![]() The Rock retired from WWE, and Brock Lesnar temporarily left to join the NFL, leaving John Cena to become the face of the company.īy 2005, the Y2K aesthetic had more or less vanished completely. Marvel's Blade series, known for its heavy use of Y2K aesthetics and music, ended. The first Web 2.0 conference was held in October 2004, early social media sites such as MySpace were rising in popularity, and the sixth generation of video game consoles had their last major year of popularity. McDonald's retired the McDonaldLand characters (except for Ronald) and rebranded from "We love to see you smile" to the infamous "I'm lovin' it". The final major Nu-Metal albums were released in 2004 emo soon overtook nu-metal with the popularization of Myspace and release of Green Day's American Idiot. Nickelodeon went through a similar transition as well, with '90s Nicktoons, the SNICK block, and pre-movie SpongeBob SquarePants ending. Cartoon Network switched from the Powerhouse to CN City era, with most of their '90s programs ending and Toonami moving to Saturday nights. New aesthetics such as McBling, UrBling, Surf Crush, and 2K1 appeared at this time, initially running concurrent with Cybercore.Ģ004 was the last hurrah of the Y2K aesthetic. The Y2K Era gradually declined afterward due to events such as the Dot-com Bubble Burst, 9/11, and the War on Terror, though residual aesthetics from the era still remained popular until 2004. Y2K peaked around late 1999/early 2000, coinciding with the turn of the millennium and apex of the Dot-com Bubble. The Y2K Era then took off in full force from 1998 to 2000, with things such as Pokemania, Limp Bizkit, NSYNC, TRL, The Matrix, TOM replacing Moltar on Toonami, and Britney Spears hitting their peak popularity. Y2K fashions such as frosted tips, soul patches, and JNCOs were becoming popular. The movies Titanic and Men in Black were released which are regarded as Y2K phenomena. The PS1 and N64 were now in full-swing with games such as Final Fantasy VII and Goldeneye. ![]() South Park and King of the Hill premiered, and Cartoon Network debuted the Toonami block which mainstreamed anime in the U.S. WWF entered the edgier Attitude Era and had gotten rid of its Memphis aesthetics (from the New Generation Era) by March 1998, in an attempt to compete with rival companies WCW (which, coincidentally, probably adopted more elements of the actual Y2K aesthetic compared to its competition) and ECW. Also, post- grunge started to become popular with bands like Creed and Foo Fighters, Nu-Metal began its mainstreaming with Limp Bizkit, Deftones, and Incubus, Hanson released " Mmmbop", and more music videos by artists such Puff Daddy (" Mo Money Mo Problems"), Will Smith ("Gettin' Jiggy wit It", "Men in Black"), and the Spice Girls ("Say You'll Be There") were done in the Y2K style. ![]() and gained international popularity, leading to a new era in teen pop, and in a Super Bowl ad that year the group heralded the arrival of "Generation Next". ![]() The Spice Girls' single "Wannabe" was released in the U.S. The Y2K Era became well-defined by 1997, replacing the Core '90s Era which had been known for its grittier aesthetics such as Grunge.
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