History Main / FutureFunk

While Future Funk shares Vaporwave's central structure of using modified and extended samples from popular music, it is more strongly rooted in synth-funk and AlternativeDance than in electronica. Future Funk is also typically much LighterAndSofter than Vaporwave, carrying a more fast-moving and upbeat tone compared to its mother genre's more melancholic and sarcastic direction. This is most strongly exemplified by the fact that unlike Vaporwave, which focuses on sampling synthpop and pop rock, most of the samples used in Future Funk are taken from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_pop City Pop]], a typically upbeat genre of JapanesePopMusic popular during TheEighties. Like the western pop typically used in Vaporwave, the general tone and aesthetic of City Pop was heavily rooted in the economic upturn Japan experienced during the 1980's, particularly the 1986-1991 financial boom. However, while Vaporwave often criticizes the sense of greed and naivety born out of the socioeconomic climate of the 80's, Future Funk embraces the "life is a party" atmosphere of the era.

See also UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}}, another Internet music genre with the same origins and aesthetics that Future Funk but with original creations instead of being based on samples as in Vaporwave; {{Nightcore}}, the {{inversion}} of Vaporwave but also internet-born, sample-based, anime-themed, and upbeat-based as Future Funk; and City Pop, the JapanesePopMusic genre from TheEighties that Future Funk is mostly based.

* SAINT PEPSI (actually known as Skylar Spence, also TropeCodifier)
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** Most of the Future Funk artists use samples from City Pop songs, which are all sung in Japanese, using a couple of samples to remake the entire song.

While Future Funk shares Vaporwave's central structure of using modified and extended samples from popular music, it is more strongly rooted in synth-funk and AlternativeDance than in electronica. Future Funk is also typically much LighterAndSofter than Vaporwave, carrying a more fast-moving and upbeat tone compared to its mother genre's more melancholic and sarcastic direction. This is most strongly exemplified by the fact that unlike Vaporwave, which focuses on sampling synthpop and pop rock, most of the samples used in Future Funk are taken from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_pop City Pop]], a typically upbeat genre of JapanesePopMusic popular during TheEighties. Like the western pop typically used in Vaporwave, the general tone and aesthetic of City Pop was heavily rooted in the economic upturn Japan experienced during the 1980's, particularly the 1986-1991 financial boom. However, while Vaporwave often criticizes the sense of greed, corporatism, and naivety born out of the socioeconomic climate of the 80's, Future Funk embraces the "life is a party" atmosphere of the era.

Future Funk (also known as New Disco, not to be confused with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu-disco nu-disco]]) is a sub-genre of {{Vaporwave}} born during the middle of TheNewTens; along with Vaportrap and {{Simpsonwave}}, it is one of the most well-known and popular subgenres of the movement, and like its sister and mother genres, was born and remains primarily active on TheInternet.

** For many, Music/DaftPunk is considered the direct precursor to the genre, often serving as an inspiration for Future Funk artists, many of whom sample or even remix the band's work to create new Future Funk songs. Their 2001 album ''Music/{{Discovery}}'' (as well its anime adaptation ''Anime/Interstella5555'') is considered a particular source of inspiration not just for the sound of Future Funk, but also the aesthetics of it, to the point where some music videos in the genre appropriate clips from ''Interstella 5555''.

Not to be confused with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Funk 1982 live album]] of the same name by the go-go/disco group Experience Unlimited, or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu-disco nu-disco]].

* 悲しい ANDROID - APARTMENT¶ (also known as Young Muscle)

* Architecture in Tokyo

!!Tropes Future Funk commonly utilizes

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[[caption-width-right:350:{{Vaporwave}} you can dance to.]]

While Future Funk shares Vaporwave's central structure of using modified and extended samples from popular music, it is more strongly rooted in synth-funk and AlternativeDance rather than electronica. Future Funk is also typically much LighterAndSofter than Vaporwave, carrying a more fast-moving and upbeat tone compared to its mother genre's more melancholic and sarcastic direction. This is most strongly exemplified by the fact that unlike Vaporwave, which focuses on sampling synthpop and pop rock, most of the samples used in Future Funk are taken from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_pop City Pop]], a typically upbeat genre of JapanesePopMusic popular during TheEighties. Like the western pop typically used in Vaporwave, the general tone and aesthetic of City Pop was heavily rooted in the economic upturn Japan experienced during the 1980's, particularly the 1986-1991 financial boom. However, while Vaporwave often criticizes the sense of greed, corporatism, and naivety born out of the socioeconomic climate of the 80's, Future Funk embraces the "life is a party" atmosphere of the era.

** For many, Music/DaftPunk is considered as "Future Funk before Future Funk was made", being their music an inspiration for Future Funk artists, and even using some samples of their songs (and even remixes) to create new Future Funk songs. Their 2001 album ''Music/{{Discovery}}'', as well their anime adaptation ''Anime/Interstella5555'', has been marked as references in this sub-genre, not just the music but the anime aesthetics. Also, some music videos used clips from ''Interstella 5555'' as well.
** City Pop, the [[TheEighties 1980's]] JapanesePopMusic genre that inspired Future Funk, is also known as this. In fact, various Future Funk songs are mostly new remixes from established songs from this old genre. Artists like Tatsuro Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi and Sugiyama Kiyotaka [[RevivalByCommercialization gained renowned fame worldwide]] thanks to Vaporwave and Future Funk after their new listeners found where those Future Funk songs first came from.

* Music/DaftPunk (considered an UrExample and UnbuiltTrope)

* UnbuiltTrope:
** For many, Music/DaftPunk is considered as "[[UrExample Future Funk before Future Funk was made]]", being their music an inspiration for Future Funk artists, and even using some samples of their songs (and even remixes) to create new Future Funk songs. Their 2001 album ''Music/{{Discovery}}'', as well their anime adaptation ''Anime/Interstella5555'', has been marked as references in this sub-genre, not just the music but the anime aesthetics. Also, some music videos used clips from ''Interstella 5555'' as well.
** City Pop, the [[TheEighties 1980's]] JapanesePopMusic genre that inspired Future Funk, is also known as this. In fact, various Future Funk songs are mostly new remixes from established songs from this old genre. Artists like Tatsuro Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi and Sugiyama Kiyotaka [[RevivalByCommercialization gained renowned fame worldwide]] thanks to Vaporwave and Future Funk after their new listeners found where those Future Funk songs first came from.

** As pictured above, Lum from ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' is often considered as the mascot of Future Funk, like Hatsune Miku for ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'', appearing in many videos dancing as in some scenes from the series.

Additionally, the visual aesthetic of Future Funk differs from Vaporwave in that, while it shares its focus on 1980's and 1990's iconography, it does so in a more nostalgic and fun-loving way compared to Vaporwave's more critical and satirical approach. In particular, Future Funk focuses heavily on classic {{anime}} such as ''Manga/CityHunter'', ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', and the works of Creator/RumikioTakahashi-- with ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' being among the most popular choices for Future Funk.

Future Funk (also known as New Disco) is a sub-genre of {{Vaporwave}} born during the middle of TheNewTens, and is known as one of the most known subgenres of this music movement born on TheInternet, along with Vaportrap and {{Simpsonwave}}. Even when they have the same principle as Vaporwave, the music is more based on combining old funk and disco tunes with new-school electronic techniques--think Music/DaftPunk's album ''Music/{{Discovery}}''.

The music in general is, like Vaporwave, heavily sample-based, but with more upbeat and dance influence than downbeat depressive influence in Vaporwave. Most of the samples are taken from TheEighties JapanesePopMusic genre called "City Pop", which took songs from the time and remixed them with new techniques. The aesthetic used is also similar to Vaporwave, with most of TheEighties and TheNineties iconography, with {{anime}} like ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (and also ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' from the [[Creator/RumikoTakahashi same author]]), ''Manga/CityHunter'', ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' and ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' being in the focus of their music videos.

* Music/DaftPunk (considered as UrExample and UnbuiltTrope)

* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Even more than Vaporwave, Future Funk based its aesthetic into TheEighties Tokyo. Also, being used various anime clips from the '80s and '90s as part of their music videos help to enforce this.

** City Pop, TheEighties JapanesePopMusic genre that inspired Future Funk is also known as this. In fact, various Future Funk songs are mostly new remixes from established songs from this old genre. Artists like Tatsuro Yamashita, Mariya Takeuchi and Sugiyama Kiyotaka [[RevivalByCommercialization gained a renowned fame worldwide]] thanks to Vaporwave and Future Funk after their new listeners found where those Future Funk songs came from originally.

Not to be confused with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Funk 1982 live album]] of the same name by the go-go/disco group Experience Unlimited.

[[caption-width-right:350:{{Vaporwave}} you can dance.]]

''Hi, this is a new trope made by Basara-kun. This time, I want to create this article for TV Tropes, but not sure if leave it in Main as {{Vaporwave}} or as an Useful Note as UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}}. Well, let's start this then. As always, any help is welcome.''
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[[caption-width-right:350:{{Vaporwave}} you can dance]]

* MACROSS 82-99 (TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier Codifier]])

* ANDROID - APARTMENT

* [=SUPERSEX420=]

* Dan Mason

* Future Girlfriend

* Music/{{Mikazukibigwave}}

* CoveredUp: There're some cases that remixes of old songs (or even other Vaporwave/Future Funk ones) became more famous thanks to their Future Funk remixes being the original versions forgotten by them. A know case is "YEBISU" by MACROSS 82-99, being more known the remixed version by Yung Bae.

** Averted with Music/{{Mikazukibigwave}}, who's one of the few artists (if not the ''only one'') that comes from Japan.

* LuckyCharmsTitle: This doesn't happen as much as in {{Vaporwave}} but there are still some artists that use it like ANDROID - APARTMENT.

** Not song extracts are used to create new songs, some ones got a Future Funk remix by some actual artists. Yung Bae is known to make this with some HipHop songs and SAINT PEPSI does this too with {{Pop}} songs. The most known song of this is the ANDROID - APARTMENT remix of Modjo's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)".

** Also Usagi Tsukino from ''Anime/SailorMoon'' (the 1992 anime) is usually credited as one, especially thanks to MACROSS 82-99's ''SAILORWAVE'' album.
** A special case is Music/{{Mikazukibigwave}}, who has his own {{mascot}}, Mikazuki-chan.

** If you want to enter into Vaporwave territory, Future Funk is a good place to start. Also, influential artists like MACROSS 82-99 and SAINT PEPSI started first in Vaporwave before they created Future Funk sub-genre years later.