Do people still like Vaporwave? -

[AbyssStarer]

So because there was a maymay about it means there's definitely no genuine interest?
There are plenty of great Vaporwave songs, but I will agree that too much of it is derivative from a lot of the early adopters who wanted to jump on what they saw as a low-effort bandwagon. However; most of those people have either evolved or left Vaporwave production and who's still around tend to be more serious about it.
I still feel that while the lo-fi subgenre has a lot of promise and some is really good but too many goddamn people think lo-fi and hip-hop must go together and use the same canned backtracks in every song. Lo-fi is best for casual listening (why Lo-fi Girl is so successful.)

The trick to finding the best vaporwave is looking for people who don't use or use very little or more creative sampling. My favorite is Runners Club '95.
https://soundcloud.com/runnersclub95

 

[Syaoran Li]

I'll admit, I like the Vaporwave aesthetics and I'm a sucker for Future Funk.

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

I like Trevor Something and not a lot else. I'll have that 'NewRetroWave' channel playing in the background when I got some vidya playing but I won't actively seek it out.

 

[Abyssal Bulwark]

Vaporwave is just the opposite of nightcore.

 

[Maxxicus Callahan]

 

[Shadfan666xxx000]

The nostalgia layers are getting to be too much at this point. That was my late-high school to college jam and now I feel too much like a rootless 18 year old when I listen to it.

 

[Blamo]

It was a nice idea, but similar to the whole Synthwave thing, they quicky made themselves into a cliche and drove it into the ground.
Sadly neither really amounted to anything in the long run. If people don't iterate on your ideas they are good as dead.

 

[Kujo Jotaro]

It was a nice idea, but similar to the whole Synthwave thing, they quicky made themselves into a cliche and drove it into the ground.
Sadly neither really amounted to anything in the long run. If people don't iterate on your ideas they are good as dead.

Wym there's great synthwave stuff posted to youtube all the time?

 

[Blamo]

Wym there's great synthwave stuff posted to youtube all the time?

Yeah, but only music. It was really an aesthetic in it's hayday. It would have been cool to see other media rolling with it.

 

[DiscoRodeo]

When people confuse the aesthetic with the music, thats kind of why it died, to be honest.

Synthwave, as a genre, never really had any philosophy behind it other than ", 80s synth music is cool".

Vaporwave, for reasons highlighted before, did- and then had a fast death pulled on it in a way that punk managed to stave off for maybe a decade, but vapor got co-opted within less than a year or two.

 

[Mnutu]

When people confuse the aesthetic with the music, thats kind of why it died, to be honest.

Synthwave, as a genre, never really had any philosophy behind it other than ", 80s synth music is cool".

Vaporwave, for reasons highlighted before, did- and then had a fast death pulled on it in a way that punk managed to stave off for maybe a decade, but vapor got co-opted within less than a year or two.

Didn’t help that it became less a cultural observation and more a political critique. Early Vaporwave stuff was vague enough to be appealing, the moment the trannys went nuts it became immediately embarrassing. Synthwave really is just Vaporwave without the avant garde edge and late 80’s samples. Part of why I prefer Vaporwave over Synth, funny enough, is that weirdo edge to it. More interesting when there’s less political screeds attached to it.

 

[albert chan]

I do wish mallsoft and vaporwave could make a comeback again. Maybe when GTA 6 ever comes out, they’ll make a radio station that plays nothing but vaporwave and remixes to 80’s music with vaporwave elements.

Here’s to hoping they go back to Vice City