Vaporwave isn’t even a genre. The whole “genre” is just that one album with the statue and the pink background
Does anyone else unironically enjoy Vaporwave?
Robert Baker
Hunter Williams
>One album can't start a genre
Jackson Perry
It's kinda (in my view) what happened to rock but on a much more extreme level. Rock music started as a specific sound, but now basically anything played on guitars can be declared rock as long as it's not classical or jazz guitar. The idea that punk rock, prog rock, folk rock, noise rock, hard rock, and math rock are all variants/spin-offs of the same genre has turned the "rock" label nearly meaningless.
That being said, the reason rock didn't totally die with the labeling is because rock has existed in the public sphere for around five-six decades which gave us enough rock fans to understand and enjoy the differences, and keep rock alive by performing new stuff and cataloging the old stuff so it isn't forgotten. Vaporwave never got big enough to survive splintering into a million different genres. If vaporwave had stayed consistent for at least a decade before the advent of the millions of subgenres to be created, it would have probably gotten bigger and stayed longer
David Carter
I agree, Vaporwave could have been a generation defining music Titan but it evolved too quickly. It evolved as much as rock did, if not more, but instead of the subgenres evolving throughout multiple decades, it evolved quickly in less than 9 years. It was too malleable for its own good. EDM would be in the same boat if it didn't pace itself
Charles Allen
This desu
Might be cool if it gets a revival in a decade or two as a new wave of vaporwave heh
Wonder if it'll be
Blake Butler
Blank Banshee shows that vapour wave is a genre with massive potential. 99% of vapour wave is slowed down garbage of better 80's songs but the gems are amazing
Jaxon Russell
yup. just like "rock", theres no distinct sound and were just left with subgenres
Jeremiah Cruz
music for this feel: dreamcatalogue.bandcamp.com
Parker Morales
can you guys link some top-tier vaporwave?