distancing mandates in summer 2021 was a stupid move. Since then COVID cases jumped back up to early pandemic levels. I actually had hope in early and spring 2021 that Biden would make a difference and COVID would slow down or go away, but summer 2021 killed those hopes. Biden screwed up the end of Afghan war and getting US troops back home.
Movies and TV are still 100% rooted in the late 2010s. Nothing new, fresh, original or exciting in those areas, still reboots, remakes and sequels. Music is 50-50 between late 2010s and what could be the early 2020s. Some artists are releasing fresh material, whereas others are sticking to boring late 2010s cliches. Fashion might be slightly early 2020s. Politics are either 50-50 between late 2010s and early 2020s or slightly leaning towards the latter. Technology and transportation lean late 2010s. Gaming is 50-50 between late 2010s and early 2020s or slightly leaning late 2010s. PS2 made an impact in late 2001, but PS5 barely made a dent in late 2021.
2021 was a better year personally. I have hope 2022 will be a better year personally. I don’t have hope of 2022 being different pop culturally.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 3, 2021 12:08:42 GMT 10
I think there were changes, especially since concerts and movies only just came back in the second half. 2022 will make them more clear. Drill is definitely still huge, and there's a reason why hyperpop is underground lol. Drake is Drake, he's been boring for years. I only really like his early music from 2009-2013. Problem is radio stations hyping up decade-old artists like him and not giving the newer ones enough attention. There's a reason why "Blinding Lights" charted at #3 on the Billboard 2021 YE chart, that's because the radio still plays it on repeat because it's a "safe" hit. Billboard is a trash way to see what's popular nowadays anyway, it only counts radio play. "The Melodic Blue" by Baby Keem should've been a chart topping album like it was on Spotify and Apple Music, not CLB. Not full-on hyperpop songs, just their influences. Rappers like Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti have hyperpop influences in their recent albums.
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Post by dudewitdausername on Dec 3, 2021 12:26:03 GMT 10
I think there were changes, especially since concerts and movies only just came back in the second half. 2022 will make them more clear. Drill is definitely still huge, and there's a reason why hyperpop is underground lol. Drake is Drake, he's been boring for years. I only really like his early music from 2009-2013. Problem is radio stations hyping up decade-old artists like him and not giving the newer ones enough attention. There's a reason why "Blinding Lights" charted at #3 on the Billboard 2021 YE chart, that's because the radio still plays it on repeat because it's a "safe" hit. Billboard is a trash way to see what's popular nowadays anyway, it only counts radio play. "The Melodic Blue" by Baby Keem should've been a chart topping album like it was on Spotify and Apple Music, not CLB. Not full-on hyperpop songs, just their influences. Rappers like Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti have hyperpop influences in their recent albums. "The Melodic Blue" by Baby Keem and "We Love You Tecca 2" by Lil Tecca and also had a little bit of hyperpop influence. There's 4 popular rap albums this year that had hyperpop influence, so not sure why u think no one is experimenting with it.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 3, 2021 12:31:46 GMT 10
Not full-on hyperpop songs, just their influences. Rappers like Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti have hyperpop influences in their recent albums. "The Melodic Blue" by Baby Keem and "We Love You Tecca 2" by Lil Tecca and also had a little bit of hyperpop influence. There's 4 popular rap albums this year that had hyperpop influence, so not sure why u think no one is experimenting with it. I was talking about the pop stars. I’m calling that Doja Cat or Dua Lipa will add heavy hyperpop influences in their next album lol.
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Post by dudewitdausername on Dec 3, 2021 12:33:27 GMT 10
"The Melodic Blue" by Baby Keem and "We Love You Tecca 2" by Lil Tecca and also had a little bit of hyperpop influence. There's 4 popular rap albums this year that had hyperpop influence, so not sure why u think no one is experimenting with it. I was talking about the pop stars. I’m calling that Doja Cat or Dua Lipa will add heavy hyperpop influences in their next album lol. Baby Keem and Lil Tecca are pretty popular... Also Doja Cat's song "Need to Know" had some hyperpop influence.
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Post by 10slover on Dec 3, 2021 12:35:09 GMT 10
2020 was "exciting" for bad reasons
I prefer boring 2021 over apocalyptic 2020
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Post by mc98 on Dec 3, 2021 12:45:07 GMT 10
I was talking about the pop stars. I’m calling that Doja Cat or Dua Lipa will add heavy hyperpop influences in their next album lol. Baby Keem and Lil Tecca are pretty popular... Also Doja Cat's song "Need to Know" had some hyperpop influence. I know that but I was specifically referring to pop singers. I think we both agree that the style of trap CLB used is stale and oversaturated.
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Post by dudewitdausername on Dec 3, 2021 12:47:39 GMT 10
Baby Keem and Lil Tecca are pretty popular... Also Doja Cat's song "Need to Know" had some hyperpop influence. I know that but I was specifically referring to pop singers. I think we both agree that the style of trap CLB used is stale and oversaturated. Oh for sure. Drake needs to retire lol. Love his older music from around '09-'13 but he's gotten stale and boring as he gets older.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 3, 2021 13:27:36 GMT 10
I know that but I was specifically referring to pop singers. I think we both agree that the style of trap CLB used is stale and oversaturated. Oh for sure. Drake needs to retire lol. Love his older music from around '09-'13 but he's gotten stale and boring as he gets older. Well, IYRTITL in early 2015 was not bad. Probably the last time when Drake sounded like he gave a crap.
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Post by rainbow on Dec 3, 2021 13:29:07 GMT 10
That’s quite an unpopular opinion. I don’t really think the second half of 2021 is any different from the first half of 2021 at all. 2021 is probably one of the more consistent years, if I’m being honest. I’d also say that, while there’s still a heavy late 2010’s influence in pop culture, I think we’re at the point now where culture is leaning slightly more early 2020’s. I don’t think it will be until at least the 2022-2023 school year when late 2010’s influences truly start to fade. I think pop culture nowadays changes much slower than it did in the past because we have access to way more things on the Internet now. You can listen to music from 30 years ago with literally just one click. And I think the fact that smartphones have become so popular last decade doesn’t help either, especially with apps like Spotify and Apple Music dominating, and then there’s TikTok, which does and has influenced what songs reach the billboard charts. So I think we’re gonna have to wait a bit longer than we used to if we’re gonna see an actual cultural shift.
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Post by dudewitdausername on Dec 3, 2021 13:48:27 GMT 10
Oh for sure. Drake needs to retire lol. Love his older music from around '09-'13 but he's gotten stale and boring as he gets older. Well, IYRTITL in early 2015 was not bad. Probably the last time when Drake sounded like he gave a crap. I've heard a lot about how good that album is and forgot about it for some reason. I think it's been a downward spiral since "Hotline Bling" anyway, so 2009-2015 Drake makes more sense.
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Post by mc98 on Dec 3, 2021 15:08:50 GMT 10
I was talking about the pop stars. I’m calling that Doja Cat or Dua Lipa will add heavy hyperpop influences in their next album lol. Also Doja Cat's song "Need to Know" had some hyperpop influence. I think Stay by Kid Laroi has some hyperpop influence too.
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