Chill Wave
When you and one or more friends are sitting together and one of them gets the chills and then all of you get the chills as a result. sort of like a dominoe effect. Like yawning.
Chill Wave by shelbalison July 27, 2011
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Chillwaver by idreamgalaxies July 28, 2012
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chillwave • Chillwaver • chill rave • Chill Water • chill • Chill Pill • Chill guy • Chill Bill • Chill Bro • chill fam
chillwave
Term coined by Carles of Hipster Runoff referring to a style of music that emerged in Summer 2K9 primarily from the Brooklyn music scene.
Chillwave generally features a fuzzy sound with a slow but steady pulse-beat that hearkens back to 1980's pop culture; it may sound like the radio being played in the car during an episode of Miami Vice recorded on a crappy VHS tape and played back after said tape's been melting in the attic for a few years.
Although it can be either electronic or markedly lo-fi, lyrical and sonic themes hinge nostalgically on a longing for lazier times and may or may not involve references to inert romance or drug use.
Chillwave generally features a fuzzy sound with a slow but steady pulse-beat that hearkens back to 1980's pop culture; it may sound like the radio being played in the car during an episode of Miami Vice recorded on a crappy VHS tape and played back after said tape's been melting in the attic for a few years.
Although it can be either electronic or markedly lo-fi, lyrical and sonic themes hinge nostalgically on a longing for lazier times and may or may not involve references to inert romance or drug use.
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