Vaporwave

Vaporwave is a music genre characterized by its dreamy, nostalgia-tinged soundscapes, often featuring slowed-down samples of 80s and 90s popular culture, jazz, and lounge music. Emerging in the early 2010s, vaporwave drew inspiration from internet culture, futuristic utopianism, and critiques of consumerism. The genre's distinctive sound is marked by lush, reverb-drenched textures, hauntingly distorted vocals, and a blend of electronic and organic instrumentation. Vaporwave's peak popularity coincided with the rise of online music communities and social media, allowing it to spread rapidly and gain a devoted following. As a genre, vaporwave intersects with chillwave, ambient, and hypnagogic pop, but its unique blend of retrofuturism, irony, and sonic experimentation sets it apart. Its cultural significance lies in its commentary on technology-driven nostalgia, capitalism, and the blurring of high and low culture.

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Your Lovin'
Single - Released January 10, 2025

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404 chew
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Cvsket Pretty
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DBX
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Dario Synth
Diamond Lounge
Drian
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ERBES
Echo Wolf
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Equip
FM Skyline
George Clanton
Glasear
Golfklubb
HISTED
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IAXI
Incorporeal Visions Deluxe
Kaptain Kola
Kelvino
Khiaro
Kiabits
LeDorean
Lil Gromit
Limousine
M4RLBORO
MPC GIRL USAGI
Macross 82-99
Maitro
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Mirai Mirai
Missigno
N33T
Neon Panda
Nightcall
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No_4mat
Nstlgk
NxxxxxS
Origami Boy
Paleni
Palm 3s
PhonkWolf
Psylone
Rozebud
STUCKINWAVEFORMS
SilverHawk
Skylor Knox
Smile High
SoBe
Sunglasses Kid
TURIAN BOY
TWENTY80
Th Blisks
The Motion
Trap Town
Treasure Bloom
Tupperwave
Tustep
VAPERROR
Vapora
Virtual Flavor
Whitewoods
X.Y.R.
YesterKid
Yuni Wa
akanekuro
analoq.
bby ivy
chasing clouds.
coasty
cybernene
death's dynamic shroud
eydrey
fluffyFHX
furozun
galaxx
heavn0nevaeh
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vetementsboy
yukiinheaven
zensei ゼンセー
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Com Truise
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Home
Macross 82-99
vetementsboy
The Motion
Windows 96
Sunglasses Kid
Kiabits
NxxxxxS
kaxzyee
HYPERBEAM
Lunar Lullaby & yorukaze
Cloudsurfin'
Virtual Flavor
Stephanie Hawk
Home
cybernene
No_4mat
18 Carat Affair
Smile High
MLTSMTHNG
Bus Topp
Lil Gromit
Galva-Nice
luxury elite
ax am
y_x
Downtown Owl
Enjoy Banker
architecture in tokyo
Nightcall
Vidstige
2814
Kaptain Kola
Midnight Cycler
eydrey
Memeshant
Skylar Spence
bby ivy
death's dynamic shroud
Blank Banshee
Whitewoods
Synthwave Goose
GHOSTSHELL
Palm 3s
ESPRIT 空想
Dan Mason ダン·メイソン
LeDorean
Yuni Wa
bbrainz
Pool-Man John
zensei ゼンセー
galaxx
okwow
Paleni
fluffyFHX
blakke
n$vd
Maitro
Nmesh
VAPERROR
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yukiinheaven
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Rozebud
furozun
IAXI
Aves
Cvsket Pretty
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MSPAINT
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