Will the early 2010s be more remembered?

[lazer]

This era is known for Electropop, Dubstep, and Indie. When people are going to be nostalgic for the music of the 2010s, will people be more nostalgic for the music from 2010-2013 than the rest of the decade?

[NeRD]

In regards to pop girls, definitely.

The biggest female artists of this generation (Rih, Bey, Britney, Katy,Gaga) were all at their peaks then. I believe that timeframe also included some of their biggest hits (We Found Love, Single Ladies, Firework, Bad Romance, etc.). It was just a great time to love pop music and female domination then.

The latter half of this decade had been kinda the opposite. Katy experienced a big decline after 2014, Gaga after Born This Way, Bey stopped giving a f**k, Rih started shifting focus on a million other things instead of music, and Britney...well. I feel like Ariana is the only female that has actually ascended into a higher level of superstardom when comparing the beginning of this decade with today.

Even with males, I see a similar trajectory minus Ed.

[Exclusive]

The answer to the question posed is based on introspection. If you grew up listening to most of your music in any given period of time, naturally as the years go by there will be some form of nostalgia and feelings developed. There is also recency bias and other factors that will play into this as well, but the main point is that it solely based on the individuals that the given era/generation of music has impacted/influenced personally.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Jan 20, 2019 15:41:56 GMT -5 NeRD said:

In regards to pop girls, definitely.

The biggest female artists of this generation (Rih, Bey, Britney, Katy,Gaga) were all at their peaks then. I believe that timeframe also included some of their biggest hits (We Found Love, Single Ladies, Firework, Bad Romance, etc.). It was just a great time to love pop music and female domination then.

The latter half of this decade had been kinda the opposite. Katy experienced a big decline after 2014, Gaga after Born This Way, Bey stopped giving a f**k, Rih started shifting focus on a million other things instead of music, and Britney...well. I feel like Ariana is the only female that has actually ascended into a higher level of superstardom when comparing the beginning of this decade with today.

Even with males, I see a similar trajectory minus Ed.

I can agree with this to a certain extent. Looking back, the early 2010s in music does feel a bit more memorable than the latter part of the decade.

[wjr15]

I'd say it depends on who you ask. If you're someone who likes pop and dance music, you'll most likely remember the early 2010's more. If you're someone who likes rap and hip hop music, you'll most likely remember the late 2010's more.

The first half of the decade already feels very nostalgic and memorable to me but that's probably because those were my high school and college years where I created so many fond and some not so fond memories. I just attached the music of those years with the experiences I had and most people probably do the same in their youth.

[#LisaRinna]

Jan 21, 2019 17:17:21 GMT -5 wjr15 said:

I'd say it depends on who you ask. If you're someone who likes pop and dance music, you'll most likely remember the early 2010's more. If you're someone who likes rap and hip hop music, you'll most likely remember the late 2010's more.

As far as R&B goes, I'd say the first half of the decade is the better part of it.

[owenlovesmusic]

Idk about that. We may have gotten Chief Keef, A$AP Rocky and Tyler the Creator in the early 2010s but we got Post Malone, Travis Scott, and Ty Dolla $ign in the later 2010s.

[mkarns]

It's obviously too soon to tell. I think the earlier 2010s stuff holds up a bit better myself, but we can't tell yet what or who will endure from the later part of the decade (we really can't yet say what will hold up even from the early 2010s over the long term). If in fact the stuff from the first half of the decade ends up being better remembered, then the 2010s may go down similarly to the 1980s in that sense, though apart from a very few artists I'm having trouble seeing exactly who from any part of the current decade will be seen as especially important or successful in the future (maybe it's my age speaking...)

[Deleted]

This isn't a good thread.

If you ask pop fans, they'll say early 2010s and if you ask urban fans, they'll say late 2010s.

[filthy]

Jan 22, 2019 14:42:29 GMT -5 @levitation said:

This isn't a good thread.

If you ask pop fans, they'll say early 2010s and if you ask urban fans, they'll say late 2010s.

This definitely is a good thread. The early 2010s pop glory days will obviously be remembered more by pop fans, rather than hip-hop fans remembering the late 2010s for its streaming/urban era. It's a subjective matter.

In conclusion everybody has different opinions, which is what this part of the board was made for 

[kcdawg13]

Maybe it's because my age but I think I'll remember the late 2010's more, not just because I think the music is better, but I like the culture more. Music seems a but more punk rock now, I am not a huge fan of soundcloud rappers but the straight up homemade sound of their music and how they can chart without radio and a label push is pretty cool, popular music is more in the hands of the people now with streaming, unlike earlier this decade when you needed a huge marketing push and great sales to be able to chart and be popular. Artists like Katy Perry, Rihanna, etc. would rule the charts and newer artists couldn't really find a way in aside from the occasional indie crossover.

[velaxti]

I'm not really sure. People are already getting nostalgic for the early 10's, but I was already nostalgic for the mid-00s back in 2011. So I reckon in 5 years we'll also see people being nostalgic for now.

Also, another thing that will probably happen is that in 2022 (or around that time), there will be a major comeback of pop/dance/electronic music, and once that happens, I think it's possible that people will care less about the 2007-2012 period, because they'll have a new one to care about.

There were lots of R&B and hip hop songs which seemed like massive hits but seemed to be under-represented in the Hot 100. The charts make it look like urban music had a massive comeback in the mid-10s, but I reckon if they had a way of counting illegal downloads, or simply what people were listening to on their iPods or mp3 players at the time, I think we would find it hasn't increased in popularity THAT much.

[irice22]

I think so. We're in the pop music doldrums right now.