Stylistically, it feels like a switch went off in 1997 and everything changed suddenly.
Um, what?The switch didn't go off until 9/11. Before that the late '90s and first sliver of the early '00s was a big party. Everything after went downhill fast, and now we're in shit.
>>18296389I didn't say it was a bad switch, just that it was a switch
>>18296394There wasn't, though. '97 is almost identical to '96 and there's tons of crossover.
The mid 90s ended and the late 90s started.
>>1829646796 was still a grungy style with the "dark and cozy" 90s vibe. 97 had more of the Y2K summer vibe.
if you're talking about music specifically, then it's most likely the case that the record companies and producers just wanted to push a different kind of music out. that's exactly what the music industry is like - the billboard hot 100 list? those songs aren't on there because they're popular, they're on there because they were paid to be on there
