Living in constant nostalgia: gen z's greatest escapism 🕰️

I guess I'll just vicariously live through old animes and citypop for now ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
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⭐️ ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Why we, especially gen Z, are so nostalgic -- even reminiscing about times we never knew, as well as a deep dive to why trends such as y2k, citypop, 90s high school videos became so popular in recent years, and what causes us to feel so nostalgic in the first place.

0:00 "I wish I was born earlier"
2:25 the trend of nostalgia
7:17 the nostalgia generation
13:25 nostalgia for the present

📹 Videos mentioned!
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🗒️ Resources that helped incredibly during the research for this video:
https://www.afterbabel.com/p/a-time-w...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/202...
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releas...
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🎹 MUSIC
♪ Clair de Lune - Debussy
♪ Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky
♪ Automatic Love - BuGuMi
♪ New Jeans/NewJeans (ver.lofi) - ᴅᴀɴɪ.ʜᴢ
♪ Hype Boy/NewJeans (ver.lofi) - ᴅᴀɴɪ.ʜᴢ
♪ Piano Sonata no.11 ‘Alla Turca’ - Mozart
♪ Nocturne in E flat major - Chopin