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Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It is characterized by evoking the popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s while engaging with notions of memory and nostalgia.
- Late 2000s, United States
Aug 23, 2019 · Chillwave Was the First Great Genre of the Internet Era. A guide to the best songs from the late-aughts movement of hazy pop artists like Toro y Moi, Washed Out, and more. CJ. by Colin Joyce....
- Colin Joyce
Jun 3, 2021 · The term chillwave was coined by a writer known simply as ‘Carles’, aka Texas native Carlos Perez, founder of music blog Hipster Runoff. Launched in 2007, it was part of a broader blog scene at the time, when new music could be broken by bloggers and the influential aggregator site Hype Machine.
- Future Music
Aug 21, 2019 · Chillwave: a momentary microgenre that ushered in the age of nostalgia. In a summer riven by financial meltdown, a niche trend for lo-fi retro pop couldn’t have seemed more trivial....
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- Emilie Friedlander
Jun 25, 2019 · Chillwave also eventually led to vaporwave, another widely mocked and vastly influential form of electronic music. And while chillwave was largely a rebuke to rock music (Bundick, Hawk, and Palomo ...
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Oct 14, 2019 · At chillwave’s peak, much criticism aimed at the subgenre addressed a perceived generational ambivalence emanating from its core. Los Angeles singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast ...
