8/3/2023 0 Comments 2014 tumblr grunge![]() While sleaze core’s flamboyant personality became popular in Myspace around 2005, soft grunge in 2014 grew into a more moody variation of it. In an interview with Vogue, she discussed more about sleaze core’s progression into soft grunge. Back then, people brought typewriters and polaroid cameras back into use, while now people are bringing back wired headphones. In a viral TikTok, she stated that the style took off in the early 2000s and is characterized by amateur-style flash photography, nightlife, dramatic texts and quotes, and the use of outdated technology. ![]() Soft grunge? Sleaze core?Īccording to trend cycle analyst Mandy Lee, sleaze core walked so that soft grunge could run. Perhaps people are rejecting the put-togetherness and fake effortlessness of 2021’s clean girl as they embrace this edgier style. We saw a Y2K comeback earlier this year, but we’re now seeing more and more of soft grunge and sleaze core, à la Tumblr 2014. Prior to the mainstream use of the internet, trends began “organically” through word-of-mouth and traditional media but now, the internet has accelerated the speed at which they emerge (or re-emerge). Pop culture’s renewed interest in the 2014 Tumblr girl is another testament to social media’s power in the life cycle of trends. And yes, of course I wanted to emulate their angsty attitudes and rebelliousness that often stemmed from a “quirky,” not-like-other-girls taste in music. I looked up to the skinny white girls that often came up on my Tumblr feed. Being 14 during the peak of this trend, I had nothing on my mind except my Tumblr blog, “indie” bands I found on the platform, and getting my hands on a choker and a skater skirt. Personally, its re-emergence brings me back to what I would consider a simpler time. The return, which came just less than a decade since it first became popular, went hand-in-hand with pop culture’s obsession with nostalgia. The 1975, Lana del Rey, and the Arctic Monkeys are back-and so are the sleaze core and soft grunge aesthetics. Trigger warning: eating disorders, body image, and self-harm.
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