<story><title>Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)</title><url>https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a47793/what-happened-to-vaporwave/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cols</author><text>I’ll start out by saying I’m an avid fan of vapor&amp;#x2F;synth&amp;#x2F;whatever wave. I’ve heard this argument before and I can’t be the only one to think it’s silly, right? A cursory search of Spotify, Bandcamp, or YouTube will show that ALL the “wave” genres are alive and well some 5 years after this article was written. Some artists have moved on to other aesthetics, some artists have continued to produce the same sound they always did. How is this different from any other genre?&lt;p&gt;Incidentally here’s some sweet tunes! &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;1APbMkLxJGgWT88wpKyCIA?si=K91xoquKRkWD2D_ACdaM3A&amp;amp;dl_branch=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;1APbMkLxJGgWT88wpKyCIA?si=...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, I just discovered another “wave” offshoot called “corporate businesswave”. What a time to be alive. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;blackscholescat&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;39pqsBTsb9UNYv1dXbZpff?si=YilIVuUgRxmWjLxsAZfq-w&amp;amp;dl_branch=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;blackscholescat&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;39pqs...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tallies</author><text>For some data, here&amp;#x27;s a rough number of Vaporwave albums released per year (source: RYM[1])&lt;p&gt;2010: 11&lt;p&gt;2011: 63&lt;p&gt;2012: 168&lt;p&gt;2013: 348&lt;p&gt;2014: 572&lt;p&gt;2015: 1193&lt;p&gt;2016: 1144&lt;p&gt;2017: 812&lt;p&gt;2018: 816&lt;p&gt;2019: 798&lt;p&gt;2020: 732&lt;p&gt;2021: 269&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rateyourmusic.com&amp;#x2F;genre&amp;#x2F;vaporwave&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rateyourmusic.com&amp;#x2F;genre&amp;#x2F;vaporwave&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016)</title><url>https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a47793/what-happened-to-vaporwave/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cols</author><text>I’ll start out by saying I’m an avid fan of vapor&amp;#x2F;synth&amp;#x2F;whatever wave. I’ve heard this argument before and I can’t be the only one to think it’s silly, right? A cursory search of Spotify, Bandcamp, or YouTube will show that ALL the “wave” genres are alive and well some 5 years after this article was written. Some artists have moved on to other aesthetics, some artists have continued to produce the same sound they always did. How is this different from any other genre?&lt;p&gt;Incidentally here’s some sweet tunes! &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;1APbMkLxJGgWT88wpKyCIA?si=K91xoquKRkWD2D_ACdaM3A&amp;amp;dl_branch=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;1APbMkLxJGgWT88wpKyCIA?si=...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, I just discovered another “wave” offshoot called “corporate businesswave”. What a time to be alive. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;blackscholescat&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;39pqsBTsb9UNYv1dXbZpff?si=YilIVuUgRxmWjLxsAZfq-w&amp;amp;dl_branch=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;open.spotify.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;blackscholescat&amp;#x2F;playlist&amp;#x2F;39pqs...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JonathanMerklin</author><text>Corporate businesswave is so perfectly my aesthetic, thank you so much for the recommendation.</text></comment>