Sometimes the late 90s and y2k era are mentioned like separate 90s eras it's sometimes like late 90s are 1996-1998 and  y2k era is 1999-2001 it essentially all the same but I just want to know if the late 90s and y2k era could be grouped separately. :)

who told you that though? people who actually lived the era or one of these 95-99 borns here who frequents this site with their supposed expertise?

the thing is that you had so called "Y2K" (i just call it late 90s culture) popping up "slightly" in 1997 (mostly a classical 90s year by the way) much more so in 1998 until
those fads (not all all of them co-existing simultaneously throughout the whole era by the way) peaked in 1999 and the year 2000
just to start to die off in 2001 until it completely vanished in 2003

pop-culture changes gradually

1997 is like a mixture of Y2K culture and Gen X culture, but It still has that Post-Grunge sound, and some posters still looked dark and bloody red texted, but it's far brighter compared to 1993-96

1998 is when the transition was pretty much done, everything looked bright and shiny, and metallic and holographic.

1997 is like a mixture of Y2K culture and Gen X culture, but It still has that Post-Grunge sound, and some posters still looked dark and bloody red texted, but it's far brighter compared to 1993-96

1998 is when the transition was pretty much done, everything looked bright and shiny, and metallic and holographic.


1997 was also the last year that eurodance was popular.  Musically it had more in common with 1995 than 1999.  I believe the Y2K era ended much more abruptly than it began.  The second half of 1997 and the first half of 1998 had characteristics of both eras.  However, Y2K culture pretty much died a sudden death in the summer of 2001 and was buried completely when 9/11 happened.

I see the late 90s and the Y2k era different,but not vastly different. Gangsta Rap and Grunge music were already going downhill by 1996 and were pretty much dead by 1998. Music became more "pop like" as the 2000s got closer,and were replaced by teen pop bands by the Y2K era.

Fall 1998 - Summer 2001 will always be the Y2K era. I don't care what anyone says. It didn't start in 1999 or 1997. I hear many different starting points between 1997 and 1999, but to me it's Fall 1998. I also hate it when people believe the Y2K era was only about teen pop, TV shows/movies, and nothing else. There was so much more to the Y2K era than that. You have to focus on the major sports events of the Y2K era, the fashion trends, the technology, the separation of late 90's culture and early 00's culture, and the political/economic atmosphere at the time as well.

Fall 1998 - Summer 2001 will always be the Y2K era. I don't care what anyone says. It didn't start in 1999 or 1997. I hear many different starting points between 1997 and 1999, but to me it's Fall 1998. I also hate it when people believe the Y2K era was only about teen pop, TV shows/movies, and nothing else. There was so much more to the Y2K era than that. You have to focus on the major sports events of the Y2K era, the fashion trends, the technology, the separation of late 90's culture and early 00's culture, and the political/economic atmosphere at the time as well.


This.

I started junior high school in the fall of 1998 so I remember how things were pretty well.  1997 and even early 1998 was still firmly within '90s culture.  And as we all know, things changed very quickly in 2001 after 9/11 happened.

People are still debating this. I say y2k culture is 99-01 but late 98 had a turn of the millenum feel with pokemon, Britney Spears, Gameboy Color, etc but 99 felt a lot more like the 00s then 98. With spongebob debut, wwf smackdown coming out, Ed Edd and Eddy Sega Dreamcast, Enimem Slim Shady LP,  The Matrix, etc. Things that would define the 00s were being formed in 99. 98 while having some y2k influences still felt like the 90s overall. Early 99 still had a 90s feel to it but obviously different from the mid 90s: Tlc was still very active in music with no scrubs, 5th gen consoles were still the newest consoles, Stone Cold was the top  babyface of the wwe while The Rock was a heel, Home improvement was in it's last season,  Korn was still the for-runner of nu-metal while Limp Bizkit was rising in popularity, PBS kids was still just PBS, etc. I think 99 was a lot more 90s then people give credit for.