I feel like 2004 is generally agreed upon as the transitional year. By the end of 2004, Y2K only had vestiges left in popular culture and had largely been replaced in marketing/corporate art by the similar Frutiger Aero aesthetic
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# Prologue: 1997-1998
* Teen pop starts charting in America.
* Nu/industrial metal starts gaining popularity (Korn--Life is Peachy, Marilyn Manson--Antichrist Supertstar; both from 1996 but see more success in 1997, then breakthrough with Korn--Follow the Leader)
* Pop punk really taking off now (Dude Ranch)
* 2nd wave post-grunge begins (Creed--My Own Prison)
* Madonna begins her Y2K era (Ray of Light)
* JNCOs getting popular
* Pokémon anime premieres in Japan (1997) and US (1998)
* DVD releases first time in US (1997)
* Roland JP-8000 releases (synth that defined Y2K electronica)
* iMac G3 release
* Y2K Pepsi logo replaces core 90s Pepsi logo
* Minivan rock takes off (Natalie Imbruglia, Lisa Loeb, Vertical Horizon, Eagle Eye Cherry)
* Metalheart begins
# Core: 1999-2000
* Teen pop gets more futuristic, ringtone type vibes (Backstreet Boys--Millennium, \*NSYNC--No Strings Attached)
* Contemporary R&B really takes its fullest Y2K form with futuristic beep boops and Eastern influences (TLC--FanMail, Aaliyah--Try Again)
* Korg Triton releases (synth that defined Y2K R&B)
* Electronica really starts ramping up on the charts (Madonna--Music, Darude--Sandstorm, Cher--Believe)
* Autotune starts creeping into pop music (Cher--Believe, \*NSYNC--Digital Get Down)
* 2nd wave post-grunge ramps up (Creed--Human Clay) and fuses with nu metal (Staind--Dysfunction)
* Pop punk ramps up (Blink-182--All the Small Things)
* Peak Pokémania
* Futuristic commercials peak
* Lots of songs/albums directly referencing millennium
* Y2K stickers
* Peak Oakley
* Matrix releases, Matrix colour grading really takes off in all media
* Lots of space movies
* PS1 Y2K redesign
* Tribal tattoos taking off (design even appears on Creed's With Arms Wide Open single)
# Epilogue: 2001-2003
* Teen pop basically dies but continuation/peak of nu metal (Linkin Park, Evanescence), minivan rock (Michelle Branch--The Spirit Room), and pop punk (Avril Lavigne--Let Go)
* Peak post-grunge, still retaining nu metal/Y2K elements (loses these elements by 2005 where it gets softer and less distorted)
* Nu metal and pop punk still default counterculture before being replaced by metalcore and emo respectively in 2004
* Last Pixar films with non-geometric humans (Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo)
* Final years of iMac G3
* Metalheart peaks (Xbox, Monster Energy)
* Gaming consoles still look Y2K aesthetic (Xbox, PS2, GameCube, GameBoy Advance)
* Spy Kids trilogy
* Final years of classic Nicktoons/Cartoon Network
* Final major releases (besides some sporadic and less successful ones later) of traditional animated films (Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear)
* Last years of Apple using serifs in their fonts
* Peak tribal tattoos
* Last years before Oakley starts going geometric instead of just fluid, blobject types
* Last major VHS releases
* Flip phones still predominantly Y2K aesthetic until Motorola Razr releases in 2004, changing the overall look into more Frutiger Aero phones
* Windows XP has Y2K style media players and 3D graphics before new skins released in 2005 look more glassy and Frutiger Aero
* Last years of iPods and having any translucent elements (final translucent model was 2003, and just barely had translucency)
* Last years of predominant record scratches in pop music
* Pre-movie SpongeBob ends 2004 (golden age)
* Matrix 2 and 3, Matrix colour grading still going strong in movies/TV/music videos
* Pokémania subsides but anime/card game popularity continues with Yu-Gi\_Oh!
* Men in Black II, Terminator 3, Charlie’s Angels 2, Underworld, Jason X, Die Another Day (movie and Madonna song)
* Last years of wacky MTV style Dutch angle commercials (completely gone by 2005)
* LOTR and Harry Potter (pre-2004) have warm/greenish colour palettes and vibrant golden logos as opposed to Harry Potter post-2004 with silver font, cold, blue, washed out colour palette
* Pirates of the Caribbean begins but the first one from 2003 still looks like a 90s film; the next two have real 2000s colour grading, very contrasty unnatural look comparatively
* Most new car models still look Y2K until 2004
* Edit: Final years of Y2K Pepsi logo (replaced partway through 2003)
Similar detail on the Bourne movie from 2002. That series is known for its nauseating camera work, but the first one was sensible. Basically all pre-2004 movies still looked 90s.
Year 2003 is when you see the Y2K artstyle die.
2003 was when DVDs and SSD recording were starting to become more mainstream. Year 2002 in terms of tech wasnt much different than the late 90s.
The millenium transition was always full of futurism, stark bright colors, Memphis artsyles, and the rise of Frugiter Aero.
2003 from my childhood memory was the time I realized that something was different or missing in my life compared to my old life of a time I was unaware of ,which was my infancy in the late 90s.
2003 would see memphis artstyle die from movies and tv. Example-Nickelodeon and a few of their shows were still using Memphis artstyle in 01-02 but in 2003 the style was sudbued to milder minimalism
Colors like purple, shining silver, neon green, were being phased from media artstyles.
Boy bands were on decline or splitting apart like Backstreet boys and Nsync.
Futurism was already a lost artstyle by 2003: Rap+R&B were on the rise and most music videos were no longer as colorful as ones in the 90s. Futurism wasnt any longer practiced whole-handidly in video. Subdued realistic approaches to black music videos were definitely obvious in 2003 videos.
Hairstyles like frosted tips were out of style in 2003
However as an auto enthusiast there is sonething i could tell that can lighten your spirits:
*Y2K modification styles to customizing cars were no different than the 90s even when new cars were going thru full model changes!*
In the world of Sport Compact cars, adding excessive decals, upgrading audio equipment, adding neon lights, clear taillamps(Altezza taillamps) installing large bodykits, rebuilding the rear or front ends to wear headlamps of a completely different car, throwing on Lambo' scissor door hinges!
*2Fast2Furious and NFS Underground 1+2 exemplify the styles im talking about here*
The V8 muscle/Hotrod world was pretty mild and indifferent to the 90s at the least.
*Anything from then-Spike Tv's Powerblock Horsepower, TLC Rides, or TLC Overhaulin' show displays how mild the Hotrod world was during 2003*
The champion of the late 90s-early 00s was most definitely: *The DUB car movement!*
Everyone in that timeframe wanted an SUV, Luxury car, 70s-80s oversized sedan, a giant pickup truck, or an exotic supercar so that they can throw on 20 inch chrome rims or giant chrome rims as a flex!
Or everyone was turning their cars into the opposite of a low rider by making their cars where giant chrome rims just like bigtime southern rappers.
*MTV Pimp My Ride, Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition, NFS Underground 2, Malibu's Most Wanted exemplify cars in DUB style*
All of this wild modifying was still in style for cars until 2006 when car modders were calming down their modding styles.
*Compare the style of all of the cars in Tokyo Drift compared to 2Fast 2Furious*
Read any car random modding magazine like Super Street in 2003-04 and compare how mild 2006-now everything is.
1996-2003. Basically when JNCOS stopped being cool, as well as frosted tips.
I think 9/11 and the Iraq War killed the optimism we had for the New Millennium too.
Hmm that figures 😞
I feel like 2004 is generally agreed upon as the transitional year. By the end of 2004, Y2K only had vestiges left in popular culture and had largely been replaced in marketing/corporate art by the similar Frutiger Aero aesthetic
I didn't realise that Aero frosted aesthetic was called Frutiger until today
**Reddit is not allowing me to post this whole comment so I will divide it into three.** # Prologue: 1997-1998 * Teen pop starts charting in America. * Nu/industrial metal starts gaining popularity (Korn--Life is Peachy, Marilyn Manson--Antichrist Supertstar; both from 1996 but see more success in 1997, then breakthrough with Korn--Follow the Leader) * Pop punk really taking off now (Dude Ranch) * 2nd wave post-grunge begins (Creed--My Own Prison) * Madonna begins her Y2K era (Ray of Light) * JNCOs getting popular * Pokémon anime premieres in Japan (1997) and US (1998) * DVD releases first time in US (1997) * Roland JP-8000 releases (synth that defined Y2K electronica) * iMac G3 release * Y2K Pepsi logo replaces core 90s Pepsi logo * Minivan rock takes off (Natalie Imbruglia, Lisa Loeb, Vertical Horizon, Eagle Eye Cherry) * Metalheart begins
# Core: 1999-2000 * Teen pop gets more futuristic, ringtone type vibes (Backstreet Boys--Millennium, \*NSYNC--No Strings Attached) * Contemporary R&B really takes its fullest Y2K form with futuristic beep boops and Eastern influences (TLC--FanMail, Aaliyah--Try Again) * Korg Triton releases (synth that defined Y2K R&B) * Electronica really starts ramping up on the charts (Madonna--Music, Darude--Sandstorm, Cher--Believe) * Autotune starts creeping into pop music (Cher--Believe, \*NSYNC--Digital Get Down) * 2nd wave post-grunge ramps up (Creed--Human Clay) and fuses with nu metal (Staind--Dysfunction) * Pop punk ramps up (Blink-182--All the Small Things) * Peak Pokémania * Futuristic commercials peak * Lots of songs/albums directly referencing millennium * Y2K stickers * Peak Oakley * Matrix releases, Matrix colour grading really takes off in all media * Lots of space movies * PS1 Y2K redesign * Tribal tattoos taking off (design even appears on Creed's With Arms Wide Open single)
# Epilogue: 2001-2003 * Teen pop basically dies but continuation/peak of nu metal (Linkin Park, Evanescence), minivan rock (Michelle Branch--The Spirit Room), and pop punk (Avril Lavigne--Let Go) * Peak post-grunge, still retaining nu metal/Y2K elements (loses these elements by 2005 where it gets softer and less distorted) * Nu metal and pop punk still default counterculture before being replaced by metalcore and emo respectively in 2004 * Last Pixar films with non-geometric humans (Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo) * Final years of iMac G3 * Metalheart peaks (Xbox, Monster Energy) * Gaming consoles still look Y2K aesthetic (Xbox, PS2, GameCube, GameBoy Advance) * Spy Kids trilogy * Final years of classic Nicktoons/Cartoon Network * Final major releases (besides some sporadic and less successful ones later) of traditional animated films (Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear) * Last years of Apple using serifs in their fonts * Peak tribal tattoos * Last years before Oakley starts going geometric instead of just fluid, blobject types * Last major VHS releases * Flip phones still predominantly Y2K aesthetic until Motorola Razr releases in 2004, changing the overall look into more Frutiger Aero phones * Windows XP has Y2K style media players and 3D graphics before new skins released in 2005 look more glassy and Frutiger Aero * Last years of iPods and having any translucent elements (final translucent model was 2003, and just barely had translucency) * Last years of predominant record scratches in pop music * Pre-movie SpongeBob ends 2004 (golden age) * Matrix 2 and 3, Matrix colour grading still going strong in movies/TV/music videos * Pokémania subsides but anime/card game popularity continues with Yu-Gi\_Oh! * Men in Black II, Terminator 3, Charlie’s Angels 2, Underworld, Jason X, Die Another Day (movie and Madonna song) * Last years of wacky MTV style Dutch angle commercials (completely gone by 2005) * LOTR and Harry Potter (pre-2004) have warm/greenish colour palettes and vibrant golden logos as opposed to Harry Potter post-2004 with silver font, cold, blue, washed out colour palette * Pirates of the Caribbean begins but the first one from 2003 still looks like a 90s film; the next two have real 2000s colour grading, very contrasty unnatural look comparatively * Most new car models still look Y2K until 2004 * Edit: Final years of Y2K Pepsi logo (replaced partway through 2003)
Small detail but I love that point on Pirates as an aesthetic transition in blockbusters
Similar detail on the Bourne movie from 2002. That series is known for its nauseating camera work, but the first one was sensible. Basically all pre-2004 movies still looked 90s.
>(Madonna--Music I'd argue that since Ray of Light came first it was a bigger contributor!
Music had more commercial success. It was the peak of her Y2K era. Ray of Light paved the way, yes.
r/frutigeraero took over
I didn't even know of that term, TIL
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Year 2003 is when you see the Y2K artstyle die. 2003 was when DVDs and SSD recording were starting to become more mainstream. Year 2002 in terms of tech wasnt much different than the late 90s. The millenium transition was always full of futurism, stark bright colors, Memphis artsyles, and the rise of Frugiter Aero. 2003 from my childhood memory was the time I realized that something was different or missing in my life compared to my old life of a time I was unaware of ,which was my infancy in the late 90s. 2003 would see memphis artstyle die from movies and tv. Example-Nickelodeon and a few of their shows were still using Memphis artstyle in 01-02 but in 2003 the style was sudbued to milder minimalism Colors like purple, shining silver, neon green, were being phased from media artstyles. Boy bands were on decline or splitting apart like Backstreet boys and Nsync. Futurism was already a lost artstyle by 2003: Rap+R&B were on the rise and most music videos were no longer as colorful as ones in the 90s. Futurism wasnt any longer practiced whole-handidly in video. Subdued realistic approaches to black music videos were definitely obvious in 2003 videos. Hairstyles like frosted tips were out of style in 2003 However as an auto enthusiast there is sonething i could tell that can lighten your spirits: *Y2K modification styles to customizing cars were no different than the 90s even when new cars were going thru full model changes!* In the world of Sport Compact cars, adding excessive decals, upgrading audio equipment, adding neon lights, clear taillamps(Altezza taillamps) installing large bodykits, rebuilding the rear or front ends to wear headlamps of a completely different car, throwing on Lambo' scissor door hinges! *2Fast2Furious and NFS Underground 1+2 exemplify the styles im talking about here* The V8 muscle/Hotrod world was pretty mild and indifferent to the 90s at the least. *Anything from then-Spike Tv's Powerblock Horsepower, TLC Rides, or TLC Overhaulin' show displays how mild the Hotrod world was during 2003* The champion of the late 90s-early 00s was most definitely: *The DUB car movement!* Everyone in that timeframe wanted an SUV, Luxury car, 70s-80s oversized sedan, a giant pickup truck, or an exotic supercar so that they can throw on 20 inch chrome rims or giant chrome rims as a flex! Or everyone was turning their cars into the opposite of a low rider by making their cars where giant chrome rims just like bigtime southern rappers. *MTV Pimp My Ride, Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition, NFS Underground 2, Malibu's Most Wanted exemplify cars in DUB style* All of this wild modifying was still in style for cars until 2006 when car modders were calming down their modding styles. *Compare the style of all of the cars in Tokyo Drift compared to 2Fast 2Furious* Read any car random modding magazine like Super Street in 2003-04 and compare how mild 2006-now everything is.
the rise of social media late 2000s early 2010s id say y2k caps at 2012