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27 Dec, 8 tweets, 3 min read
1/ Throughout 2021, our writer @skornhaber has considered the themes that have defined our strange year in music. 👇
2/ Billie Eilish, Lorde, and Lana Del Rey complicated pop music’s “sad girl” label: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
3/ And Lil Nas X tested the bounds of progress in hip-hop—and popular music in general:
theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
4 / The 2000s also made a comeback, especially among young artists barely old enough to remember the decade—or its dark side: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
5/ Then there was hyperpop, a sound suited to TikTok’s DIY hijinks, Twitch’s video-game violence, and the all-you-can-listen-to, boundary-free possibilities of music streaming. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
6/ Today’s music stars are also redefining “emo ”—an old, much-debated genre once labeled the music of sadness—for our strange new era: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
7/ The overarching theme in our year in music, however, has been one that celebrates survival, @skornhaber writes in his round-up of the top albums of 2021. Listen to his selections: open.spotify.com/playlist/4GIHp…
8/8 Share what album got you through the year below. 👇

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