mallsoft
nounEtymology
From mall + soft.
- derived from *semptio-✻
- inherited from *samft(ī)✻
- inherited from sōfte
- inherited from softe
Definitions
A vaporwave subgenre themed after retro shopping malls.
- It seems the late 1980s and 1990s are making a comeback, with new music genres like Vaporwave and Mallsoft.
- Genres such as mallsoft, vaporwave, or hypnogogic pop, to name but a few, arise in a heartbeat and die out before many people, certainly mainstream music listeners, are likely even aware of them.
- 슈퍼마켓 Yes! We’re Open is categorised as mallsoft, the vaporwave subgenre which evokes the sounds and atmosphere of shopping malls, and which obliquely references their current, precarious state.
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