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     • The phrase "chillwave" came to be used as a pejorative due to the music's perceived shallowness and reliance on nostalgia.
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   Why is chillwave a pejorative?

   • According to Pitchfork ' s Miles Bowe, chillwave came to constitute a pejorative referencing the "cynical" rebranding of hypnagogic pop acts who had "streamlined [their] style to find genuine pop success."

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   What is chillwave music?

   • Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It is characterized by evoking the popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s while engaging with notions of memory and nostalgia.

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   Why is chillwave so popular today?

   • From its total prolificacy in the early ’10s to its various mutated forms reflected in today’s popular culture, the chillwave ethos has endured this decade in a way few other musical trends have, even as many of its first-generation practitioners have moved on to other, stranger sounds, or out of music entirely.

   How Chillwave’s Brief Moment in the Sun Cast a Long ... - Pitchfork

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   How did chillwave influence pop music?

   • But if the influence is there, it’s more in sound than in spirit. At their core, chillwave acts made pop music, so they were applying those sounds more to dance music, shoegaze tropes, the skeletons of quiet storm, or to brittle funk rhythms. Even at its most cloudy, it was rooted in song-like forms.

   Chillwave Was the First Great Genre of the Internet Era - VICE

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   What does chillwave sound like?

   • Common features include a faded or dreamy retro pop sound, escapist lyrics (frequent topics include the beach or summer), psychedelic or lo-fi aesthetics, mellow vocals, slow-to-moderate tempos, effects processing (especially reverb), and vintage synthesizers. Chillwave was one of the first music genres to develop primarily through the Internet.

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   What happened to chillwave?

   • As so much modern music increasingly fades into the background, however, chillwave’s early practitioners have occasionally made bold moves as they’ve left the genre behind. Producer Sean Bowie spent the early ’10s producing largely unassuming chillwave as Teams. Like many of its ilk, the project eventually dissolved.

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   Chillwave. Chillwave (originally considered synonymous with glo-fi and hypnagogic pop) is a music microgenre that emerged in the late 2000s. It is characterized by evoking the popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s while engaging with notions of memory and nostalgia. Common features include a faded or dreamy retro pop sound, escapist ...

4. whynow.co.uk › read › on-washed-out-does-chillnessOn Washed Out: Does ‘chillness’ have a place in 2020? whynow

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   IN A SMALL CORNER of the internet, summer 2009 was dubbed the ‘Summer of Chillwave’, and hundreds of aspiring musicians were trying their hand at making retro, out-of-focus, escapist pop. So much so that by 2010 the chillwave movement was arguably over.

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   Oct 14, 2019 · At chillwave’s peak, much criticism aimed at the subgenre addressed a perceived generational ambivalence emanating from its core.

6. www.vice.com › en › articleChillwave Was the First Great Genre of the Internet Era - VICE

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   Aug 23, 2019 · Chillwave, at least as a term, started as a joke. Ten years since the net-pop genre’s biggest summer, that part of its history is well remembered.

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   The phrase "chillwave" came to be used as a pejorative due to the music's perceived shallowness and reliance on nostalgia. Detractors also criticized the term for having been contrived by media publications.

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   Maligned by some critics since it's inception, Chillwave inspired a debate among music fans over whether it was even a real genre. By the end of 2010, its 15 minutes of fame were over, with most casual music listeners still unaware of its existence. At least, that's the narrative that exists in many people's minds.

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   Jul 21, 2011 · The recent release of Ernest Greene's first Washed Out album has caused a lot of critics and fans to once again consider "chillwave"-- the subgenre we laughed and groaned and wondered about until...