It's nostalgia. 90s music and clothing were both pretty bad. People think Nirvana, the Beastie Boys, and NWA were blaring from every street corner when it was actually some Mouseketeer or Will Smith singles for his latest movie.
I can't even tell you with precision what was popular moment by moment in the 90s as much as I could say the vibes, and the vibes were largely early Silicon Valley proto-bazinga end-of-history hubris and a whole lot of Gen-X "I'm bored, nothing matters" petite bourgeoisie pop-nihilism.
It's nostalgia. 90s music and clothing were both pretty bad. People think Nirvana, the Beastie Boys, and NWA were blaring from every street corner when it was actually some Mouseketeer or Will Smith singles for his latest movie.
Yeah, that was how it was.
I can't even tell you with precision what was popular moment by moment in the 90s as much as I could say the vibes, and the vibes were largely early Silicon Valley proto-bazinga end-of-history hubris and a whole lot of Gen-X "I'm bored, nothing matters" petite bourgeoisie pop-nihilism.