The end of the nightclub era?

A night out at the club used to be a lot of fun for people. But some are saying the culture of those venues have changed.

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[WeirdBarbiesBoyfriend]

Why is the club scene fading? Look at what we do to each other. We used to go and dance and act a fool, having a great time with friends. Now, people will record you, mock you, put you on the internet, turn you into a meme, shame you, and ruin your life. No one wants to risk being in that seat.

People are scared to be human because society has taken more pleasure in throwing punches at those enjoying their life than in their freedom of expression.

[enzigenes]

Bottle service and egos ruined the club

[miloa.]

I feel like people in clubs nowadays, at least where I live, are incredibly judgmental. I feel like I can’t dance without the fear of someone recording me and putting me on their Snapchat or Instagram story. Others also seem to always look for a fight even if you just make unintentional eye contact with them. The environment just feels overall very toxic. Most people are just standing around as well.

[NetteWorth]

I’m a lounge person, I just became a brunch girl and I enjoy chillin at my house and Inviting people over we play games and have good conversations . The club scene is too dangerous

[learningit]

Millennial here! Use to go clubbing in my early 20s and it was so much fun. Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Lil Jon, Usher, Rhianna would blast through the speakers and music would switch to dancehall. We would dance and have a good time! Hell we got dressed up to go to the club. The cell phone was used to call up friends but was quickly put away once inside.

Once we left the club we would stop by a 24 hr diner having fun. I can't imagine the club experience not being like this anymore.

I also blame today's current music. The music is not club bangers. It sounds like depression. It's a no wonder gen-z is reaching into the millennial bag for music. I don't blame them.

[ilener]

Went to a night show a few months ago after having not been to one in years. First thing I noticed about the younger generation was how they don’t “dress up” to go out. People wearing regular clothes, gym clothes with sneakers to go out at night. No effort in their appearance and then sat around in circles on phones. Nobody dances. Back in my 20s during the early 2000 we all got dressed nice, we socialized, danced and made fun of the wallflower folks refusing to get off their chairs. Such a strange experience watching this younger generation not understand how to have fun in a social way. No wonder they suffer from loneliness.

[dianaprince]

Don’t forget the violence that happens in clubs. Too many shootings. Date r, fights and drama.

[Rocky-qrdl]

People are Awkward now... the phone is an escape for them.. not living in the moment.. they’re anxious.. it’s pathetic

[benji.B-side]

As a person who lived the early House music scene to the full 88-94, I'm so glad we did not have mobile phones then, just banging crowds all feeling a oneness with the music and each other.

[dabiz]

Still in my 30s...and i haven't been to a club in almost 10 years. People go clubbing to show off and act all tough now. Not to relax and have a good time

[erykahhoney]

The culture isn’t fitting for it anymore.
There are cost and fee’s for every single thing, customer service at establishments are horrible, men and women seem to not like eachother in a real way anymore, life itself is a challenge and not fitting for freedom and fun. No one dances or interacts anymore. The cell phone is a huge issue. Current music is trash, fashion trash, hair styles super basic and Everyone looks alike. Safety and violence is also an issue

[mindelo]

I experienced club culture back in 90s-2000s (I'm 43) and we actually had fun back then. We used to leave our brick cell phones(not everyone had cell phones back then) in the car, pay $10 to get in, buy a couple of drinks for $5 in a little plastic cup and had fun dancing all night. Guys would be doing their dance, girls had their our dance moves then we got together at the end of the night and had a blast. The DJ played music we could dance to and there was no sections, only VIP but nobody cared about that anyway because all the fun was happening on the dance floor.
Nowadays all that is dead. Clubs now are just people pretending to have a good time for social media, people acting fake rich and everybody got a stink ass attitude for some reason. I'd rather watch paint dry.

[drkimoni]

NOBODY DANCE ANYMORE ! MEN ON ONE SIDE AND WOMEN ON THE OTHER ! EVERYBODY HATES EACH OTHER NOT LIKE BACK IN THE DAYS !

[Gump-tion]

All the complaints here are valid. My solution: I bought an online DJ software, I bought speakers, I bought colorful lights and a Disco ball. I converted my garage into my Disco dance room. Now on the weekends, I play my 70's Disco and dance until I''m spent, then go uptairs, shower and go to bed!

[blackcomicnerd]

I'm an older millennial and clubbed in the 2000s and early 2010s. It was so much fun. Even if you weren't a good dancer, you still had fun. Cellphones were flip phones and the only social media was MySpace(mid 2000s). I'm old now (turning 40 in three weeks) so I can only imagine how it is now.

[frankernest]

I talked to a relative that is in their 20s and they don’t even go to clubs. They actually have never been to a club. They go to parties, but no clubs. It sounded bizarre to me. I think smart phones and social media have kinda killed people’s motivation to have in person interactions as much as in the past

[c.conga]

Latino nightclubs are the move!! $15 to get in, no VIP tables or expensive bottles, everybody dances

[kindredmalise]

Tinder broke clubs. Used to go get hooked up. Now people stop going cause people don’t like being randomly being groped by a stranger. Unsafe, dishonest new generation. Not worth meeting those people.

[gemgirl]

“It’s the music.”
“It’s technology.”
“It’s too expensive”
“It’s too dangerous”
“Nobody dances”
“People don’t interact.”

Guess what: You’re ALL correct! It’s everything everywhere all at once LITERALLY.

With the exception of a few niche places (ie spots that play House music), this is the new normal in mainstream clubbing.


I’m an older millennial so clubbing for me was fun back when I was in college and post grad. But this is not our wave. Every generation is different for a multitude of reasons. They socialize different. They date different. I don’t personally understand it either but there’s more than just 1 culprit for the nightclub era dying. The underlying reasons are way deeper but I’m gonna keep it at surface level because….conversations like that are not made for the internet. Ironic huh lol.

[donovannewman]

Clubbing only benefits women, bartenders, DJ's and club owners. Real men have woken up