Vaporwave and the Hyperreal
b"Hyperreality, a term coined by Jean Baudrillard, is the point at which the real can no longer be easily distinguished from \\xa0fiction or simulation including simulations of realities that do not exist known as simulacra. The connection to vaporwave, a genre of music which seeks to induce nostalgia for eras that never existed, is immediately apparent. \\n\\nOn this topic episode we briefly introduce some of the ideas behind Baudrillard's hyperreality and discuss how we think they can be applied to vaporwave and its aesthetic goals."