@jun3buggy i followed one of these people during this time, it was plastered everywhere , you couldn't go 2 feet without hearing vaporwave, their stream overlay was vaporwave, their channel theming was vaporwave, it was like they developed their own slop version of the subculture.
@jun3buggy There is also a trend of this subgroup of edgy internet figures adopting the concept of it into various things. And because it was attached to these figures, people kinda left in droves until there was hardly anyone left to enjoy it except these people.