Music usually with high bass sounding lazy and "chill" a variation of Vaporwave using the same style of aesthetics.
by Teloseka October 20, 2017
Get the Chillwavemug. by idreamgalaxies July 28, 2012
Get the Chillwavermug. 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.
I went on Hype Machine and Gorilla vs. Bear and downloaded every bloggable track by Neon Indian, Washed Out, and Memory Cassette -- I love chillwave.
by lileep January 12, 2010
Get the chillwavemug. TINO: "jetz müesch de langsam brämsu süscht häsch die gondla züe"
Schampowl:"eyy chillwave, ich machu das scho"
"Take it slow or u will get too drunk"
"keep calm and ceep going, i got this"
Schampowl:"eyy chillwave, ich machu das scho"
"Take it slow or u will get too drunk"
"keep calm and ceep going, i got this"
by z'Ludi January 9, 2025
Get the chillwavemug.