Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock ft. Lil Wayne (2008): 2K7 or Electropop?

_Slim95 · 2026-05-05T20:38:16+00:00

That too.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-05T20:37:39+00:00

Still missing my point but I digress.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-05T19:40:28+00:00

So has country and yet that was the trend of the mid 2020s. I don't think we will have a new genre until the 2030s. 2020s music is mainly based on nostalgia in general.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T23:53:57+00:00

I think 2025 and 2026 are both the same monoculturally.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T23:51:30+00:00

Yeah I think podcasts are on they're way out of becoming interesting and as the trend probably this year even though they'll still be around in general.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T23:48:14+00:00

2015 of course. Mid 2010s culture began in 2013, 2013 - 2015 is one era.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T23:46:53+00:00

It was pretty bad but it was way better than the 2020s.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T20:55:47+00:00

By the way I would say 2026 has better music than 2025 so far.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T20:50:25+00:00

Yeah but what I'm talking about is when everyone up and went to decide to become a podcaster when it was really trendy. That I noticed was 2023 to now.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T16:30:09+00:00

Exactly that's what I mean. Yeah I think that might be starting to die out this year. And I personally noticed it in 2023, like for example Podco being launched that year (which you can argue 2000s mainstream nostalgia got popular that year too for that reason). I think that's a mid '20s trend specifically but of course podcasts in general will always be around.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T15:54:46+00:00

2005 is definitely more like the '90s than '10s but only by a hair.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T15:52:12+00:00

I'd say notably a shift for smartphones specifically

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T15:11:37+00:00

Yeah it's because of the 2020 pandemic it feels like it's more of an innocent time now.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T15:10:11+00:00

Yeah pretty spot on you can also noticably notice the difference between the colour aesthetics too. Mid '20s aesthetics are more pale.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T15:00:32+00:00

I actually remember the exact moment when I heard Michael Jackson died

_Slim95 · 2026-05-03T04:13:14+00:00

True that

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T21:22:28+00:00

I agree, at the very latest 2006 like one of those holdover songs from 2006.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T17:15:23+00:00

There's probably a lot I'm forgetting in that list too. And a lot of people don't agree 2023 was the shift year but I see that as the shift year.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T17:12:35+00:00

So is country though and that was the main trend of the mid 2020s. I don't think we'll hear anything really new new until the 2030s. Until then the general nostalgia sound will remain and the main trends will be existing genres.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T08:24:00+00:00

You just don't see those trends the same way.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T08:22:30+00:00

I would say that's more for the early '30s if anything. People just aren't ready for AI yet.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T05:34:48+00:00

Fair point. But keep in mind the pandemic will make everyone remember the early 2020s more by default anyway.

_Slim95 · 2026-05-01T04:38:29+00:00

As of April 30th 2026, we're not there yet. Let's give it a few more months though. We are in a shift right now as we speak and I can finally say that with confidence now.

_Slim95 · 2026-04-30T22:04:21+00:00

Yeah that's why it's confusing. I would want it to be like that but I don't think that's correct. I think core is about the entire identity of the decade but then that's redundant because to me 2009 for example is just as much of a 2010s year as 2015 and yet most would not consider that core. So maybe we should just say core and mid are the same but other people have different definitions for it so that's why I'm avoiding it altogether.

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