BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
The times are always a changing. It seems that once you get used to a certain “era” it’s already passé and the next fad is already in motion. We saw many music genres and styles come and go over the years. In more recent years we’ve seen emo take over only until the indie hipsters took the reins. But again, things are always changing. Despite the abundance of plaid shirts and beards it’s safe to say the hipster craze is on its way out. There will be people to cling on to this for too long and some folks will own this look forever. It WILL come back and as long as nerdy snobs need attention, “hipsters” will have its place.
What can we call this current batch of kids? It’s like anyone over the age of 25 woke up and realized the world is different. I’m going to assume this happens to everyone and that it’s just part of growing up. It’s pretty much like that scene in the “21 Jump Street” remake where the two undercover cops walks through the parking lot at a modern high school. The social ladder has shifted and things have changed. From an outsider’s view it seems that younger people, the late teens to early 20’s are developing their own new shitty style for us old people to mock.
It’s one part hipster, one part hip hop, one part weakling, and one health dose of androgynous smirks. Its skinny jeans, a social conscious, that uses the same “slang” that a Justin Bieber or wholesome rapper would use. It’s one big ass glittery belt wrapped around the narrow hips of a living and breathing iPhone ap. No one needs effort because everyone gets a ribbon. No one needs a personality because everyone is a faceless emoticon living through social media like an unlocked diary. I’m not even bitter. It is what it is. I just want to know where this “era” stands before it’s painfully obvious.
Regardless, the future is vintage.
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