The History of Y2K - Exploring 2021's Hottest Trend

As times change, we tend to look back on the past with either longing or ridicule. Popular culture regularly finds itself in the intersection of both, a source of positive and negative nostalgia. We wonder why we wore those outfits, or we long for a time when music ‘used to be good’. Ironically, whatever our stance, pop culture has a way of making us bite our tongues - enter the 20-year cycle. The 20-year cycle describes the phenomenon of trends from the past being revived, revered, and remixed

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