Hank Whitson is a pop culture omnivore, gaming geek, escapism nerd, and unrepentant anime addict who has been writing for Game Rant since 2020. He plays and writes about literally everything, but ...

Lofi Girl’s world just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The YouTube channel known for the online radio stream “lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to” launched two new music streams on Monday.

Miami Vice (the '80s TV show, not the Colin Farrell movie) is of course a quintessential cars-and-club music cocktail. But, fair warning, you might not want to watch this one at work because there are ...

Visuals are as important a part of synthwave as the music itself. Retro-inspired artists such as Forces Creative, Charles Blanchard (who designed the most recent South by South Death poster for ...

When the 2011 hit movie Drive came out with its sleekly time-stamped soundtrack, synthwave got a huge shot in the arm. Furthered by the kind of ’80s revivalism that’s blitzed current pop culture like ...

Over the past few days, fans of YouTube channel "Lofi Girl" have been frantic over a mystery taking place on the popular relaxing music stream. This morning, the mystery was solved: Lofi Girl has ...

After a decade of lurking around blog posts and soundtracks, synthwave is having a moment. As evidenced by the crossover success of the Stranger Things score and the presence of cult duo Magic Sword ...

Daine Cox just wants to see the musical artists he loves play live. So when he discovered that many of his favorite synthwave acts were just recently breaking into touring and doing live shows, he was ...

If you grew up with “The Goonies,” “Super Mario Bros.” or Cyndi Lauper, you may hear something familiar in synthwave. This niche electronic-music genre, inspired by the sounds of 1980s pop, movies and ...