You wouldn’t talk about Tumblr in real life, because that was immediately deemed uncool. Tumblr gained a cult following because it was cool to secretly have a Tumblr account. With that in mind, the next morning when my hungover friends went home, I sat at my bedroom desk and typed ‘Tumblr dot com’ into my laptop, and made my account. He casually nodded with approval, never making eye contact, which my 18 year old brain found insanely cool. I couldn’t tell if he was joking or insulting me, but he seemed genuine. I didn’t smoke, so I just sat and analyzed his expression from my porch stairs. It’s cool and I think you’d really like it.” Thankfully, one good thing came from inviting a ‘guitar guy’ to my party, because as we sat outside in the crisp winter night listening to muffled rap music coming from my bass-shaken garage, and he pointed at me with a cigarette and said, “Hey, you should join this new site I’m on. I didn’t know how to tell him I found serenades to be cringe-inducing, so I allowed him to play his heartfelt tune, as I sat silently trying not to laugh. I refused to invite my ex, so instead I invited a new guy in a band I was talking to, and he serenaded me with an acoustic guitar in my living room. It was December at the end of 2009, and I was celebrating turning 18. Keep this in mind if you choose to re-enter your fluorescent adolescence.Two months after being brutally dumped by my ex boyfriend– twice, I threw a massive house party. Yet we must remember that Tumblr wasn’t always the healthiest place for young people and strive not to recreate the toxicity. I am all for bringing back the music and some but definitely not all of the fashion trends (you will never see me wearing a tattoo choker again). TikTok carries on this legacy, as has Instagram, YouTube, and other social media platforms. Tumblr was well-known for spreading “thinspo” and romanticizing eating disorders. However, it would be amiss not to mention that the fashion went hand in hand with skinniness. In many ways, grunge never really died bits and pieces can be found throughout the ever-changing trend cycle. Tennis skirts, black platform boots, silver jewelry, and more recently, plaids and fishnet tights. Even some of the 2014 staples like The Neighborhood’s “Sweater Weather” and Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” have returned as trending TikTok sounds.Īs for fashion, over the last few years, a few staple garments have made their way back. Arctic Monkeys have returned with The Car, everyone’s favourite sad girl Lana Del Rey was recently featured on Taylor Swift’s “Snow on the Beach” and Paramore is scheduled to return in 2023 with This Is Why. The 1975 aren’t the only 2014 Tumblr favorites to release music in 2022. The addition of strings, courtesy of Warren Ellis, and the vocals of Carly Holt, create a haunting sound that differentiates it from “Robbers” while preserving its essence. The songs are stylistically very similar, with whispered vocals and lyrics about a former lover. This makes sense, as the band’s lead singer Matty Healy describes it as a continuation of “Robbers,” a fan favourite off their first album. “About You” feels straight out of their first studio album, The 1975. On October 14, The 1975 released “About You” from their fifth studio album Being Funny In a Foreign Language, prompting many fans to comment on its nostalgic sound. As the music and fashion make a comeback, will the problematic elements of this time follow suit? We collectively romanticized the Effy Stonem level sadness and were inundated with images that perpetuated skinny white girls as the ideal beauty standard. I just don’t post about it for all the internet to see. Now, eight years later, I’m just as moody. I too took cringy high angle selfies to post on my blog feed, along with angsty quotes and song lyrics that would likely make my parents concerned for my mental state. And we can’t forget the generally sad disposition harbingers of this aesthetic were constantly sporting. iPods filled with The 1975’s self-titled album The 1975, Arctic Monkeys’ AM, Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die and Lorde’s Pure Heroine, to name a few. Fishnet stockings, jean jackets, American Apparel tennis skirts and Doc Martens- a style reminiscent of 90s grunge. It became a full-fledged aesthetic, including fashion, music, and angsty attitudes. In 2014, Tumblr took over the internet as more than just a social networking site. From leg warmers to low-rise jeans, we’ve seen everything make a comeback.
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