The nostalgia for 2016 is dominating social media. Now, listeners are going back a decade to rediscover the songs that used to rule the charts
Looking at social media now, you could easily mistake the year for 2016. In the last month, users have seemed more interested in what happened a decade ago than celebrating the start of a new year. Old pop culture events are going viral again, as well as the distinct fashion of the time. The trend has shown both millennials going back into their own photo archives to post what life was like ten years ago, and Gen Z discovering the era for the very first time.
Many seem to point out that 2016 in hindsight feels like a more carefree time, a period where social media was more spontaneous and not so highly curated. Key elements in these flashbacks include things we might not be so eager to revisit – skinny jeans, Snapchat puppy filters, and outrageously thick eyebrows. But what we do like to be nostalgic about is the music that dominated the charts in 2016.
Spotify has kept track of the trend and recently released data that reveals listeners worldwide are going crazy for 2016. Here are the key takeaways about the last few weeks of streaming in Sweden, and all the songs that are having a major comeback.