We Still Love Vaporwave

A brief genre history and a list of all-time favorites

Years ago, I developed a habit of listening to slowed-down smooth jazz songs on headphones while simultaneously watching muted YouTube videos of people driving or walking through Asian megacities at night.

I’d read about this practice of after-work escapism in an interview with music producer HKE. He was in a group called 2814, and their second album Bir…