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The term was coined in 2009 by the satirical blog Hipster Runoff to lampoon microgenres and indie acts whose sounds resembled incidental music from 1980s VHS tapes. Prior to this, the music would have been labelled as shoegaze, dream pop, ambient, or indietronica.
- Late 2000s, United States
Aug 1, 2017 · Most notably “chillwave” was coined by the satirical, ironic blogger Carles of the defunct Hipster Runoff (2008-2013) who wanted to gather the impression and feeling of the music that “chillwave” created.
Jul 14, 2011 · Unbelievably, goofily, Carles was right: Chillwave is “the first successful genre launch in 10-20 years.”. To mark the auspicious development, Vulture traveled to the far indie-rock corners of ...
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Aug 21, 2019 · But chillwave – a movement that began as a joke and which Carles described as “a genre created by the internet, 4 the internet” – felt like an example of the hype cycle going too far. It ...
Chillwave was a term invented by thought leader/influencer Carles 2 on his Hipster Runoff blog to classify a type of music loosely defined by summertime imagery, analog production, and heavy usage of samples. 3 It really only existed from the summer of 2009 to the beginning of 2011, around the time when no one was sure how much of Hipster ...
Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It loosely emulates 1980s electropop while engaging with notions of memory and nostalgia.
The term was coined in 2009 by the satirical blog Hipster Runoff to lampoon microgenres and indie acts whose sounds resembled incidental music from 1980s VHS tapes. Prior to this, the music would have been labelled as shoegaze, dream pop, ambient, or indietronica.
