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The 2019 virtual reality game Boneworks heavily features the synthwave genre in its soundtrack, [28] which was composed by Michael Wyckoff. In 2020, "Blinding Lights", a synthwave-influenced song by R&B artist the Weeknd [29] [30] topped US record charts, the first song to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic. [31]
In 2020, the genre experienced a resurgence in popularity as 1980s-style synth-pop and synthwave songs from singers such as the Weeknd who gained success on international music charts. [181] " Blinding Lights ", a synthwave song by the Weeknd, peaked at number one in 29 countries, including the United States, in early 2020; and later became the ...
[107] [105] With political track titles and occasional soundbites, [29] the genre combines Nazi symbolism with the visuals associated with vaporwave and synthwave. [87] According to Hann, it is musically derived from synthwave, [81] while Heavy contributor Paul Farrell writes that it is "considered to be an offshoot from the harmless vaporwave ...
The community dubbed the unnamed boy, "Synthwave Boy", "Synth Boy" or just "Lofi Boy". [37] [38] [39] [26] The following day, Lofi Girl's YouTube channel uploaded the character's entry animation with the title "Synthwave Launch - Lofi Boy POV", [40] confirming the new character's name. As of February 2024, this stream has been inactive for ...
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Power Glove is an Australian electronic music and synthwave duo from Melbourne, Victoria, named after the Power Glove made by Mattel for the Nintendo Entertainment System. They provided the soundtrack to the 1980s-influenced retro-futuristic video game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (April 2013). The soundtrack was met with critical acclaim. [1] [2]
Gunship is a British synthwave band formed in 2014 by Dan Haigh and Alex Westaway; they were later joined by drummer Alex Gingell. [1] The group has released three studio albums under their own label Horsie in the Hedge.
Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician [1] specialising in synthwave.Inspired by artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, as well as 80s movie soundtracks, his music is retrofuturistic and is composed with a variety of hardware synthesizers, including the ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-4, and Korg MS-20. [2]