It seems like 2018 could be another huge shift that could bring us to early 2020s culture or at least lots of hints.I'm ready to see because honestly everything since 2011 has been just bad pop culturally and I don't hate on any decade I like them for their each uniqness,but this decade is really slow and not pop culturally good its just bad I mean technology wise it good but other than that the 2010s have been bad for music,TV,movies,and economy in my op.so hopefully 2018 is a transitional year,but if not can't wait for the 2020a.

Looks like it. Too early to tell, though.
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Hopefully, I wouldnt count on it though

We are due for a cultural shift. I do think we will have to wait until the end of the Trump era however before we see it. I predict that the '10s will linger until 2020 or 2021 and then things will change relatively quickly, much like they did in the early 1980s.

Yes I think it will. 2018 will see some huge changes. I hope this is the case. We will see what the '20s have in store for us.

We are due for a cultural shift. I do think we will have to wait until the end of the Trump era however before we see it. I predict that the '10s will linger until 2020 or 2021 and then things will change relatively quickly, much like they did in the early 1980s.

This may happen too but I honestly hope it doesn't because we are really due for some change. The 2010s have been pretty uneventful so far and it seems like everything will just come crashing down next year. New music, new trends, new singers, new fashion, new shows, all of this needs to change.

It is likely that there will be some changes. Usually the year ending in '8' is when a lot of new influences for the next decade start appearing, however with that being said they always belong to that decade of which they are in and not the next decade, so 2018 will most likely still be very 2010s with a few 20's influences POSSIBLY.

Currently...nope, I don't think so.

Well basically I hope one of these upcomming years 2018 or 2019 will be bigger better change preferably 2018 is when I think and hope everything will change let's too 2018.

Well basically I hope one of these upcomming years 2018 or 2019 will be bigger better change preferably 2018 is when I think and hope everything will change let's too 2018.

I think it will be the 2018 - 2019 school year.

It is likely that there will be some changes. Usually the year ending in '8' is when a lot of new influences for the next decade start appearing, however with that being said they always belong to that decade of which they are in and not the next decade, so 2018 will most likely still be very 2010s with a few 20's influences POSSIBLY.


I don't think this is always the case. 1958, 68, 78, and 88 all belong firmly within their decades.  '98 and '08 both still fit in their decades but had a bit more foreshadowing of the next decade.  I personally think the Trump era will be its own thing, sandwiched between the Obama '10s and the true '20s.  We'll see.

I don't think this is always the case. 1958, 68, 78, and 88 all belong firmly within their decades.  '98 and '08 both still fit in their decades but had a bit more foreshadowing of the next decade.  I personally think the Trump era will be its own thing, sandwiched between the Obama '10s and the true '20s.  We'll see.

2008 was a huge transitional year. 1998 also had a significant shift. I think 2018 will see the same thing.

I don't think this is always the case. 1958, 68, 78, and 88 all belong firmly within their decades.  '98 and '08 both still fit in their decades but had a bit more foreshadowing of the next decade.  I personally think the Trump era will be its own thing, sandwiched between the Obama '10s and the true '20s.  We'll see.


But that's exactly what I was saying! I said that 2018 might start to see a few influences from the next decade but will still be definelty very 2010s! :)

This may happen too but I honestly hope it doesn't because we are really due for some change. The 2010s have been pretty uneventful so far and it seems like everything will just come crashing down next year. New music, new trends, new singers, new fashion, new shows, all of this needs to change.


I feel as though the 2010s are suffering from the same issue that plagued 2000s culture. It is relying too much on a certain time period to fulfill the different elements of pop culture. The majority of the artists who are popular today either had their careers start in the Late 2000s or were already popular during that time. Think about it; Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Justin Bieber, Pink, Justin Timberlake. With the exception of Adele and the members of 1D, we haven't really witnessed the emergence of new generation-defining singers. I don't consider Ariana Grande to be on the same page as the singers I mentioned previously; I think she is more of a defining artist of the Mid 2010s.

This has also extended into television as well. The most popular shows at the moment, such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and Orange is the New Black, were already popular in the Early 2010s. There generally hasn't been a change in what the most "trendy" shows are, to be honest. You could argue that this applies to the box office as well, especially with the Marvel Universe continuing to dominate the landscape since the release of "Iron Man" in 2008.

We really are in need of a huge change. I know for a fact that plenty of people are pretty sick of the current state of music, even those who liked music during the earlier years of this decade. A lot of people in my year group are resorting to listening to songs/bands from when they were kids. So to sum up my long post, I hope that 2018 will be a transitional year to the same extent as 2008. Although, i'm not holding my breath.

I feel as though the 2010s are suffering from the same issue that plagued 2000s culture. It is relying too much on a certain time period to fulfill the different elements of pop culture. The majority of the artists who are popular today either had their careers start in the Late 2000s or were already popular during that time. Think about it; Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Justin Bieber, Pink, Justin Timberlake. With the exception of Adele and the members of 1D, we haven't really witnessed the emergence of new generation-defining singers. I don't consider Ariana Grande to be on the same page as the singers I mentioned previously; I think she is more of a defining artist of the Mid 2010s.

This has also extended into television as well. The most popular shows at the moment, such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and Orange is the New Black, were already popular in the Early 2010s. There generally hasn't been a change in what the most "trendy" shows are, to be honest. You could argue that this applies to the box office as well, especially with the Marvel Universe continuing to dominate the landscape since the release of "Iron Man" in 2008.

We really are in need of a huge change. I know for a fact that plenty of people are pretty sick of the current state of music, even those who liked music during the earlier years of this decade. A lot of people in my year group are resorting to listening to songs/bands from when they were kids. So to sum up my long post, I hope that 2018 will be a transitional year to the same extent as 2008. Although, i'm not holding my breath.
your 100% right spot on they are not creating new excitement during the time to keep things fresh.

I think there will be a big shift in 2019.

2009 was the transition year of the 00's. 2008 was practically identical to 2006, but 2009 felt more tech focused than any other year of the noughties. Twitter was starting to gain traction and is structurally different from typical 00s blogging sites like Blogspot. Some music from 2009 doesn't sound 00's at all.

2009 was the transition year of the 00's. 2008 was practically identical to 2006, but 2009 felt more tech focused than any other year of the noughties. Twitter was starting to gain traction and is structurally different from typical 00s blogging sites like Blogspot. Some music from 2009 doesn't sound 00's at all.

2008 was not identical to 2006 and it was a transition year. Obama getting elected, Lady Gaga and electropop music starting, the great recession, etc.

2008 was not identical to 2006 and it was a transition year. Obama getting elected, Lady Gaga and electropop music starting, the great recession, etc.

Bush was still in office, as was Harper in Ottawa. Lady Gaga only had 1 hit in 2008. She blew up in 2009 onwards along with electropop.

Bush was still in office, as was Harper in Ottawa. Lady Gaga only had 1 hit in 2008. She blew up in 2009 onwards along with electropop.


2008 was still different from 2006, it's part of the electro pop era/late 00's. 2006 was core 2000s.

Bush was still in office, as was Harper in Ottawa. Lady Gaga only had 1 hit in 2008. She blew up in 2009 onwards along with electropop.

Harper has been in office from 2006 - 2015, so that's irrelevant. Yes and that one hit changed the music scene. Obama getting elected was a big deal and so was the great recession of September in 2008. 2008 was definitely a big transitional year that changed everything. I would agree 2008 - 2009 school year was when the huge changes happened though. Late 2008 was the start of it.

No, 2018 will be more like 2009.

No, 2018 will be more like 2009.

When do you think the transition will be?

Decadeology has no predictive qualities. There's no rule saying 2018 has to be very changeful.

When do you think the transition will be?


We're living in one right now.

I vote 2020.  :P

Decadeology has no predictive qualities. There's no rule saying 2018 has to be very changeful.

Exactly!

Decadeology has no predictive qualities. There's no rule saying 2018 has to be very changeful.

But opinions on when a shift will happen is not decadology.

But opinions on when a shift will happen is not decadology.

It definitely is decadeology.

But opinions on when a shift will happen is not decadology.


It becomes decadeology as soon as you say/think "2008 was changeful so 2018 will be changeful" or "2018 will usher in the 2020s". The year 2018 could be called 4453 for all anyone cares, and the year would have played out almost the exact same. Now, you can say 2018 can be changeful because X or Y will happen, but saying "1998 was changeful and 2008 was changeful so 2018 will also be changeful" doesn't make any sense. The fact that so many changes happened on an 8 year is purely coincidental. If we extend the logic, 2028, 2038 etc. should also be changeful, as if such a thing were predetermined. I hope you get what I mean.

2008 was still different from 2006, it's part of the electro pop era/late 00's. 2006 was core 2000s.


Most of 2008 was like 2006. The 2008 financial collapse is when the transition started.

I hope that the next pop culture shift doesn't involve a stock market crash.  :\'(  :\'(

The 00's had the 2000 crash, and the 10's had the 2008/2009 crash.

It becomes decadeology as soon as you say/think "2008 was changeful so 2018 will be changeful" or "2018 will usher in the 2020s". The year 2018 could be called 4453 for all anyone cares, and the year would have played out almost the exact same. Now, you can say 2018 can be changeful because X or Y will happen, but saying "1998 was changeful and 2008 was changeful so 2018 will also be changeful" doesn't make any sense. The fact that so many changes happened on an 8 year is purely coincidental. If we extend the logic, 2028, 2038 etc. should also be changeful, as if such a thing were predetermined. I hope you get what I mean.

I agree 100%.

I hope that the next pop culture shift doesn't involve a stock market crash.  :\'(  :\'(

The 00's had the 2000 crash, and the 10's had the 2008/2009 crash.


Yeah the '00s were pretty much book-ended by recessions, but so were the '90s.  There was a recession in the early '90s and that accompanied the shift from '80s culture to '90s culture.  Going back before that, there was a quite severe recession (in fact it was almost as bad as 2008-09) in 1981-82. I would say the core '80s began after that recession.  Come to think of it, a lot of cultural shifts accompany recessions and the following recovery.  I guess its because a recession changes the mood of society so deeply that it is expressed in things like art, film, and music. 

It becomes decadeology as soon as you say/think "2008 was changeful so 2018 will be changeful" or "2018 will usher in the 2020s". The year 2018 could be called 4453 for all anyone cares, and the year would have played out almost the exact same. Now, you can say 2018 can be changeful because X or Y will happen, but saying "1998 was changeful and 2008 was changeful so 2018 will also be changeful" doesn't make any sense. The fact that so many changes happened on an 8 year is purely coincidental. If we extend the logic, 2028, 2038 etc. should also be changeful, as if such a thing were predetermined. I hope you get what I mean.

Yeah that is decadology, but not simply wondering if there will be a shift a particular year. By definition that isn't decadology. You're right though, if someone thinks it will change because another year ending in 8 changed then it is decadology in that case.

Yeah the '00s were pretty much book-ended by recessions, but so were the '90s.  There was a recession in the early '90s and that accompanied the shift from '80s culture to '90s culture.  Going back before that, there was a quite severe recession (in fact it was almost as bad as 2008-09) in 1981-82. I would say the core '80s began after that recession.  Come to think of it, a lot of cultural shifts accompany recessions and the following recovery.  I guess its because a recession changes the mood of society so deeply that it is expressed in things like art, film, and music.


The '80s were over long before the 1990 recession.

'80s Culture

https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/4/A70-2036

Star Wars movies

https://bestofthe80s.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/themuppetshow1.jpg

The Muppet Show

http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/images/user-image-1313257701_thumb.jpg

Dolfins


'90s Culture

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/2e/5b/f8/2e5bf855b9b5afdd42e5498b4ca4172f--street-styles-mc-hammer-pants.jpg

International Baggyz style muscle pants

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BfyscTxA8bk/hqdefault.jpg

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon & action figures

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iSE51IAUZ3M/hqdefault.jpg

Roseanne TV Show

The '80s were over long before the 1990 recession.

'80s Culture

https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/4/A70-2036

Star Wars movies

https://bestofthe80s.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/themuppetshow1.jpg

The Muppet Show

http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/images/user-image-1313257701_thumb.jpg

Dolfins


'90s Culture

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/2e/5b/f8/2e5bf855b9b5afdd42e5498b4ca4172f--street-styles-mc-hammer-pants.jpg

International Baggyz style muscle pants

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BfyscTxA8bk/hqdefault.jpg

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon & action figures

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iSE51IAUZ3M/hqdefault.jpg

Roseanne TV Show

That's how I feel about the '90s and the '00s. They were over long before 2000 and 2010 respectively.

Normally there's a cultural shift when a new president is inaugurated, or even when an incumbent president starts his second term, but 2017 just hasn't felt that way and we're in September now. 2013 felt like a shift from the Lady Gaga/Ke$ha and David Guetta/Euro EDM era of 2009-2012, and 2009 was a shift from the late 2005-2008 MySpace/emo era. I do feel 2009 was more changeful than 2008, even though the transition began in the fall of 2008 (stock market crash, election of Obama, Lady Gaga's album, etc.). I feel like 2009 was when the transition was finalized.

I think there was a small shift in 2016. Things today feel different compared to 2015.

Normally there's a cultural shift when a new president is inaugurated, or even when an incumbent president starts his second term, but 2017 just hasn't felt that way and we're in September now. 2013 felt like a shift from the Lady Gaga/Ke$ha and David Guetta/Euro EDM era of 2009-2012, and 2009 was a shift from the late 2005-2008 MySpace/emo era. I do feel 2009 was more changeful than 2008, even though the transition began in the fall of 2008 (stock market crash, election of Obama, Lady Gaga's album, etc.). I feel like 2009 was when the transition was finalized.


I for the most part agree with this.  It seems like a new culture takes hold around the time of each Presidential inauguration.  There has definitely been a change in mood this year.  2017 feels quite removed from 2016 in my opinion.

I for the most part agree with this.  It seems like a new culture takes hold around the time of each Presidential inauguration.  There has definitely been a change in mood this year.  2017 feels quite removed from 2016 in my opinion.


In some ways 2017 actually feels calmer compared to 2016 and 15, as far as the political climate. The incident in Charlottesville, VA reminded me of those years, but more recently the focus has been on the Hurricane Harvey damage, which has shown people of the diverse population of Houston coming together in a time of crisis.

That's how I feel about the '00s and the '10s. They were over long before 2000 and 2010 respectively.


The '00s atmosphere was completely gone in the winter of 2010.

The '00s atmosphere was completely gone in the winter of 2010.

I wrote a typo I meant to say '90s and '00s. I think the '90s ended in 1998 and the 2000s ended in 2008.

I think 2018 will be transitional.

I think 2018 will be transitional.

Me too. I feel it in my bones.

I don't know.  To really be transitional, we have to get out of this culture of pop music dominated by EDM and trap (with very little rock in the Top 40), social media/smartphone/app culture, SJWs vs alt-right, Trump being President, hipster fashion and nightlife, etc.  Even if things evolve, if those things are still the center of our pop culture, we are still in '10s culture.  I don't see anything on the horizon to really shake that up.

My guess is the next cultural shift will occur pretty swiftly once the Trump era is done.  My guess is that things will slowly continue to evolve through 2018 and 2019 but by the time we get to 2022 we will be in a completely different culture.

I don't know.  To really be transitional, we have to get out of this culture of pop music dominated by EDM and trap (with very little rock in the Top 40), social media/smartphone/app culture, SJWs vs alt-right, Trump being President, hipster fashion and nightlife,


I don't see how arguments between "SJWs" and the "alt-right" (whatever that is?) is having a pop cultural impact? but OK. I agree  that social media is ubiquitous in this decade, also in no way are social media apps on smartphones like snap chat what's App, vine etc a twenty tens thing, social media apps on smartphones will be just as popular if not more popular in the twenty twenty's, like how in the 2010s bebo and MySpace was replaced by Facebook, just different companies who do the same thing will replace snap chat etc in the 2020s (that's if they DO get replaced)

The last few months/last quarter of 2017 actually did start to feel different from the mid-2010's. It could be because of big changes in my life such as retiring from the military and moving to a new house, so my perception of culture has changed and I'm getting different vibes. The mid-2013 - mid-2017 period was a rough time in my life, and the culture didn't seem much better. Things seem a lot more calmer now. So far 2018 is an extension of late 2017, but I feel it will continue the changes that started even further. The music is better, less trap and more R&B and latin dance pop.

Still the same so far.

The last few months/last quarter of 2017 actually did start to feel different from the mid-2010's. It could be because of big changes in my life such as retiring from the military and moving to a new house, so my perception of culture has changed and I'm getting different vibes. The mid-2013 - mid-2017 period was a rough time in my life, and the culture didn't seem much better. Things seem a lot more calmer now. So far 2018 is an extension of late 2017, but I feel it will continue the changes that started even further. The music is better, less trap and more R&B and latin dance pop.

It felt different from the mid '10s all the way back in 2016... But we are still in the core 2010s.

Still the same so far.

Yeah we are still in core 2010s culture for the most part.

We won’t know for a few years yet which year is the transitional one. Starting in 2022, we can all start pointlessly arguing with one another about when exactly the change-over happened.

It felt different from the mid '10s all the way back in 2016... But we are still in the core 2010s.


2016 for the most part felt the same as 2015, though a little different from '13 and '14. The later part of '16 things kind of took a turn for the worse. Overall, the 2013-2016 period is the "years that led to Trump". Things were on a downward spiral in the US due to Obama's failing policies after being elected a 2nd term. It was a rough time with so many issues, especially the race wars and between the police and the BLM movement. There were plenty of other social justice issues as well such as gun control, LGBT rights, Confederate flags, etc. I'd be happy if those years could be erased from my memory. Right now it's more about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement. Overall, despite Trump's quirky character, I think this country is back in the right direction. I definitely wouldn't rather have Hillary as president, we would have sunk further.

2016 for the most part felt the same as 2015, though a little different from '13 and '14. The later part of '16 things kind of took a turn for the worse. Overall, the 2013-2016 period is the "years that led to Trump". Things were on a downward spiral in the US due to Obama's failing policies after being elected a 2nd term. It was a rough time with so many issues, especially the race wars and between the police and the BLM movement. There were plenty of other social justice issues as well such as gun control, LGBT rights, Confederate flags, etc. I'd be happy if those years could be erased from my memory. Right now it's more about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement. Overall, despite Trump's quirky character, I think this country is back in the right direction. I definitely wouldn't rather have Hillary as president, we would have sunk further.


That was a very polarizing time in this country. I really wish I would have been able to live in a modern, progressive part of the US during that era.  I think I would have liked it if I lived in Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, LA, or even a large city in the South like Austin or Charlotte.  I hear stories about celebrations after the gay marriage decision, people changing their profile pics to rainbow, etc.  Where I live, there were rainbow flag burnings and my Facebook feed was pretty much all bitching about the decision, with many people acting like the complete destruction of America was just around the corner.  All in all, that was probably the worst time of my life.  Things haven't improved much; I am still stuck in this small town, still closeted, etc, but Trump being in office has somewhat put a damper on some of the constant homophobia.

Right, now instead it’s just constant, Wall-to-wall racism.

Makes me not want to live in this country anymore, just fudge off to Canada or something.

Yeah the '00s were pretty much book-ended by recessions, but so were the '90s.  There was a recession in the early '90s and that accompanied the shift from '80s culture to '90s culture.  Going back before that, there was a quite severe recession (in fact it was almost as bad as 2008-09) in 1981-82. I would say the core '80s began after that recession.  Come to think of it, a lot of cultural shifts accompany recessions and the following recovery.  I guess its because a recession changes the mood of society so deeply that it is expressed in things like art, film, and music.

Both were worse than the 2008 recession. The economy crashed harder in the latter, but the unemployment rate was higher in the former. For instance, people in Alberta are still sayig in the '08 oil collapse was a blip to their overall economy compared to not too long before and after(2015).

Both were worse than the 2008 recession. The economy crashed harder in the latter, but the unemployment rate was higher in the former. For instance, people in Alberta are still sayig in the '08 oil collapse was a blip to their overall economy compared to not too long before and after(2015).

The worst recession I have experienced was the recession of 2015. That was a disaster.

Are you guys Canadian? I can't speak for everyone in the States, but I didn't notice a downturn in 2015.

Are you guys Canadian? I can't speak for everyone in the States, but I didn't notice a downturn in 2015.

Yes the 2015 recession was worse than the one in '09 and unemoyement was higher. The oil prices sank that year. It was terrible.

Has Cartoon Network changed its logo this year? ;D

Has Cartoon Network changed its logo this year? ;D

Nope. It's still the same logo that they've used since May 2010.

Are you guys Canadian? I can't speak for everyone in the States, but I didn't notice a downturn in 2015.

I was about to say...did I miss something?

I was about to say...did I miss something?

Yes, 2015 recession was an absolute disaster and it make the recession of '09 look like a cake walk. The 2009 one was bad but nowhere near as bad as the 2015 one. Both my parents lost their jobs and the entire oil industry got affected with the low oil prices from the 2015 recession. It was a disaster and we are still not over it but it is improving and getting better now. In Ontario they are over it but in Alberta it's still here but getting a lot better. The recession of 2015 is definitely one that will be remembered and looked back on in the future as it was very big and we are still not over the effects. That's why I see the 2010s as a split decade in a way. Economically 2010 - 2014 was one era and 2015 - present is another. 2014 was like the calm before the storm everyone was spending so much money and carefree my family went on vacation and both my parents had full time jobs it was a huge prosperous time before the crash of late 2014/early 2015.

Yes, 2015 recession was an absolute disaster and it make the recession of '09 look like a cake walk. The 2009 one was bad but nowhere near as bad as the 2015 one. Both my parents lost their jobs and the entire oil industry got affected with the low oil prices from the 2015 recession. It was a disaster and we are still not over it but it is improving and getting better now. In Ontario they are over it but in Alberta it's still here but getting a lot better. The recession of 2015 is definitely one that will be remembered and looked back on in the future as it was very big and we are still not over the effects. That's why I see the 2010s as a split decade in a way. Economically 2010 - 2014 was one era and 2015 - present is another. 2014 was like the calm before the storm everyone was spending so much money and carefree my family went on vacation and both my parents had full time jobs it was a huge prosperous time before the crash of late 2014/early 2015.


I didn't know that.  :-\\

I didn't know that.  :-\\

Most people lost their jobs that year. It was also apperent with the lack of vehicles on the roads in the morning as most people got laid off. I myself couldn't find any jobs too lol.

When you look at 2008, some huge events happened that year. You had of course the recession, as well as the Obama election. Internet as well shifted from its early mostly blog and forum-based form to the fully social media influenced version we know today. Even the smart phones market boomed with the introduction of Android, HTC and Xperia. The touch-screen experience was no longer unique to the iPhone.

With so much changes, of course Pop culture had to shift.
I don't see this happening with 2018 tbh, even a massive terrorist attack or recession will probably not make a shift happening. Unless a random revolution of something happens in the middle of the year, things will probably stay the same.

I think it will be transitional musically

I think music will change around the later part of 2018. I don't know how people can stand the current sound we have now.

We still have time lol

Who's ready for Bubblegum Bass to sweep the charts lol