This is really cool. Listening to themes from different places and eras, I can place myself there in my mind. It's like a nostalgia for something I never actually experienced. Is there a word for that?
It's apparently a very new word but "Anemoia" means "nostalgia" for something you haven't experienced. Nostalgia in quotes because by definition you can't be nostalgic for something you never experienced.
I actually looked it up a while back and there are several words... some seemingly invented recently (there is probably one true german one [1]) but couldn't find a definitive answer. I get the same feeling from the "vaporwave" [2] genre of music or any popular song but paired with the words "slowed and reverb" [3] on youtube.
LeoPanthera|3 years ago
iKlsR|3 years ago
[1] - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50144/is-there-a...
[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M
[3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCFU_kw3KU
dieselerator|3 years ago
"The meaning of DÉJÀ VU is the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time." [1]
[1]<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20...>