+1
the anonymity & confusion of artists, artist names, track/songs/album titles etc. is most probly a response/antidote to the perils & ugliness of celebrity culture, & 2 the trappings of fame & 'success'. this removal of personality or individuation is enhanced further by its producers re(de)fining their own genericism. the inherent nostalgia of vaporwave (4 manufactured lifestyles, easy listening, early computing & inbuilt obsolescent formats etc.) is an (an)aesthetic that is by default ironic, even if it isn’t meant 2b ironic. so this (an)aesthetic, liek the sound itself, is dreamlike, repetitive, mnemonic, playful/funny, low-key. innocuous. & therein lies its headfuck & hardcore, imo.
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