The Y2K Aesthetic Explained

This video is explaining how the Y2K aesthetic is different from McBling, from the fashion, design, and philosophy. It's been such a point of contention to me because everyone thinks the Y2K style came back in 2020 but really most of what they're talking about is McBling and I'm setting the record straight!! What's your favourite part of the Y2K aesthetic?

Credit for the intro goes to moonbeige! They have really great intros so definitely check them out

Also if you want to completely go on the most insane Y2K deep-dive ever definitely check out the Y2K aesthetic on tumblr. They have so much amazing content and I wouldn't have been able to put this video together without the information they've gathered for years.

00:00 intro
0:40 what is the y2k aesthetic?
1:32 the origins
3:43 the fashion
6:29 the design
7:45 music videos
8:37 movies
10:00 the fall
11:09 the end?

#y2k #y2kaesthetic #mcbling #2000s #90s #trends #tiktokaesthetic #mcblingaesthetic

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[futuristiccat]

Y2k: 2000s futurism
Mcbling: sparkly and expensive 2000s things

[futuristiccat]

The ironic thing is that the true y2k aesthetic in the early 2000s seemed way more futuristic than any kind of aesthetics now

[Mario_N]

Yes, they're completely different. The McBling "Celebrity Culture" is more of a mid 2000s thing. Juicy sweatsuits, frilly miniskirts, bedazzled stuff, etc.

[redbenada]

I don't think Aaliyah ever gets her credit for influencing Y2K. Right from the one in a million era in 1996, she started giving a lot of Y2K looks with her sunglasses, leather, baggy clothes, baggy jackets, hair, etc. And her music video concepts really ecsentuated her avant garde spin on Y2K. Her videos like if your girl only knew, one in a million, four page letter, the one I gave my heart to, are you that somebody, try again, we need a resolution, and more than a woman are the epitome of slick and sexy and sort of avant garde y2k. My favorite video if hers is we need a resolution, which is just chefs 😘 and very futuristic and Y2K without being tacky at all. This is something that I really love about Aaliyah. Despite participating in trends that we may cringe at today, nothing she did was ever tacky and it continues to stay timeless to this day.

[kimchi]

When I think of y2k I just think about everyone losing their shit about going from 1999 to 2000

[oluwajomilojuakinleye]

I good example would be the totally spies background decor and technology or Winx club tecna's style and home planet

Edit: the DCOM zenon girl of the 21 century would also be a good representation of this aesthetic

[marvelousball]

man oh man i love transparent technology from the era

[kyle]

y2k = late 90s and early 2000s
mcbling = mid 2000s

[inspectahbaby]

I get confused when someone does a lookback on fashion and cites celebrities as representative. While they did ultimately adopt and influence fashion of the time, what the layman wore vs what a celebrity would wear would be somewhat different.

[wee]

Everytime I see people irl or i media wearing Y2K clothing, I always imagine them looking like a sim

[kira-lilym]

when it comes to the y2k aesthetic in movies - it feels like Fifth Element was really doing the absolute mooosst

[janemartindale]

I like both aesthetics though and the y2k aesthetic does take a lot of inspiration from the mod movement of the mid and late 60's which was about futurism and new technologies. Also there was that weird era where the two aesthetics where mixed/in the transition phase of one another, like 1997 doesn't have the same aesthetic as 2007 but the year 2002 has both of these aesthetic present.

[LitaSixx]

Finally! Someone else who gets it! These 2 aesthethics are completely different things but most people don't see the difference. Love your content btw, new subscriber here 🖤

[TheLeah]

Thank you for explaining the difference because people are calling EVERYTHING form the 2000’s Y2K.

[CarissaXo]

People mistype Y2K just like they mistype grunge.

[julzgulz]

As someone who graduated high school in 2000, this video was excellently put together... and super nostalgic. Well done! But having lived through it I have to say that I am so glad the Y2K Era is over. It was a time of idealism, excess, and lots of terrible social ideas. It reminds me of the 1920s... excessive, selfish, and naive... it made me as a teenager to be overly optimistic about the future and led to lots of disappointment in my twenties. Kids today are perhaps more grounded and realistic about the future, which is a better way to get through this world. If you are young and reading this, don't worry, this too shall pass.

[luckyxxxxk]

Finally someone that remembers the fashion correctly! I was in elementary when the year 2000 hit. I wanted to be a teenager so I could dress like Britney Spears and TLC bc they looked so cool and futurist on tv! I also remember New Year’s Eve 99, my dad and I went to Walmart and everyone was going crazy! Ppl were screaming the worlds gonna end etc. I remember looking up at my dad and asking should we be worried abt something (bc I was too young to understand Y2K) and he was like no we’re just here to get paper towels 😂 and that is indeed all we got. I also had that Barbie car you showed in your video lol. I loved being a child of the 2000s.

[sarah]

Finally!!!! personally I think y2k looks so much cooler and sicker than mcbling

[gerawallstar]

The Britney Spears song Oops I did it again really defined Y2K as a whole.

[juliannehannes]

Flared jeans were a HUGE must have item starting in 1997 through 2007, then regular mom jeans were very out and skinny jeans with spandex weren't invented yet, hip hugging flared jeans is what causes the confusion between the eras.

There are three parts, YTK 1997-2002(The Limited, Bebe, Steve Madden, Delias, Alloy), McBling 2003-2005(Juicy Couture and Ambercrombie & Fitch), and lastly Fast Fashion 2006-early 2010s (Forever 21, H&M, Kohls, Target).