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[[File:Simpsonwave.png|thumb|right|"ＳＵＮＤＡＹ ＳＣＨＯＯＬ," a Simpsonwave video using Blank Banshee's track "Teen Pregnancy" by genre pioneer Lucien Hughes]]
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'''Simpsonwave''' (stylized '''ＳＩＭＰＳＯＮＷＡＶＥ''')<ref name = "Thump">{{cite web|last=Rodriguez|first=Krystal|date=June 2, 2016|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/simpsonwave-vaporwave-meme|title=Is Simpsonwave a Real Thing?|publisher=Thump. [[Vice Media]]|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> is a genre of videos where clips of the American [[animated sitcom]] ''[[The Simpsons]]'' are filtered with [[tint]]ed, [[VHS]]-like effects and played over [[psychedelic trance|psychedelic]] [[vaporwave]] or [[chillwave]] tracks. The term 'Simpsonwave' was coined by Youtube user Lucien Hughes. Originating from internet meme mashup cultures like Soundclown, the genre grew popular on services such as [[Vine (service)|Vine]] and [[YouTube]] in early 2016, and was very well-received by publications.
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==Origins and analysis==
Simpsonwave's origins are traced to [[internet meme]] mashup cultures like Soundclown.<ref name = "Thump"/> It is appropriate that [[vaporwave]], a musical style using samples of old [[pop music]] to parody music well known in popular culture overall, is used as audio for visual clips from ''[[The Simpsons]]'', a television series that also mocked American pop culture, Joe Blevins of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote.<ref name = "AVclub"/> The clips are often filtered purple [[tint]] and glitchy VHS-esque distortion (heavy [[chromatic aberration]] can be used as well), giving the videos a hallucinatory and "transportive" feel.<ref name = "AVclub">{{cite web|last=Blevins|first=Joe|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/simpsonwave-most-wack-tripped-out-simpsons-meme-ev-237679|title="Simpsonwave" is the most wack, tripped-out Simpsons meme ever|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion]]|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> Kevin Lozano, writing for [[Pitchfork Media]], wrote that "Those early seasons of ''The Simpsons'' are reeking with ‘90s nostalgia and flashes of surrealism, while vaporwave accesses something deeper in that energy, tapping into a sort of dreamy ennui."<ref name = "Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Lozano|first=Kevin|date=June 14, 2016|url=http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1188-what-the-hell-is-simpsonwave/|title=What the Hell Is Simpsonwave?|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|accessdate=June 22, 2016}}</ref>
==History==
The first Simpsonwave video was created and uploaded to [[Vine (service)|Vine]] by a user named Spicster, using footage from the episode "[[Bart on the Road]]" and the track "Resonance" by [[Florida|Floridian]] chillwave producer HOME.<ref name = "Thump"/><ref name = "Uproxx">{{cite web|last=Kurp|first=Josh|date=June 2, 2016|url=http://uproxx.com/music/simpsonwave-genre/|title=‘The Simpsons’ Has Finally Inspired An Entire Music Genre|publisher=[[Uproxx]]. [[Woven Digital]]|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> As of June 2, 2016, the vine has garnered 22.5 million loops.<ref name = "Thump"/> [[YouTube]] user Hothi then created a video, titled "ＢＡＲＴ ＯＮ ＴＨＥ ＲＯＡＤ", with the seven-second visual looped and the entire song playing; it has garnered more than 600,000 views, as of September 2016.<ref name = "Bento">{{cite web|last=Maas|first= Sebastian|date=June 3, 2016|url=http://www.bento.de/musik/simpsonwave-diese-simpsons-musikvideos-haben-wir-gebraucht-606390/|title=Simpsonwave: Diese Simpsons-Musikvideos haben wir gebraucht|language=German|publisher=Bento|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref>

While homesick from school one day, coiner of the term "Simpsonwave", Lucien Hughes,<ref name = "Pitchfork"/><ref name = "Papermag">{{cite web|last=Song|first=Sandra|date=June 6, 2016|url=http://www.papermag.com/what-is-simpsonwave-a-brief-introduction-via-scene-staple-lucien-hughe-1843964229.html|title=What Is Simpsonwave? A Brief Introduction Via Scene Staple, Lucien Hughes|work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|publisher=Paper Communications|accessdate=June 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Minor|first=Jordan|date=June 3, 2016|url=http://www.geek.com/news/drown-yourself-beneath-the-vaporwave-1657121/|title=Drown yourself beneath the vaporwave|publisher=[[Geek.com]]|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name = "Tab">{{cite web|last=Robson|first=Kurt|date=July 7, 2016|url=http://thetab.com/uk/2016/07/07/spoke-creator-simpsonwave-end-6587|title=We spoke to the creator of Simpsonwave, and it’s about to end|work=[[The Tab]]|accessdate=July 20, 2016}}</ref> saw a few mashups of ''Simpsons'' clips with vaporwave tracks by a person under the YouTube username midge, which was also posted on a ''Simpsons'' internet meme [[Facebook]] group titled "Simpsons Shitposting", one of the factors that contributed to the genre's publicity.<ref name = "Papermag"/> midge's mashups as well as "ＢＡＲＴ ＯＮ ＴＨＥ ＲＯＡＤ" influenced Hughes to start making Simpsonwave videos of his own therefore making content he labeled under "Simpson Wave" starting in February 2016.<ref name = "Bento"/><ref name = "Papermag"/> The first few of Hughes' videos were made as a joke for "shitposting groups" like "Simpsons Shitposting," but with his later videos, he decided to remove the original context of the ''Simpsons'' footage he used and giving them different stories to present.<ref name = "Papermag"/> By June 2016, his most popular video had more than a million views on Youtube.<ref name = "Bento"/>

==Critical reception==
Simpsonwave garnered acclaim by journalists when it first received press coverage in June 2016 due to a [[Twitter]] post by [[Rough Trade (shops)|Rough Trade NYC]].<ref>{{cite web|date=June 3, 2016|url=http://www.lifeboxset.com/2016/simpsonwave-musica-simpson/|title=Te va a encantar este género de música inspirado en ‘los Simpson’|language=Spanish|publisher=Life Boxset|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> The genre was headlined by ''[[The Verge]]'' as "the chill summer soundtrack you didn't know you needed," writing that it uses a style music appropriate for hot-temperature days of the season while still going beyond personal preference of what makes summer music and also having a certain charm that appeals to a wide audience: "there is something so beautiful and perfect (and maybe unintentionally poignant?) about the way The Simpsons matches up with this music."<ref name = "The Verge">{{cite web|last=O'Kane|first=Sean|date=June 2, 2016|url=http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/6/2/11841232/simpsonwave-vaporwave-subgenre-the-simpsons-summer-music|title=Simpsonwave is the chill summer soundtrack you didn't know you needed|work=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> A writer for [[Vice Media]]'s electronic music channel Thump called the visual part of the videos to be "pretty interesting in a nostalgic, soothing way—almost like background music for deep thinking."<ref name = "Thump"/> Blevins called the videos "oddly soothing and even beautiful," while Miles Klee of ''[[The Daily Dot]]'' noted their "fluid editing": "We always knew ''The Simpsons'' was the greatest TV show of all time, but in its countless multitudes, it keeps on surprising us."<ref name = "DailyDot">{{cite web|last=Klee|first=Miles|date=June 2, 2016|url=http://www.dailydot.com/lol/simpsons-simpsonwave-youtube/|title=Simpsonwave is the chill new aesthetic that everyone's enjoying without you|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> A headline for an article published in ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]'' magazine was, "We’ve discovered Simpsonwave and now we don’t need any more new genres."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hewitt|first=Ben|date=June 3, 2016|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/06/03/simpsonwave-vaporwave-new-genre/|title=We’ve discovered Simpsonwave and now we don’t need any more new genres|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|publisher=[[The Vinyl Factory]]|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> On the week on June 5, 2016, the genre was one of THUMP's "11 Favorite Things That Happened This Week."<ref>{{cite web|last=Julious|first=Britt|date=June 5, 2016|url=http://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/the-roundup-our-11-favorite-things-that-happened-this-week|title=The Roundup: Our 11 Favorite Things That Happened This Week|publisher=Thump. Vice Media|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> It went on to be declared 'dead' in a YouTube video created by Influential Simsponwave creator Lucien Hughes, Vaporwave Producer Vektroid and music producer FrankJavCee<ref>{{cite web|last=Jav Contreras|first=Francisco|date=June 18, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3JQ3tOQL|title=ＲＩＰ ＳＩＭＰＳＯＮＷＡＶＥ ft Vektroid & Lucien Hughes|publisher=FrankJavCee|accessdate=July 30, 2016}}</ref> due to its large public reception from News Network Vice and many popular YouTube channels, Notably that of creator Lucien Hughes, whose video ＳＵＮＤＡＹ ＳＣＨＯＯＬ received more YouTube views than the respective video of the track played under it. But we're sure the writing skills of the people involved in this article do not reflect the quality or notability of "Simpsonwave." Quite sure.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRMau84sfJ2nZcr9NLY3pzg Lucien Hughes] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/shitpostingsimpsons/ "Simpsons Shitposting"] on [[Facebook]]

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