youth culture
Supposedly Apathetic Millennials Are Not the Ones to Blame for Brexit
It was widely reported that just 36 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds voted, but a new study shows it was more like 64 percent—the largest youth turnout in 25 years. What else did the media get wrong, and why?
Are We 'Generation Snowflake' or the 'New Young Fogeys'?
Unable to decide whether we're more liberal or more conservative than them, writers are homogenising an age-group characterised by a complete lack of homogeneity
It's Not Over Yet: Remembering New Rave, Ten Years Later
It was once called "a piss-poor youthquake that will soon go out of fashion," but new rave set a precedent for everything that's going on right now.
What I Learned Growing Up as a Very Serious Fan of The Darkness
“The song, ‘I Believe In a Thing Called Love’ has changed my life. I am now a full on rocker!” read my diary on 20th September, 2003.
NOS Balloons, Shotter Bags and Squat Parties: Understanding the New Urban British Teenager
People say subculture is dead, but they just need to look at the new tribe of teenagers wearing bucket hats and shotter bags, throwing parties in disused depots and inhaling a lot of laughing gas.
What Ever Happened to Metrosexuals?
They slunk off toward fatherhood, bankruptcy, and chronic cocaine addictions.
Brands and Celebrities Have Taken Control of 'Cool' and Left True Innovators in the Lurch
It seems almost anybody, or any brand, can suddenly reboot themselves as a swagged-out standard bearer of cool.
Photos of Madrid's Teenage Posers
The kids told me about their knockoff designer clothes, their love of trap and hip-hop, and the "laws of the street."
Meet the Guy Bringing Experimental Club Music to the Japanese Masses
Shimpei "Melting Bot" Kaiho is a Tokyo-based scene veteran who's made it his life's work to explore the fringes of Western and Japanese underground music.
Wealth, Strict Rules, and LAN Shops: What It's Like to Grow Up in Singapore
Four photographers share images and stories about growing up in the city-state.
This 15-Year-Old Editor-in-Chief Is Taking Back the Term 'Youth Culture'
Talking to Elise By Olsen, the prodigal force behind 'Recens Paper' magazine.
How Ageism Kills the Careers of Women in the Music Industry
I'm a 27-year-old singer-songwriter, and I'm constantly being told that I'm about to become too old.