It goes well behind the show and the song. My dentist and his office are all zoomers and they have the best music of the 80s blasting all day, music that I grew up with. It’s weird for me because I start remembering all the songs and the lyrics, but it’s entirely new for them.
While not to this scale, it's happened several times before. Don't Stop Believin' from the Sopranos and Only You from the final scene of The Office were both thrown back into the limelight 25-30 years after their release.
I’d wager that there are plenty of gen z kids listening to billie eilish and lil yachty and the entirety of mumblerap that would disagree with the idea that there’s no good pop music outside of the 80s.
edit: I’m not debating that 80s pop continues to be popular among younger people as it has since… the 80s. I was specifically responding to the comment about gen z needing to plumb the depths of 80s music due to some perceived lack of palatable pop music today. It’s genuinely a silly idea. Who is buying olivia rodrigo tickets? Or dua lipa or doja cat or lizzo or megan thee stallion
