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Audiences at Oasis reunion shows aren’t just middle-aged people remembering the music of their youth – Gen Z are also lapping up the 1990s nostalgia, even though none of them can remember the decade.
It’s because people can “feel nostalgic for a past that predates them”, known as “historical nostalgia”, wrote nostalgia expert Clay Routledge in The New York Times.
Gen Z, who were born between 1997 and 2012, are “specifically captivated by what life was like in the analogue past”, wrote Routledge, and they seem to be “mining” it to “enrich their present lives”, particularly by “fostering a greater appreciation for offline living”.
Read the full article at The Week.
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