When I think of Late 1988-1992, I think of New Jack Swing, House music, Golden Age of Hip Hop, Golden Age of Nickelodeon, Early Disney Renaissance, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and In Living Color. What would you guys name this era? Xennial Era? Bush 41 Era?

What we already have:
1914-1918: World War 1
1920-1929: Roaring 20s
1930-1939: Great Depression Era
1939-1945: World War 2
1967-1970: Hippie Era
1974-1981: Disco Era
1998-2001: Y2K Era
2001-2003: Mall Pop Era
2004-2006: MySpace Emo Era
2008-2013: Electropop Era

The Gulf War Era.

Bush 41 era or Bush Sr era.  My favorite time in all of my history for music.

Bush 41 era or Bush Sr era.  My favorite time in all of my history for music.

But how does Bush 41 relate to New Jack Swing or Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

Nothing but the best signifier of the timeframe.

Neon Era

This era dated itself rather fast and even by 1995, it already looked very old.

1998-2001: Y2K Era
2001-2003: Mall Pop Era
2008-2013: Electropop Era

Personally, I always thought of the Y2K Era as going up till 2003. Yes there was 9/11 in 2001, but a lot of the same styles and pop culture from 1998-Sept 10, 2001 still remained from Sept 11, 2001-2003, before fading out in mid-late 2004.

Also I'd call 2004-2007 the MySpace Emo Era.

Personally, I always thought of the Y2K Era as going up till 2003. Yes there was 9/11 in 2001, but a lot of the same styles and pop culture from 1998-Sept 10, 2001 still remained from Sept 11, 2001-2003, before fading out in mid-late 2004.

Also I'd call 2004-2007 the MySpace Emo Era.


Same the y2k era lasted till2003 in my opinion as well. Some will call 1998-2003 the millennium era and 1998-2001 the y2k era tho. They’re all the same sh*t.

1988-1992/3: The New Jack Swing era

1993-1997/8: The grunge/gangsta rap era

1998-2002/3: The y2k/millennium era

2003-2007/8: The mall pop, emo, crunk era (ringtone rap)

2008-2012/3: The electro pop/ era

2013-2015/6: The Edm/twerk era (short lived  :\'( )

2016- present: the trap era.

Keep in mind culture doesn’t stop on a specific day. It just fades out naturally..

I'd call it the Xennial era tbh, because it makes more sense. Saying stuff like Xennial New Jack Swing or Xennial Comedy shows, etc. Makes more sense than Bush 41 new Jack swing or Neon New Jack Swing. 1988-1992/93 was Late Teen/Adult Gen X culture, and Early Kid Millennial culture.

I'd call it the Xennial era tbh, because it makes more sense. Saying stuff like Xennial New Jack Swing or Xennial Comedy shows, etc. Makes more sense than Bush 41 new Jack swing or Neon New Jack Swing. 1988-1992/93 was Late Teen/Adult Gen X culture, and Early Kid Millennial culture.


The xennial era would have been the y2k era. They were the entrepreneurs of y2k fashion, the party scene, the first to vote in 2000 and graduate post global internet. You should watch the movie “Save the Last Dance ”  (2001) it portrays the xennial youth experience during the y2k era. The late 80’s and early 90’s was purely core gen X. My mom and dads era (b 1973/1974). They were the teens and youth of that time period. Xennials were at best in middle school to elementary  school. Most xennials grew up in the 80’s as children and were teens in the 90’s however came of age after the rise of global internet circa 1994-1995.

Nickelodeon Studios also opened in 1990, mainly for Xennials, or Late Gen X Early Millennial people

Nickelodeon Studios also opened in 1990, mainly for Xennials, or Late Gen X Early Millennial people


That's me! I remember the early days of Nickelodeon. I remember thinking back then, what a silly logo name. Lol.

This era mostly ended by 1993, but as old user Marty McFly mentioned, parts of it lasted indirectly till 1996 like Ninja Turtles, SNES, grunge, and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

nothing.  I don't play name years

The New Jack Swing Era/The Bush 41 Era/The 16-bit Era.

This era (and until 1993) was also the final peak era for Michael Jackson. A few months after MJ performed at Super Bowl 27 in January 1993 (it was an ICONIC & LEGENDARY halftime show!), he was hit the child molestation allegations (which have proven to be false) and his career and life was NEVER the same. Yeah, he had a couple of hit songs in 1995/6 and 2001 but his career just wasn't the same as it was before 1993.

The New Jack Swing Era/The Bush 41 Era/The 16-bit Era.

This era (and until 1993) was also the final peak era for Michael Jackson. A few months after MJ performed at Super Bowl 27 in January 1993 (it was an ICONIC & LEGENDARY halftime show!), he was hit the child molestation allegations (which have proven to be false) and his career and life was NEVER the same. Yeah, he had a couple of hit songs in 1995/6 and 2001 but his career just wasn't the same as it was before 1993.

Yeah, it sucks how it had to happen. However, I'd just call it the Xennial era because I dont want anymore eras named by popular music genres, its kinda getting generic in my opinion...

Personally, I always thought of the Y2K Era as going up till 2003. Yes there was 9/11 in 2001, but a lot of the same styles and pop culture from 1998-Sept 10, 2001 still remained from Sept 11, 2001-2003, before fading out in mid-late 2004.

Eh... as far as kid culture goes YES!! But thee mainstream pop culture was actually kinda distinct from each other. I gotta head to work so I can't explain in great detail yet. But I have done it in the past tho.

Same the y2k era lasted till2003 in my opinion as well. Some will call 1998-2003 the millennium era and 1998-2001 the y2k era tho. They’re all the same sh*t.

As far as the kid culture yes. But no the mainstream pop culture, they were actually kinda different from one another. Most would group them in together like Max, but im not on the camp. Just my two cents.

1988-1992/3: The New Jack Swing era

1993-1997/8: The grunge/gangsta rap era

1998-2002/3: The y2k/millennium era

2003-2007/8: The mall pop, emo, crunk era (ringtone rap)

2008-2012/3: The electro pop/ era

2013-2015/6: The Edm/twerk era (short lived  :\'( )

2016- present: the trap era.

Keep in mind culture doesn’t stop on a specific day. It just fades out naturally..



Eh.. your almost correct. This is my own take on the areas. But then again it's just my opinion. I kind of combined kid and adult fads btw.


1988-1991: Neon era: The New Jack Swing, NES, TMNT, La Law, Wonder Years, Cheers, Saved by the Bell, early Simpsons, Bush Sr. era
1991-1993/94: The Grunge movement, final years of golden era rap, Ren and Stempy, Home Improvement, early Seinfeld, Sega vs Nintendo, Bush/Clinton Transition era
1993-1996/97ish: The heart of the 90s. Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, East Coast/West Coast Rap wars, SNES dominance, late grunge, early post grunge, Clinton's first term
1997- mid 1999: The regular late 90s: PlayStation 1, Teen pop, Boy/girl bands, early glam rap,  Lewinsky scandal, economic prosperity, South Park, WWF vs WCW
Late 1999- summer 2001: main millennium/Y2K years: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, teen pop, early nu metal Clinton/Bush transition, Pokémon, peak of Xtreme, That 70s Show , Malcolm, kind of a transition from 90s to 00s. similar to neon era.
Late 2001- Late 2003/04: regular Early 2000s; post 9/11 patriotism, reality tv surge, glam and early crank rap, early days of PS2, GameCube


Late 03/Mid 2004- summer 2006: Mid 2000s era  Late 2006- early 2009: Late 2000s era
You pretty much nailed these tbh. Although I would say 2008 was of course a transition year so I included that as the end of the era instead of a beginning. Late 2009- mid/late 2013: the full early 2010s era, kinda a dsintict era the cultural early 2010s. Obama's first term. The electro pop era
Late-mid 2013/early 2014- summer 2016: EDM era, Obama's 2nd term pretty much. These were the cultural mid 2010s.


Late 2016-??? I'm not quite sure how to describe the recent era. I'll make my mind up probably by next year honestly. I gotta see what OTHER people say about this.

Late 2016-??? I'm not quite sure how to describe the recent era. I'll make my mind up probably by next year honestly. I gotta see what OTHER people say about this.

The mumble rap/post-irony/political division era. Although a lot of these elements already took hold in Obama's second term, but November 9, 2016 was when they fully became prominent.

The mumble rap/post-irony/political division era. Although a lot of these elements already took hold in Obama's second term, but November 9, 2016 was when they fully became prominent.


Let's just call it the Switch era  8)

Eh... as far as kid culture goes YES!! But thee mainstream pop culture was actually kinda distinct from each other. I gotta head to work so I can't explain in great detail yet. But I have done it in the past tho.

Idk man. Even in mainstream/non-kid culture, Sept 11 2001-2003 still had Y2K era stuff like pop punk, Blink 182, Sum 41, Outkast, The Rock on WWE, Nelly, Ja Rule, nu metal, Korn, Slipknot, American Pie movies, Web 1.0, dial up, TechTV, prime Eminem, etc.

Idk man. Even in mainstream/non-kid culture, Sept 11 2001-2003 still had Y2K era stuff like pop punk, Blink 182, Sum 41, Outkast, The Rock on WWE, Nelly, Ja Rule, nu metal, Korn, Slipknot, American Pie movies, Web 1.0, dial up, TechTV, prime Eminem, etc.
90% of what you said are Early 2000s.

Eh.. your almost correct. This is my own take on the areas. But then again it's just my opinion. I kind of combined kid and adult fads btw.


1988-1991: Neon era: The New Jack Swing, NES, TMNT, La Law, Wonder Years, Cheers, Saved by the Bell, early Simpsons, Bush Sr. era
1991-1993/94: The Grunge movement, final years of golden era rap, Ren and Stempy, Home Improvement, early Seinfeld, Sega vs Nintendo, Bush/Clinton Transition era
1993-1996/97ish: The heart of the 90s. Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, East Coast/West Coast Rap wars, SNES dominance, late grunge, early post grunge, Clinton's first term
1997- mid 1999: The regular late 90s: PlayStation 1, Teen pop, Boy/girl bands, early glam rap,  Lewinsky scandal, economic prosperity, South Park, WWF vs WCW
Late 1999- summer 2001: main millennium/Y2K years: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, teen pop, early nu metal Clinton/Bush transition, Pokémon, peak of Xtreme, That 70s Show , Malcolm, kind of a transition from 90s to 00s. similar to neon era.
Late 2001- Late 2003/04: regular Early 2000s; post 9/11 patriotism, reality tv surge, glam and early crank rap, early days of PS2, GameCube


Late 03/Mid 2004- summer 2006: Mid 2000s era  Late 2006- early 2009: Late 2000s era
You pretty much nailed these tbh. Although I would say 2008 was of course a transition year so I included that as the end of the era instead of a beginning. Late 2009- mid/late 2013: the full early 2010s era, kinda a dsintict era the cultural early 2010s. Obama's first term. The electro pop era
Late-mid 2013/early 2014- summer 2016: EDM era, Obama's 2nd term pretty much. These were the cultural mid 2010s.


Late 2016-??? I'm not quite sure how to describe the recent era. I'll make my mind up probably by next year honestly. I gotta see what OTHER people say about this.

I already confirmed that 1988-1991/92 is called the Xennial era. (Dominated by Gen X adults, and Millennial kids).

1997 and half of 1998 are still part of the core 90s. Sure there are Y2K stuff being very popular during that time, but also with Mid 90s. Shows like Friends, X Files, and Seinfeld were still in their prime in 1997, heck, Friends even peaked in 1997. Clueless (TV Series) premiered in Late 1996, which is inspired by the super-90s Clueless movie. The Simpsons was still in its golden age until Early/Mid 1998, and Pokemon still wasn't popular until September 1998. First-Wave Post-Grunge was dominating the charts in 1997-1998, no nu-metal, and ballads were topping the charts like crazy in late 1997. Titanic has nothing to do with Y2K, and that is considered as one of the most 90s movies ever. However, I do agree that 1997 had Y2K influences like Boy/Girl Bands (Except Hanson as they don't sound Y2K), Pop R&B, South Park, Metallic Fashion, N64, PS1, etc etc.

I'd say the Y2K era started in Late 1998, not late 1999 because of Britney Spears, Windows 98, Dreamcast's release in Japan, Ocarina of Time, Powerpuff Girls, and Pokemon. Simpsons left its golden age during that time, and Ballads were taken over by Pop-R&B/Teen Pop. Post-Grunge also lost its dominance when Nu-metal was in full swing, and shows like Friends and X Files are no longer in their prime.

I also forgot to add that the Electropop era is divided into 2 parts, part 1 and 2. Part 1 (September 2008 to March 2011) of it is basically late 2000s culture, flip phones or blackberries, Club Penguin mainly being popular among children, Wizards of Waverly Place/Suite Life on Deck Disney Channel Era, and Myspace still being popular. Part 2 (April 2011 to May 2013) is pure Early 2010s culture, iPhones and iPads, Skype, Myspace no longer popular, Minecraft and Roblox taking over Club Penguin, Shake it up/Jessie! Disney Channel era, and Hipster.

I'd call Late 2016-August 2018 the Late 2010s, or simply Late Core 2010s, there were still EDM dominating the charts, Game of Thrones was still airing without problem, PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, GTA 5 still being very relevant, and Tik Tok still wasn't released.

This is going to sound VERY CRINGY so watch your eyes, but I'm calling Late 2018-Present the Tik Tok era with the breakthrough of Tik Tok, Billie Eilish, Color block, Alt/Indie Pop, and initial decline of EDM and happy pop music. It just got further amplified in late 2019 when Disney+ was released, and Mandalorian was a huge success.

I also forgot to add that the Electropop era is divided into 2 parts, part 1 and 2. Part 1 (September 2008 to March 2011) of it is basically late 2000s culture, flip phones or blackberries, Club Penguin mainly being popular among children, Wizards of Waverly Place/Suite Life on Deck Disney Channel Era, and Myspace still being popular. Part 2 (April 2011 to May 2013) is pure Early 2010s culture, iPhones and iPads, Skype, Myspace no longer popular, Minecraft and Roblox taking over Club Penguin, Shake it up/Jessie! Disney Channel era, and Hipster.

I'd call Late 2016-August 2018 the Late 2010s, or simply Late Core 2010s, there were still EDM dominating the charts, Game of Thrones was still airing without problem, PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, GTA 5 still being very relevant, and Tik Tok still wasn't released.

This is going to sound VERY CRINGY so watch your eyes, but I'm calling Late 2018-Present the Tik Tok era with the breakthrough of Tik Tok, Billie Eilish, Color block, Alt/Indie Pop, and initial decline of EDM and happy pop music. It just got further amplified in late 2019 when Disney+ was released, and Mandalorian was a huge success.

Wow almost all of this is SPOT ON!!!! I was undecided whether we were still in regular late 2010s culture or if we were in a new era like electropop or Y2K millennium.

I already confirmed that 1988-1991/92 is called the Xennial era. (Dominated by Gen X adults, and Millennial kids).

1997 and half of 1998 are still part of the core 90s. Sure there are Y2K stuff being very popular during that time, but also with Mid 90s. Shows like Friends, X Files, and Seinfeld were still in their prime in 1997, heck, Friends even peaked in 1997. Clueless (TV Series) premiered in Late 1996, which is inspired by the super-90s Clueless movie. The Simpsons was still in its golden age until Early/Mid 1998, and Pokemon still wasn't popular until September 1998. First-Wave Post-Grunge was dominating the charts in 1997-1998, no nu-metal, and ballads were topping the charts like crazy in late 1997. Titanic has nothing to do with Y2K, and that is considered as one of the most 90s movies ever. However, I do agree that 1997 had Y2K influences like Boy/Girl Bands (Except Hanson as they don't sound Y2K), Pop R&B, South Park, Metallic Fashion, N64, PS1, etc etc.

I'd say the Y2K era started in Late 1998, not late 1999 because of Britney Spears, Windows 98, Dreamcast's release in Japan, Ocarina of Time, Powerpuff Girls, and Pokemon. Simpsons left its golden age during that time, and Ballads were taken over by Pop-R&B/Teen Pop. Post-Grunge also lost its dominance when Nu-metal was in full swing, and shows like Friends and X Files are no longer in their prime.

The first part of your statement was SPOT ON. However, 1997 and 1998 were still core years BUT it was still the late 90s culture.

and the 1998-99 season while it may not have been core anymore, that was more of a transition from 90s culture to Y2K. Also, the Dreamcast didn't show up in AMERICA until the VERY next year and Pokémon didn't blow up until 1999 .  Before 1999-2000 where it was OFFICAL! So I stand by what I said earlier. 1999 was really the BIG shift not really 1998. Anyways I still think you made EXCELLENT points and statements. Time placement I just thought was kinda off. Just my opinion anyways.  ::) ;D



A user named infinity(real name Jacqueline) NAILED the cultural shifts of the 90s on here a year 1/2 ago. Those were the best time placements imo.

Idk man. Even in mainstream/non-kid culture, Sept 11 2001-2003 still had Y2K era stuff like pop punk, Blink 182, Sum 41, Outkast, The Rock on WWE, Nelly, Ja Rule, nu metal, Korn, Slipknot, American Pie movies, Web 1.0, dial up, TechTV, prime Eminem, etc.


Yea yopu're mostly talking bout the Music... and that itself kinda shifted due to the teen pop boy band craze declining.  and while still had the influences it still wasn't quite the same. Even Rock and Austin still being in WWF/E! ;D ;D ;D


I love how debatable this gets when talking about the post 9/11 culture you have one camp that think things didn't really change that much and one camp that thinks things DRASTICALLY shifted. I just think it depends on what culture you liked.  ;D ;D ;D

Eh.. your almost correct. This is my own take on the areas. But then again it's just my opinion. I kind of combined kid and adult fads btw.


1988-1991: Neon era: The New Jack Swing, NES, TMNT, La Law, Wonder Years, Cheers, Saved by the Bell, early Simpsons, Bush Sr. era
1991-1993/94: The Grunge movement, final years of golden era rap, Ren and Stempy, Home Improvement, early Seinfeld, Sega vs Nintendo, Bush/Clinton Transition era
1993-1996/97ish: The heart of the 90s. Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, East Coast/West Coast Rap wars, SNES dominance, late grunge, early post grunge, Clinton's first term
1997- mid 1999: The regular late 90s: PlayStation 1, Teen pop, Boy/girl bands, early glam rap,  Lewinsky scandal, economic prosperity, South Park, WWF vs WCW
Late 1999- summer 2001: main millennium/Y2K years: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, teen pop, early nu metal Clinton/Bush transition, Pokémon, peak of Xtreme, That 70s Show , Malcolm, kind of a transition from 90s to 00s. similar to neon era.



Late 2001- Late 2003/04: regular Early 2000s; post 9/11 patriotism, reality tv surge, glam and early crank rap, early days of PS2, GameCube



Late 03/Mid 2004- summer 2006: Mid 2000s era  Late 2006- early 2009: Late 2000s era
You pretty much nailed these tbh. Although I would say 2008 was of course a transition year so I included that as the end of the era instead of a beginning. Late 2009- mid/late 2013: the full early 2010s era, kinda a dsintict era the cultural early 2010s. Obama's first term. The electro pop era
Late-mid 2013/early 2014- summer 2016: EDM era, Obama's 2nd term pretty much. These were the cultural mid 2010s.


Late 2016-??? I'm not quite sure how to describe the recent era. I'll make my mind up probably by next year honestly. I gotta see what OTHER people say about this.


Good list. With the underlined in particular, I'd comfortably say that the 2003-2004 school year, for the most part, was the last hurrah for the early 2000s culturally. The mid 2000s really came in full force in the Spring of 2004 (Mean Girls, Shrek 2, launch of Myspace, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, series finales; of F*R*I*E*N*D*S, Frasier, Sex and the City, etc. etc.)

I already confirmed that 1988-1991/92 is called the Xennial era. (Dominated by Gen X adults, and Millennial kids).

I prefer Neon/Hypercolor Era or Bush 41 Era, personally. Those names feel more "to the point" to me and sum up the styles of their eras well. Also your Average Joe won't know what a Xennial is, lol.

Also I'd argue that era ended in 1993, although it was transitional year, with the first half of 1993 leaning Neon Era and the second half of 1993 leaning Core 90s.

Um....

The half and half era....lol! It sounds like coffee haha.

Ooo, the "continued but not quite era"...

Nah, sounds corny  :-[

Nevermind. :P

Personally, I always thought of the Y2K Era as going up till 2003. Yes there was 9/11 in 2001, but a lot of the same styles and pop culture from 1998-Sept 10, 2001 still remained from Sept 11, 2001-2003, before fading out in mid-late 2004.

Also I'd call 2004-2007 the MySpace Emo Era.

Idk I wouldn't extend Y2K to 2003. I don't see Y2K "influences" and Y2K "culture" as the same thing. I'd extend Y2K to early 2002 at the latest.

Idk I wouldn't extend Y2K to 2003. I don't see Y2K "influences" and Y2K "culture" as the same thing. I'd extend Y2K to early 2002 at the latest.
According to me and John Titor though, we believe that the Y2K era ended around May 2001, as Early 2000s acts became more popular, but Y2K culture truly ended in August 2001. However, there were remnants that could last up until 2003/2004 in kid culture, as shown by Si_1997

Wow almost all of this is SPOT ON!!!! I was undecided whether we were still in regular late 2010s culture or if we were in a new era like electropop or Y2K millennium.
Thanks for liking my statement! Even though it's not a huge difference, I noticed a few differences that makes Late 2018-Present distinct from Late 2016-Mid 2018

The first part of your statement was SPOT ON. However, 1997 and 1998 were still core years BUT it was still the late 90s culture.

and the 1998-99 season while it may not have been core anymore, that was more of a transition from 90s culture to Y2K. Also, the Dreamcast didn't show up in AMERICA until the VERY next year and Pokémon didn't blow up until 1999 .  Before 1999-2000 where it was OFFICAL! So I stand by what I said earlier. 1999 was really the BIG shift not really 1998. Anyways I still think you made EXCELLENT points and statements. Time placement I just thought was kinda off. Just my opinion anyways.  ::) ;D



A user named infinity(real name Jacqueline) NAILED the cultural shifts of the 90s on here a year 1/2 ago. Those were the best time placements imo.
Thanks! Although I heard lots of people say that Pokemon had a breakthrough in late 1998, and you had games like Ocarina of Time and Half Life making a Huge impact on gaming during that year

Eh.. your almost correct. This is my own take on the areas. But then again it's just my opinion. I kind of combined kid and adult fads btw.


1988-1991: Neon era: The New Jack Swing, NES, TMNT, La Law, Wonder Years, Cheers, Saved by the Bell, early Simpsons, Bush Sr. era

New Kids on the Block, Roxette, Poison, Paula Abdul, MC Hammer, Milli Vanilli. Acid wash jeans to go with that neon.


1991-1993/94: The Grunge movement, final years of golden era rap, Ren and Stempy, Home Improvement, early Seinfeld, Sega vs Nintendo, Bush/Clinton Transition era

Series finales of a lot of core 80s shows like Dallas, Knots Landing, MacGuyver, The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls/Golden Palace, Who’s the Boss, Cheers, Designing Women

1993-1996/97ish: The heart of the 90s. Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, East Coast/West Coast Rap wars, SNES dominance, late grunge, early post grunge, Clinton's first term
1997- mid 1999: The regular late 90s: PlayStation 1, Teen pop, Boy/girl bands, early glam rap,  Lewinsky scandal, economic prosperity, South Park, WWF vs WCW
Late 1999- summer 2001: main millennium/Y2K years: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, teen pop, early nu metal Clinton/Bush transition, Pokémon, peak of Xtreme, That 70s Show , Malcolm, kind of a transition from 90s to 00s. similar to neon era. 

Having launched in the U.S. in the fall of ‘96, I’d say N64 was a bigger part of 1997-mid ‘99 than late ‘99-01. Most of its biggest titles came out in the former including Super Mario 64 (actually in ‘96), Mario Kart 64, Ocarina of Time, Star Fox 64, Golden Eye 007, Banjo-Kazzoie, Yoshi’s Story, Mario Party, and Super Smash Bros. Late ‘99 is actually when they first came out with those translucent color variations of the console starting with the “jungle green” that was released in conjunction with Donkey Kong 64, so whenever you see those you know they’re late wave. Even major titles from ‘00 and ‘01 like Mario Tennis, Majora’s Mask, Mario Party 3, and Paper Mario were met with less fanfare as people were turning their excitement to news of Nintendo’s next console.

Late 2001- Late 2003/04: regular Early 2000s; post 9/11 patriotism, reality tv surge, glam and early crank rap, early days of PS2, GameCube

Two words: Michelle Branch

The Fly/Dope Era.... ;D ;D sounds so lame, haha!

According to me and John Titor though, we believe that the Y2K era ended around May 2001, as Early 2000s acts became more popular, but Y2K culture truly ended in August 2001. However, there were remnants that could last up until 2003/2004 in kid culture, as shown by Si_1997

I can get behind that. I know some see the Cheetah girls as Y2K in childhood pop culture.

New Kids on the Block, Roxette, Poison, Paula Abdul, MC Hammer, Milli Vanilli. Acid wash jeans to go with that neon.


Series finales of a lot of core 80s shows like Dallas, Knots Landing, MacGuyver, The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls/Golden Palace, Who’s the Boss, Cheers, Designing Women

Having launched in the U.S. in the fall of ‘96, I’d say N64 was a bigger part of 1997-mid ‘99 than late ‘99-01. Most of its biggest titles came out in the former including Super Mario 64 (actually in ‘96), Mario Kart 64, Ocarina of Time, Star Fox 64, Golden Eye 007, Banjo-Kazzoie, Yoshi’s Story, Mario Party, and Super Smash Bros. Late ‘99 is actually when they first came out with those translucent color variations of the console starting with the “jungle green” that was released in conjunction with Donkey Kong 64, so whenever you see those you know they’re late wave. Even major titles from ‘00 and ‘01 like Mario Tennis, Majora’s Mask, Mario Party 3, and Paper Mario were met with less fanfare as people were turning their excitement to news of Nintendo’s next console.

Two words: Michelle Branch


Great responses Mark! Been a LONG time since I've spoken to ya.
To answer your question about the 64. I kinda cheated but I felt it was more approaite to include in the Y2K section casue when it comes to 90s culture it's usually the PS1, Genesis and SNES ae the big 3 usually being discussed. When I hear Y2K nosaliga that's when I hear the 64 brought up the MOST... at least on the net.  ;D
I mean it's brought up in 90s culture just NOT like the other systems tho.

I gotta admit tho, my era opinons were kinda sloppy, but that's because I was heading to work so I couldn't fully edit it properly. ;D ;D ;D


For example, it should've been summer NOT late actually I also forgot to include other events as well. But that was kinda intentional cause like I said before I was heading off to work.  ;)


But it's VERY VERY interesting that early 10s guy thinks that era we're currently in is kinda distinct from 2-3 years ago. MAJORITY of people think we're in the same era that kickstarted in late 2016/2017. So that was kinda cool to hear from him about dat.
But i will admit i do notice a SLIGHT difference in the past year and 1/2 compared to just two years prior with a lot of core 2010s shows and franchises ending, a new anime boom :D , disney plus debuting (causing an even bigger streaming boom than before,) Nintendo Switch becoming more popular than the PS4, AEW & XFL debuting, more Z celebrities becoming superstars,Trump impeachment saga, me too backlash, threats of WW3, DC live action movies getting BETTER, a more gritty raw feel overall, 4K movies becoming popular, and of course... Tik Tok!! :( ;D Just A FEW things that caught my attention as well. 

According to me and John Titor though, we believe that the Y2K era ended around May 2001, as Early 2000s acts became more popular, but Y2K culture truly ended in August 2001. However, there were remnants that could last up until 2003/2004 in kid culture, as shown by Si_1997


Many people on here consider the mid-2010's culture to have ended in late 2016. By that same logic the Y2K era should be considered over in late 2000, because it was a similar type of vibe with the elections and that time it was the recount in Florida which finally declared George W. Bush the winner. Just like with Trump in 2016, The Republicans were happy but the Democrats believe they cheated. But if you feel the Y2K era ended in 2001, then 2017 should be when the Mid 2010's ended because it was a similar type of year.

Anyhow, for the sake of this particular thread, didn't that era begin in 1989 since that was the most changeful year in history? Although many people on here consider 1991 to be the year with the big shift as they do with 2006 (again a 15 year parallel).

@Eazy I don't necessarily feel like we're in the same exact era, it feels like it's transitioning to me. One reason being, there's a lot of pop on the charts. But if Trump gets reelected I think that'll delay the transition a bit.

I gotta admit tho, my era opinons were kinda sloppy, but that's because I was heading to work so I couldn't fully edit it properly. ;D ;D ;D


For example, it should've been summer NOT late actually I also forgot to include other events as well. But that was kinda intentional cause like I said before I was heading off to work.  ;)


But it's VERY VERY interesting that early 10s guy thinks that era we're currently in is kinda distinct from 2-3 years ago. MAJORITY of people think we're in the same era that kickstarted in late 2016/2017. So that was kinda cool to hear from him about dat.
But i will admit i do notice a SLIGHT difference in the past year and 1/2 compared to just two years prior with a lot of core 2010s shows and franchises ending, a new anime boom :D , disney plus debuting (causing an even bigger streaming boom than before,) Nintendo Switch becoming more popular than the PS4, AEW & XFL debuting, more Z celebrities becoming superstars,Trump impeachment saga, me too backlash, threats of WW3, DC live action movies getting BETTER, a more gritty raw feel overall, 4K movies becoming popular, and of course... Tik Tok!! :( ;D Just A FEW things that caught my attention as well.

Ahh ok, I mean- I still liked how you put the eras together because of the effort put into it and how it was mostly accurate, although there were a few mistakes here and there I had to point out.

But yeah, thanks for the support once again  :) The main reason why I felt like today feels different from Late 2016-Mid 2018 is because of EDM Declining and pop music going for a more indie/alternative dark feel inspired by Billie Eilish, and of course, Tik tok  ;D

The Fly/Dope Era.... ;D ;D sounds so lame, haha!

Ohh yeah  8)

Many people on here consider the mid-2010's culture to have ended in late 2016. By that same logic the Y2K era should be considered over in late 2000, because it was a similar type of vibe with the elections and that time it was the recount in Florida which finally declared George W. Bush the winner. Just like with Trump in 2016, The Republicans were happy but the Democrats believe they cheated. But if you feel the Y2K era ended in 2001, then 2017 should be when the Mid 2010's ended because it was a similar type of year.

Anyhow, for the sake of this particular thread, didn't that era begin in 1989 since that was the most changeful year in history? Although many people on here consider 1991 to be the year with the big shift as they do with 2006 (again a 15 year parallel).

As I explained, 2017 and half of 2018 are still part of the core 2010s. Culture doesn't always change with Presidential elections lol

The Y2K era did not end in Late 2000, that's too early!  :o January-April 2001 still felt very Y2K with a few Early 2000s touches.  ;)

As I explained, 2017 and half of 2018 are still part of the core 2010s. Culture doesn't always change with Presidential elections lol

The Y2K era did not end in Late 2000, that's too early!  :o January-April 2001 still felt very Y2K with a few Early 2000s touches.  ;)


What is the difference between y2k and early 2000’s culture? They seem kinda similar minus Spanish guitars in every pop song/ boy bands ending around 2001-2002. I still feel like 2000-2002 felt pretty similar to each other in terms of pop culture.

Late 2016-early 2017 was more of a transition rather than the start of the actual late 2010s. There were still plenty of mid-2010s leftovers in that period to be considered quintessential late 2010s, Mid-2017 would be a good starting point for the late 2010s. I also don't really believe that Y2K is a cultural era; Y2K is more of an aesthetic than a cultural era. I mostly see it as just late 90s and early 00s.

I also don't really believe that Y2K is a cultural era; Y2K is more of an aesthetic than a cultural era. I mostly see it as just late 90s and early 00s.

Early 2001 and Late 2001 had lots of differences though
-Dreamcast ended in April 2001
-Attitude Era is over for wrestling
-WWF buys WCW, making wrestling less popular
-Teen pop ends in May/June 2001
-Punk Rock takes over teen pop with Michelle Branch and other artists in May 2001
-The Pop-R&B sound ended around 2002, already evident when you notice the shift with Destiny's Child from Bootylicious to Emotion, night and day difference
-Glam Rap becomes very popular around August/September 2001 with acts like Nelly
-In Early to Mid 2001, you still had the Playstation 1, N64, and Dreamcast, but in Late 2001, you had PS2, and Xbox
-Spy Kids was popular among children in March/April 2001, and there werent many movies like that ever since (Except Spy Kids 2 but that's 2002)
-Bling Bling, Low Rise and Ultra, and flip phones became the new aesthetic over the Y2K futuristic metallic shiny aesthetic

I'm not saying Y2K influences ended directly in May or August 2001, but if you wanna know some Y2K influences past August 2001, here we go: Matrix 2, Blade 2, Cheetah Girls, Zoog Disney, Underground teen pop, Spy Kids 2, NSync's last album release in 2002, Timbaland still having decent influence in music in 2001-2003 (Cry me a river has that saturated Y2K sound), Kylie Minogue's Cant get you out of my head, etc.

Late 2016-early 2017 was more of a transition rather than the start of the actual late 2010s. There were still plenty of mid-2010s leftovers in that period to be considered quintessential late 2010s, Mid-2017 would be a good starting point for the late 2010s.

You're kinda right although I'd extend the transition to late 2017. I noticed a shift in late 2016, music got darker, mumble rap really becomes mainstream (Even though there were already some mumble rap songs in 2015), decline of the hipster trend, 2nd wave Netflix shows (Stranger Things, Riverdale, 13 reasons why), and PS4 Pro's release. It just got further amplified in Mid to late 2017 with Spanish pop, battle royale gaming trend, bezel-less screens on smartphones. Not many people had airpods until 2018 as well

Early 2001 and Late 2001 had lots of differences though
-Dreamcast ended in April 2001
-Attitude Era is over for wrestling
-WWF buys WCW, making wrestling less popular
-Teen pop ends in May/June 2001
-Punk Rock takes over teen pop with Michelle Branch and other artists in May 2001
-The Pop-R&B sound ended around 2002, already evident when you notice the shift with Destiny's Child from Bootylicious to Emotion, night and day difference
-Glam Rap becomes very popular around August/September 2001 with acts like Nelly
-In Early to Mid 2001, you still had the Playstation 1, N64, and Dreamcast, but in Late 2001, you had PS2, and Xbox
-Spy Kids was popular among children in March/April 2001, and there werent many movies like that ever since (Except Spy Kids 2 but that's 2002)
-Bling Bling, Low Rise and Ultra, and flip phones became the new aesthetic over the Y2K futuristic metallic shiny aesthetic

I'm not saying Y2K influences ended directly in May or August 2001, but if you wanna know some Y2K influences past August 2001, here we go: Matrix 2, Blade 2, Cheetah Girls, Zoog Disney, Underground teen pop, Spy Kids 2, NSync's last album release in 2002, Timbaland still having decent influence in music in 2001-2003 (Cry me a river has that saturated Y2K sound), Kylie Minogue's Cant get you out of my head, etc.

I won’t deny that the difference between early 2001 and late 2001 is astounding. Avril Lavigne, P!nk, and Michelle Branch really started the pop rock trend of the 2000s.Pop R&B was still popular throughout the 2000s, just listen to Crazy In Love and Burn. Nelly already was popular in the fall of 2000.

Btw, I think that the electropop era pt.1 should start in late 2009 rather than late 2008. I say that because during the 2008/2009 school year, it was dominated by pop rock, urban dance, and R&B. Yes, there was Lady Gaga but the electropop sound then sounded primitive and were not straight up electropop like Bad Romance. Songs like Single Ladies, Love Story, Boom Boom Pow, Whatever You Like don’t really represent the early 2010s era of electropop, they are more inclined with the late 2000s.

I won’t deny that the difference between early 2001 and late 2001 is astounding. Avril Lavigne, P!nk, and Michelle Branch really started the pop rock trend of the 2000s.Pop R&B was still popular throughout the 2000s, just listen to Crazy In Love and Burn. Nelly already was popular in the fall of 2000.

Btw, I think that the electropop era pt.1 should start in late 2009 rather than late 2008. I say that because during the 2008/2009 school year, it was dominated by pop rock, urban dance, and R&B. Yes, there was Lady Gaga but the electropop sound then sounded primitive and were not straight up electropop like Bad Romance. Songs like Single Ladies, Love Story, Boom Boom Pow, Whatever You Like don’t really represent the early 2010s era of electropop, they are more inclined with the late 2000s.

Ohh, nice! Forgot about pop R&B songs like Crazy in love having Y2K elements in 2003/04.

I'd say Late 2008-Late 2009 was transitional, I know the Electropop era fully did not start in Late 2008, just a small shift with Lady Gaga, Obama, and iPhone 3G

Early 2001 and Late 2001 had lots of differences though
-Dreamcast ended in April 2001
-Attitude Era is over for wrestling
-WWF buys WCW, making wrestling less popular
-Teen pop ends in May/June 2001
-Punk Rock takes over teen pop with Michelle Branch and other artists in May 2001
-The Pop-R&B sound ended around 2002, already evident when you notice the shift with Destiny's Child from Bootylicious to Emotion, night and day difference
-Glam Rap becomes very popular around August/September 2001 with acts like Nelly
-In Early to Mid 2001, you still had the Playstation 1, N64, and Dreamcast, but in Late 2001, you had PS2, and Xbox
-Spy Kids was popular among children in March/April 2001, and there werent many movies like that ever since (Except Spy Kids 2 but that's 2002)
-Bling Bling, Low Rise and Ultra, and flip phones became the new aesthetic over the Y2K futuristic metallic shiny aesthetic

I'm not saying Y2K influences ended directly in May or August 2001, but if you wanna know some Y2K influences past August 2001, here we go: Matrix 2, Blade 2, Cheetah Girls, Zoog Disney, Underground teen pop, Spy Kids 2, NSync's last album release in 2002, Timbaland still having decent influence in music in 2001-2003 (Cry me a river has that saturated Y2K sound), Kylie Minogue's Cant get you out of my head, etc.


I have to disagree a little here. Dreamcast discontinued their console but not the games. I remember blockbuster and game stop having dreamcast games in stores up till 2004 or so. It’s not like people stopped using the console after April of 2001.

WWF changed into WWE in 2002..

Pop R&b definitely did not end in 2001, do you not remember Ashanti in 2002 ? Teen pop was still alive in summer of 2001, do you not remember Willa Ford’s “I wanna be bad” all throughout june to august of 2001 ?

Destinys Childs Survivor album was my first CD for my birthday in 2002. Emotions was on the same album as bootylicious and independent women (Survivor). It was recorded in 2000 and was a sample of the original by Samantha Sang in the 70’s. Destinys Child sampled it in tribute to one of the band members who lost a family member in 2000 and released it in late 2001 after 9/11. They later released another album in 2004. “Soldier” on their fulfilled album sounds pretty y2k with southern vibes as well with the whole pager/cell phone beat in the background. Even in Sweden the teen pop fad was strong in 2002 with girl groups like “Play” who inspired the Cheetah Girls in 2002 with songs like Cinderella.

Pop rock was already big in the 90’s and y2k era. Third eye Blind, Sum 41, blink 182, etc. The sound of pop rock from 1999-2002 was pretty much the same. Songs like Fat lip, First date, All the small things, into deep, etc.

Nelly was a product of 2000 not 2001 and his first album Country Grammar has 2000 written all over it.

Ohh, nice! Forgot about pop R&B songs like Crazy in love having Y2K elements in 2003/04.

I'd say Late 2008-Late 2009 was transitional, I know the Electropop era fully did not start in Late 2008, just a small shift with Lady Gaga, Obama, and iPhone 3G

I am very curious, what Y2K elements does Crazy in Love have? Honest question because I don't see it.

I am very curious, what Y2K elements does Crazy in Love have? Honest question because I don't see it.
oh wait nvm.

As I explained, 2017 and half of 2018 are still part of the core 2010s. Culture doesn't always change with Presidential elections lol

The Y2K era did not end in Late 2000, that's too early!  :o January-April 2001 still felt very Y2K with a few Early 2000s touches.  ;)


The elections and changes in political climate can help change the pop culture, even though it's not the only thing. Overall I'm not saying the Y2K era ended in late 2000 even though it had a slightly darker vibe compared to the happy-go-lucky vibe of 1999 and up to Summer 2000. I also don't think the mid-10's era ended in late 2016, but some might say 2016 was more comparable to 2001 than 2000 since it was overall darker and had lots of terrorist attacks.


I won’t deny that the difference between early 2001 and late 2001 is astounding. Avril Lavigne, P!nk, and Michelle Branch really started the pop rock trend of the 2000s.Pop R&B was still popular throughout the 2000s, just listen to Crazy In Love and Burn. Nelly already was popular in the fall of 2000.

Btw, I think that the electropop era pt.1 should start in late 2009 rather than late 2008. I say that because during the 2008/2009 school year, it was dominated by pop rock, urban dance, and R&B. Yes, there was Lady Gaga but the electropop sound then sounded primitive and were not straight up electropop like Bad Romance. Songs like Single Ladies, Love Story, Boom Boom Pow, Whatever You Like don’t really represent the early 2010s era of electropop, they are more inclined with the late 2000s.


2008 on here has been the subject of a similar argument about 2016 being an election year, only it was shift from right to left and in 2016 it was the reverse. Lady Gaga released her album in 2008 but I felt like 2009 was more like her year. "Just Dance" was popular in the fall and holiday season of 2008, but her other hits like the ones you mentioned were mainly in 2009. When I think of early 10's elctropop I think of "Don't Stop" by Ke$ha, "Krazy" by Pitbull, Shots, Party Rock Anthem, and Titanium.

Late ‘88 to 1992: Biker Shorts/Oversized Denim Jacket/Pleated Pants Era

- or -

Late ‘88 to 1989: ‘80s becoming the ‘90s Era
1990 to early 1992: Era where we were moving away from 1989 and closer to late 1992