Vaporwave is a deviation of Chillwave and gained significantly more popularity than its parent genre. Going viral in 2016 for its interesting and nostalgic references to the 80s aesthetics, Vaporwave inspired the creation of new genres as well as influencing existing countless genres.
This quantitative graph shows the peak popularity of Vaporwave and the countless micro genres of it, as well as pre-existing genres that stemmed from the aesthetic as well.
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