discussion Do you think the 2010s will be as remembered as the 90s or 2000s?

[Distantconstellation]

That whole 2010s decade felt "meh" even music wise and event wise. I feel more has already happened in 2020s with Covid and the war. 

 

It also didnt feel iconic and larger than life like the 90s and 2000s

[Thinking Of You]

The 2010s was a watered-down rehash of the 80s. 

[ELT]

Maybe just the early 2010s.

[LustSpell]

Up to about 2014, yeah.

 

Teenage Dream, TF(M) and 1989 will all be perceived as classics.

[Illuminati]

There's no coolness factor to the 2010s I feel But at least we will look back at it as the good old days before the apocalyptic 2020s

[toy soldier.]

Nah I don't think so. I feel like they lacked soul compared to other decades. All I can think from the 10s is generic auto-tuned hooks.

I am preferring the 20s 

[Trent W]

I mean the 2010s were basically Instagram, trap, edm and political wokeness.

 

This decade already overshadowed the last 3, it has been insane but too impactful.

 

So I think the 2010s will be completely overshadowed by this decade in the next 100 years.

[byzantium]

Of course.  I am sure in 2012 there was a thread just like this talking about how “meh” and “soulless” the 00s were.  Same for 2002 with the 90s. 

[mystery]

When someone says 10s the images that come to my mind are:

early part of the decade, 2011/2012, loud and abrasive EDM music, wannabe hipster fashion everywhere, torn jeans, those little skateboard toys for fingers or whatever, cheap plastic glasses, FIFA World Cup in Brazil 2014, Justin Bieber hairstyle on every boy, Minecraft being everywhere, Youtube dominating the Internet and Gangam Style for some reason.

Personally I was 10 years old at the start of the decade and 19 at the end so life changed A LOT as it went on. I think it is still too recent to get a grasp on the general feeling of the decade, it is definitely a bit chaotic considering just how much technology and the world in general changed from the beginning to the end of it.

It felt so breezy and happy at the start then it starts feeling colder and darker as it went on, though right before this new decade and the pandemic it felt like things were about to start looking up a bit.

I think as we move forward there will be a clearer image of the decade and people will start feeling nostalgic for it. Before you know it 10s nostalgia will be a thing, it is already slightly happening when people look back at albums like Teenage Dream.

Edited May 22, 2022 by mystery

[Gorjesspazze9]

Nobody cares about 2010’s pop culture in 2022.

[PMKARDASHIAN]

It’ll be interesting to see if the 10s get romanticized the same way every decade before it was. 
 

The 80s, 90s and 00s felt iconic while they were happening. The 10s did not beyond 2014 

[Konril]

The early 2010s probably but 2020 overshadowed it already with the pandemic and the war.

[k4rmabutterfly]

Absolutely, the 2010’s was such a shift in culture in general and it had two unique sounds (edm & trap). The hits and the popstars (at least until 2015) also feel way more global than it did in the 90’s and 00’s because of the internet. I mean Gangnam Style, Despacito, Party Rock Anthem, Hello, Waka Waka etc??? The global smashes 

[Mr.Link]

Is there anything worth remembering from the 2010s? The decade of woke and social media collective dumbness. 
 

I seriously can’t imagine kids in 40 years wanting to “dress” or “act” like someone from the 2010s at a random Halloween

[Hurem]

Early 10s, yeah 

[Distantconstellation]

38 minutes ago, byzantium said:

Of course.  I am sure in 2012 there was a thread just like this talking about how “meh” and “soulless” the 00s were.  Same for 2002 with the 90s. 

Naw. People always seem to genuinely loves the 2000s unlike the 2010s. The 2010s didnt feel impactful

[worldwide angel]

i really hope we skip the 2010s entirely when the next generation has their nostalgia craves

[BTS]

I think so 

2010s had a very specific Instagram/Kardashian aesthetic that can be called back to.

Fashion in the 2020s and even music is mainly throwbacks to different eras. It doesn’t have its own unique flavour yet  We’re too early in the 2020s to feel the shift but it will come eventually.

 

[Alyssa Edwards]

Movie wise absolutely, music wise umm...

 

[byzantium]

25 minutes ago, Distantconstellation said:

Naw. People always seem to genuinely loves the 2000s unlike the 2010s. The 2010s didnt feel impactful

not from my experience.  A  lot of people thought the 2000s were trash about 10 years ago. 

[Britney Is Fierce]

1 hour ago, byzantium said:

Of course.  I am sure in 2012 there was a thread just like this talking about how “meh” and “soulless” the 00s were.  Same for 2002 with the 90s. 

Yup. You could also read comments all over YouTube videos glorifying the 90s as the last good decade for music. I vividly recall people saying 2000s nostalgia would never become a thing, but it is now that we've distanced ourselves more from that decade. It's an endless cycle. 

[princedonte]

There was 90’s nostalgia in 2002.  They put out the compilation cd  called Monsta Jamz full of 90’s R&B most of those songs were not even 10 years old yet. I’m remember buying it longing of the old days.  I was just 13 then. 

[Saddy]

3 hours ago, ELT said:

Maybe just the early 2010s.

[diamondsky]

The 2010s just felt like 2000s deluxe edition rerelease with new hits tacked on tbh.

 

But also, starting around like 2013 so much of the big cultural moments happened online, so it’s just different. Like what do you do at a 2010s themed party? do you dress up as a tumblr aesthetic? do you walk around calling things fleek while vines and spongebob memes play on the tv?

[imabadkid]

the 2010s esp like 2011, 2012, 2013 and even 2014 was such a weird time. technology was old enough that we knew how to use it but we still didn’t know as much about it as we do today and music was in a weird generic and bland place. its part of the reason why everything from that time feels like it’s from 15 years ago rather than like 8 or 9.