I was listening to the radio the other day and did an audio double-take as I could swear I heard vaporwave coming from my speakers. Turns out it was the intro to Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter, one of the hottest songs of the summer. Another popular song that seems like it might have some subtle vaporwave influences is Saturn by SZA.
What do you think, is this just a coincidence or has the niche phenomenon of vaporwave influenced pop music? What mainstream songs give you synthwave/vaporwave vibes?
Vox did a video about 8 years ago on this happening.
I think pop music frequently pulls from more esoteric influences. It’s almost inevitable because the people who produce music are music fans themselves
Wow I’d never heard of seapunk, thanks for the link!